The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-16
Df this new age are spreading with wonderful

Swedenborg teaches, as st. Paul taught that
man has, while he lives here, spiritual body as
well as material body; and, although he does not,
like st. Paul, call the man who believes In the
resurrection OF the material body fool yet he does
most clearly and beautifully show that "death Is
the gate OF life" or death In this world Is birth
into the next, the resurrection taking place the
material body which had no life In ITSELF and was
only made alive by the spirit, dies: the real man
coming forth from the decaying body as the blade
comes forth from the decomposing grain. The ma
teral body is cast off, never to be resumed, In the
former as in the latter while the spirit being
the real man here carrying with 1t all OF its facul-
ties and passions, enters on its new life In the
spiritual world; which world is just to this
world as mans spirit Is to his body while he lives
here. 1t is not so much the faith that man n0m
nay believes here, as 1t Is the life which he lives,
which governs his destiny hereafter. Heat or fire
corr corresponds 70 anectoa or lSve; heaHen hre TO
fire to love of SELF the world and sensual gratifca
TONS which, where they rule man, make q hell
satisfy any reasonable man, and will be likely to do
the same hereafter The reader has but to inquire
ideas OF the resurrection OF the material body and
literal hell OF material fire and birthstone are fad
Ing away from the minds OF all intelligent men.
SwedenbOrg has shown c0nclusively that all who
earnestly desire TO know the truth, seek it, and live
according 70 the best light they can find In all re-
ligions, win finally reach heaven and heaven
~ happiness, and that all infants, bap-
tiled or nnbaptized, who die are saved It
Is not necessary to tell the reader how rapidly these
views are permeating the religious world breaking
down the barriers OF sectariansm and bgOtry and
preparing the world for the reception OF the grand
salem, which Is now slowly but surely beginning to
manifest itself In the two extremes OF the Chris
showing conclusivey that the day long predicted Is
at hand, when there shall be but one God and His
Name one in al the earth Goo Is one the Jeho
assumed humanity, and was manifested
to men in the person of our Lord
In Christ reconciling the world unto Himsef-a
most beautiful and sublime doctrine The idea
which man has Of God Is q central idea, and we
can never have real living union among Chris
tans until men come to recognize and worship the
one only true and living God. With the Idea OF one
separated and aienated Christians will vanish like
birds OF night at the rising OF the sun, for they will
have no foundation on which to rest.
In the science OF correspondence, revealed
through Swedenborg, we have the key for the
rational Interpretation Of the Sacred Scriptures,
so that we can know that they are revelations
from God, for we can intellectually see
that the Interpretation Is true. In the
tic is dsarmed, and revelation and reason. the
Bible and science, are reunited and God Is shown
or clearly manifested In the person OF our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father in the Son. To attempt to
worship God out ofChrist is to worship an unknown
God, without body or parts, a consuming fire. The
day Is not far distant when the Bible will be reve-
renced as 1t never has been BEFORE as men begin
more and more closely to that the letter, which
is se a or
as much from the words OF man as Gods
works do from the works Of men. The first
chapters of Genesis, for instance, were written
to convey spiritual truths pertaining to the
regeneration OF MANA spiritual creation-and
The Of e c of
and evil-as their very names sgnifyLwere not
material trees; the serpent which tempted Eve
was mans sensual nature, and not literal talking
serpent; and he tempts us to-day as much as he did
Eve. If the reader would find rational interpre
derful, useful and beautiful lessons of spiritual in
struction which will forever set at rest oil fears OF
the discoveries of science conflicting with the Sacred
Scriptures, let him read SwedenbOrgs ''Arcana
Celestial" and he viii not be disappointed. ]. L.
The Bible Doctrine OF Immortality.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
1t is evident that in discussing the great subject
ofimmortality the people are giving heed to the
admonition Of the ancient prophet to cease from
man,
Lovers Of truth rejoice that journal so able and
influential as the HERALD is willing to spread be-
fore its multitude of readers the Bible as well as
the popular teaching on this important subject.
And there is no more Important question In reli.
Is truth'-what Is Bible truth on this snbjectP
Why should men assert that the Bible teaches a
doctrine that 1t never allrms And why viii not
men believe what the Bible does affirm In relation
Your correspondent, 'E. J. K, is an example in
point. He asserts that "a man, rejecting the i'm
mortality Of the soul, must, necessarily, deny the
veracty Of the Bible;" and inquiries, "Does not |
show the existence Of an everlasting sous" Yet |
not one syllable of Bible language does he quote to
wo Se p
Turn and read, 'The soul that snneth it shall
tally" occurs but five times In the New Testament.
God .only hath INN q Timothy, VI, 1e
(ROmanq ~ Christ
brought life and immortality to light through the
Pc M Timothy M At the Second
on Immortality; and when this mortal shall have
put on immortality then shall death be swallowed
This testimony is conclusive that immortality is
not inherent In man. unless 1t can be shown that
God has given 1a II to him Let us have the evidence
First, God only hath immortality. Second, Jesus
Christ has brought 1t to light through His gospel
Third, II is to be obtained by those only who by pa
tient continuance in well doing seek for it. and
fourth, 1t is to be given when Jesus comes the
ond time without sin unto salvation. "For the
wages OF sin is DEATH but the gift OF God Is eter-
nal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord" (s0m.
VI, 23) w.
The Christianity OF the Nineteenth Gem
fury and the Persecution of the Jews.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The various religious denominations have held
their annual yearly convocations and ventilated
their cheap platitudes; moral pocket handkerchcfs
have been sent in generous profusion to polish Off
the upturned refractory heather nose; conven-
tions have discussed with painful elaboration
"what are sinful amusements," and evinced a
knowledge therein provocative Of much scandal
1t was proposed to place dancing under a ban,
except when the sexes did not minge but one
reverend member, who evidently knew how 1t was
himself, sagey remarked that 1t would be difficult
to popularize that mode, whereupon the august
assembly drifted into slough OF despair and melan
choy frightful to behold. All this goes to show
that these religious, Christian gatherings were not
pushed for time and took under their widespread,
protecting wings the needs and wrongs Of call the
world and the rest OF mankind"
Xhat an nnnnrtnne time WAS this for them To