The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-03-28

CLUTCH Is not q new sect 2mGnl
the already numerous and still in
creasing sects in Christendom, bu
3 new dispensation; as distinc
from the first Christian church, 81
that was from the Jewish church
which preceded it. And as wa:
the case in the establishment Of
the Christian church, nothing
that was good and true in the
jewish church was lost or destroy.
ed, 30 will it be in the establish.
ment of the New Church. The
false only mil, be cast away, and
the truth viii shine forth more
brilliantly. Let not the lover oi
the Bible fear that in the case OF
the New Church the writings Of G
man are substituted for the Word
Of God, tor these writings are but
its superstructure. built and estab-
iished upon it as the only safe and
sure foundation. b.
In newspaper article, prepared
for publication In secular print,
cannot expect more than the
privilege of presenting 8 summary
statement of the doctrines Of the
New church, which are these:
j. God is One in Essence and
il Person, in whom there is q dis
sinct and essential Trinity, called
in the Word the Father, Son and
Holy Spirit, and the Lord Jesus
Christ IS this God, and the only
true object Of worship.
2. In order to be saved, man
must believe in the Lord, and
striye to obey his commandments,
looking to Him alone for strength
and assistance, and acknowledge
ing that all life and salvation are
from him. -...s
8. The Sacred Scriptures, or
the Divine Word, is not only the
Revelation Of the Lords will and
the history Of his dealings with
men, but also contains the infinite
treasures of his wisdom expressed
in symbolical or correspondential
language, and therefore in addi-
ton to the sense of the letter there
is in the Word an inner or spirit
ual sense, which can be interpret
ed only by the law of correspond
ence between things natural and
things spiritual. =
4. New is the time of the Sec
ond Coming of the Lord, foretold
in Matt. xxxIv., and the establish
ment of the New church signihed
by the New Jerusalem in Rev. XXI,
and this Second Coming is not y
visible and personal appearance on
earth but a new disclosure of Di-
vine truth, and the PRONUNCIATION
of true Christian doctrine, effect
ed by means of the Lords servant,
Emanuel Swedenborg, who was
specially instructed in this doc
trine, and was commissioned to
publish it to the world.
5. Mans life in the material
body is but the preparation for
eternal life, and when the body
dies man Immediately rises into
the spiritual world, and, after pre-
paration in an intermediate state,
dwells for ever in Heaven or Hell,
according to the character acquir- |
ed during his earthly life.
6. The Spiritual World, the |
eternal home of men after death, |
is not remote from this world, but |
is in direct conjunction with, and !
we are, though unconsciously, al |
ways in immediate communion |
with angels and spirits.
Any persons desirous Of becom-
Ing more fully acquainted with the
of the New Church can
obtain what books they may de- |
sire, at price less than first cost,
by applying to any Of the publish |
ing houses of the New Church |
Board of Publication, No. "a
Cooper Union, New York; No 2
Hamilton Place, Boston, or No. |
2S1 Cottage Grove Av., Chicago.
A friend of the New Church |
has made arrangements with j. B.
IL Co., Philadelphia, to |
supply all those ministers Of
christian churches, who may de-
sine to read Swedenborg's writ |
lngs, with a copy each of his last
work, The True Christian Relig- |
ion, free of cost, on receipt of 40c. |
TO prepay postage.
Any one who wishes to make |
inquiry OF me personally, can do !
30 At suitable times at my resi-
dence, about one mile northeast Of |
T. W.