The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-20

fear they Will come 10 wan aud die IN pOorhouse.
q 'crazlness' which, begotten In the evils OF this
lie. continues aiier death. And SO Il is with all
men whose thoughts n Q centred in self and of the
world, even though their coDdlt0a may not be
made s,rikingly manifest IN the course OF life.
Is II not. therefore, wei Tor man TO pause and
pond sr these things. ana not accept at sighl the
false doctrine that he can 40 AWNING contrary To
the divine commands amt then he saved from the
penalty Of his sln.u lie by merely calling on the
LorJ % save him The thief on the cross Is quoted
den,iy not thief at heart. or the Lord would not
have said TO hun, "ihis day thou shalt be with me
III PARADISE" ENam,ae Yourself and see II You are
not a tnIef az heart: and II YOU nnu that you
not principled IN the idea tnat you must do all
you can or sell, regardless oil your neighbor, happy
Men are naturally controlled by the love OF self
ara the world and lney do not Know thai from this
Whine from love of the L,rd ana the neghDor come
ali good less and truth When man snail have be-
come doctrnaied III these truths he Will then ha
be ONE "a CHRISTIAN, and not TIL then.
There another great false doctrine In the Church
in relation u the original stn-shat 1t originated IN
man. Adam. celestial man. or tn0,c VINO were OF
The most ancient Cnurcn. Irst introduced sin into
tne world as described In the first chapters OF
Genesis. Those sins are not what condemn men.
but III ir own lndlvi iuai evils SINS, winch they
appropriate 10 themselves and thus become the
principle or their lives; for what man beiicves he
uoes. aud " hat lie does lie loves ami Is mis- lie.
Original SIN brought co domination on the world;
but, as SAID above, men are condemned for their
own particular SINS and not ior the sins tnat were
induced by the Alamo Churcl Therefore be
greatly concerned what sins you cherish III your
heart; for. even tnoaght, restrained from outward
act by the law or the fear OF the loss OF reputation
and other external coerclons, sill accounted unto
us as slns and are spiritual acts. Nor IS lhis the
case only with the world or Spirits whitnei souls
recently departed first go; but also with the interior
sphere OF mat world where those dwell VINO, as to
their mlention aud ends OF lie. had been inwar.ly
SO crowded tnat / have wondered tnaI such an
abundance Of wicked spirits could possibly
be collected together. ior all are not co cast
ance with the laws q order that every
one who is o.. sucn character should return
nnn nm whit hn hO n q N ri lut
is TO say no influence would be brought to bear In
his spirit life that would confirm him in good and
condition as when In his body, that Of having Tree
will VI changing the good or evil course OF his LIE.
must cltner IN the good In evil, there beng no
intermediate alternative and should be thence let
o s s S Su
Hence, In the other lite, 1t may evidently appear
that the last time is at hand.
AZ to what further concerns souls recently
entered into the spiritual lie, they who come
from the CHRISTIAN world have scarcely another
gre Test ani to possess all things. 50 entirely
they enarOssel with sel-love and the love OF the
world This, we the condition Of the mind Of
men with whom we are personally surrounded. The
dominant idea being " make money. they worship
the golden can as much rs the Isreales did lii the
time OF Moses. Their loves are altogether opposite
to heavenly orders. They. within tae Church, who
arc prlnclped in falsty, and, at TIE time. in
| moi SO much they VINO are influenced by any other
love; for seove is The most filthy Of all, as being
destructive VI society, and thus OF the human race.
| They Who are under the influence OF seii.love and
| the love Of the world cannot by any means believe
| that they are IN such filthlnesS and uncleani-
| ness az they really are: for there Is certain
pleasurabieness and delight which soothes, iavors
and attcrs them, ana causes them TO love such life
| and prefer IL 10 any other, The consequence OF
which IS that they think there Is no evil IN II. Many
also entertain no other than ffthy obs cene ana pro-
fame thought, and discourse among themselves VI
nothing else; besides which they make light OF, and
iaiti: iney do not acknowledge the Lord ana hate
all VINO DO, for IN the other life thoughts aud hearts
speak. Moreover hereditary evils arising from the
wicked life OF parents, become successively more
malignant and there, like fires hid and cherished
| inwardly, stimulate man TO NOR, atrociOus pro-
:ions When evil begins thus to prevail ana Inc
spiritual equilibrium 10 incline 10 that side It Is
| tnen plainly perceptable tnat the last time Is at
hand and that the equilibrium will soon be restOr ed
| by The rejection OF these WHO are WITHIN the
| Church ana the reception OF others who are with.
! cut j. W. Il.
psntius PLATE ard the Crnciaxion Of Christ.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
"sayest thou this thing OF myself did tell it
thee OF Me ."-John xviii, 81
The above question was put by Christ to Plate in
! answer to Plates question to Jesus in the pre-.
| cedlng verse, cart Thou the King OF the Jews9 ~
There Is much greater Importance attached to
Chrsts question than appears at first on the face OF
II. Christ was anxious to learn whether the Roman
! Governor Pia.e) had studied "Moses and the Pro-
phets" sufficient to give him some idea that 1t was
Just possible the prisoner (Christ before him might
be .that Prophet which should come TO reign over
the House OF Israel, or whether all he Pilate) knew
about the matter was obtained solely from the COM
mon current report OF Him.
Christ's question to Plate was shrewd one, well
calculated to sift him III regard to his belief or
knowledge OF Gods covenants and promises to the
Jewish nation respecting the "Messial to sit upon
the throne OF David and reign as king over the
house OF JACOB. Thus We see the beauty, force and
of n c Z W. Wa
enter into the object OF Christ replying Plate in
answer to his question, cart thou the King Of the
Jews?.' "Sayest thou this thing Of tbyselfS" that
is, Is this question OF thine based on q personal
knowledge OF or acquaintance with the Subject as
revealed In Moses and the prophets, or you
totally ignorant Of the subject therein revealed
Knowing nothing OF Inc more Than you have heard
from common report) '.0r did others tell IL thee or
Mel' Plate however. In his reply, either does not
fully comprehend Cnrst's question or he evades t
by saying, "Am q Jew Thine own naiIon and the
chieI priests delivered Thee to me. What hast
Pilates reply. cam Jew f' would lead us to in.
fer that supposed Christ thought that he Pate)
wanted to OBTAIN BONA Nte accusation against
Kna 81 So Plate s n nne
nation and the Chief priests have delivered thee to
r % >, i,oIu me hu, ~, Tonr own naion %
Jews that seeks the accusation against you. Am
| a Jews Ain not Roman Governor here, and cam
not be supposed 10 take much interest in purely
JEWISH questions IN matters OF religious faith
questions which should be glad If you could settle
| W,
and TO me a. Roman GovernOrf'
Chrst's reply, 'My Kingdom is not OF this world,''
&c, seems more applicable 10 Pilates question,
cart thou the King OF the Jewsy" than TO his second
question: IAN Jew ~ &c. And 1t is evident that
Christ desired 10 dsaDuse Pilates nina OF any no.
tion he migt have that the klngdom OF which he had
declared himself the King was about To be set up I'M
mediatey, as many of the Jews and some oil the
disciples supposed To guard Plate against TINS error
CHRIST tells MN, 'My Kingdom Is not OF this world
age or dispensatlon, else would my servants tight
! tnat should not he delivered to the Jews one
popular arising from The mode OF speech here
! adopted by Christ namely-"My kingdom Il not OF
this world, Is that the Kingdom OF Christ Is spirit
| ua Kingdom beyond the skies, not a kingdom 10 be
set up on the earth, as the scriptures abundantly
testify. This error has been fostcred by the OF
| the phrase 'this wordn instead OF this "agei or
"dispensaiion.n In the Scriptures the term word"
| Is frequently used III sense synonymous with
cage" ''dispensa;Ion" the passage under consid-
| GRAFTON being an instance IN point.
Bat though Christ was anxious 10 set Plate right
on these important puints:-ThAt He must bear the
cross before He wore tile crown; that His first ad-
vent was suffer death Tor the sins OF the world