Richland beacon., 1876-11-11
NAN'SPLACE IN CREATION.
ASwedenbOrgian View OF the
characteristics that Ally
him to God.

pinn Church Yesterday morning "s
"Man's Place 10 the Creation; how
he il related to God on one SIDE o' hiS
nature and is different from animals
on the other" He said that the
doctrines of ,he New Church make
entirely new disclosures to man con
cerniny hims-lf They do not con-
found him with God or angels on one
side or nature On the other. Man l.
the crowniug work Of the Lord. He
is the most vari"usly and perfectly
organized: the planes o: his h ing
run through all the degrees OF the
creation, from the highest to the
lowest. lie is q mineral. he Is
vegetable, he ia au animal. he Is
spirit, he is an angel. All f"rn's. all
qualities, all mo,ions. ali activities are
centred in him. He is q mirrocosm !;
/ th. kingdom of God is within him
SO he il q material and = spiritual
universe His mind is cspaclous
enough to receive all it's forms. anu
powerful enough to weigh all its
qualities. lie has capabilities which
are irnpossible 10 the whole material
universe be will ou,!ive them all'
and lie is worth more than all worlds.
Bat. notw understanding man II so great
and precious in bis capabilities, We
ar. in danger Of mis,akIn9 some o'
The adjunct. of a mau, or some OF the
means by which the distinctly human
i. formed for the man himself.
Man is, iu the human form, ths
nob,es, and most bssutiful form ths
IN. Lord has ever created: hut II Is
no, Tie form which Distinguishes mai
from all other creatures and c"ns'l
Iru,es the human 10 him. Som
beasts approach 80 near TO man u
this respect that savsnts conc'u'
,ha, man is nothing but . more large
" developed brute. Bu, II Is not sc
The human does not consist in ID
outward form. 1t does not consist !
tho ability to see and hear. to eat an
EE, and to enjoy the p'easuree of tn
si.nses. Beasts have minds su
souls. Man is not differenced fro'
them by the fact that he can know
think, reason. and love. What "
call the material plane of bis faculti'
be holds in comuun With them.
is true these facul:ie, exis, in bim
much larger, more varied, and nobl
forms; but If he possessed them
in perfection. il would not make hi
q nan.
Mans spiritual nature. or man o.
- spirit, consists Of three drgre"s
d, plsnes Of organic forms, entirely d
Cd ;lnct from each other. called natuI
tic spiritual, and celestial. These plan
ws Of faculties are so distinct that
in lower NAV be developed while
,Iy two higher remain as mere germs,
~ possibilities: The natural and
he spiritual may be developed while
no highest remains as q mere ger
nd. The natural plane Of bis mind. II
of ppssesses in common with anlma
wo However largely the faculties OF Il
,ed degree Of his nature may he develop
bs, he only b-comes by it nobler amin
- The human, distinctly y As such,
nv gins in the rational, which IL the c
II, nrc,ing link between the natural
ca the -pritusl. psr,aking OF the NAT
A of both All mans power OF
nv c~ivins what is equitable and J
in Of wha, is true and good. ais"
in spiritual affections. belong 10
inv degree Of his mind. |, is IN 1t
zen. qualities that the genuine hu"an
m. gins. They are based on the na,u
han They begin where the natural
aIIs ul,ies eui, and from them. a. b'
ade they rise TO the spiritual. aud, u
iyb, dev.'opes his nature So far. into
Init celestial.
r Perbars we csrnot define the
en-. man quality of mans mind IN
I is better way than by be golden
A doing to others ss we would
, in them do to us, and of loving L"
and so ". have no evidence thu
!, Of brute CAL bave auy c"ncep'io'
he'd such a mn,i,e for action Nee
l.%h. this simple rule in mind. We ma.
Raj. able 4. see whrre We l@gin to I've
10 ,inc,ly aud essentially human
pybi. when we discover our rciaHo
ri.rs others. when We begin 10 'eei
si-o sense Of obligation. aud to oct
k,us. love TO Others, thst Ia. tn place
buys interests on On equaii,y With
fur own. W. are not human until
i,ute begin to do thai. We may 10
,,em. in the making. hut We have mol
fiue. been born from ap"se.
# The human until We begin to be tt
f one into the image Of God The
d for of God does not consist in ou
opiu. ubysicsl contour alone. Its es-
hone features are the very elements
such Divine charac,cr.-New York
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