, 1877-03-18
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WHAT Is TRUTII:'
SEVENTH l'APEI-l1rE.

SEVENTH iArEH-l1rE.
t. sa< Editor af TAs Ty5r~c
CHICAGO. March 16.-}u tho q Summary Stott
tncut Of tho Doctrines OF the New Church,
quoted in the first parcr Of this series, tho las
two paragraphs read as follows. viz:
!. Mans lifc in The material b'.ts- :s hit II,
preparation for r'er,,a life. and whrr the body die
lmnedafe1y rises into tkts Qiritual world md
after preparation in IN intermediate state dwell
forever iicaren he'll. srecrdiu to tho c1,ar,r
tc. ACQUIRED curing his earthly life
". The Sn,t,tual World. tho eternal home O
men after death. Is '," remote from this worl.l
but IS III direct conjunction with H. and we are.
though luconsclunsiy. always in immediate rom
mnuson with ans:ls :na spirits.
In these brief statements several iu,por1an
and highly interesting doctrines are brought II
our attention, viz: Life. Death. Resurrection
the intermediate State, Heaven. Hell, and hci
inhabitants, Angels aud Evil Spirits sunpos,
eyery atluit human being: Of sound .n,ntl has, II
tines po:dcred with more 0. less iute,si.,
upon certain questions which have presented
themselves 10 his mind: surh rs. What All, L
Whence did comet Whittier shall :.ot VII,
am in this wor1le What is death. il there 8
Hearen and Hclls And what is life there.
To the greet majority Of mankind these u,cs,
tions rcElain unanswered. Tic teachers OF tbs
first Christian Church have SO olsc,lrel the
light which the Lords Word throws on them
by their own individual theories aud o,,inious,
that nearly all have given up the search Tor
the truth on these subjects, in .les1sur
Of Knowing anything abput Them till
their cntrante INTO the spirit world, il there lc
such world. The effect OF s1,ci, men taI
state is devotion to the things OF this world
the eratication ol the ultre animal part Of our
nature. "Lct us cat and drink, for tomorrow
We d!e-'
Tie New Dispensation OF Truth from, the
nn4 hT nj n +h.,;,
sense Of His W,rd, attended with the opening
Of the spiritui senses Of His servant EMANUEL
swcdenoorg, has thrown the light of tic Sun Of
Heaven on all these yit.lly-intcrcstipE ques-
tons. This light is accessible to all who desire
it But love Of sell aud love OF the world still
continue 10 rcig1, in the affections Sand this
is the condemnation thai li:rht is comc into
thu world, aud l;len loved darkness rather than
light, BECAUSE their deeds we're evil. For every
one tnat doeth evil ila:eth the light, neither
coEcth to the light, lest his deeds should I've
rcproved. But he tllat Ioetn truth co.netll 10
tue llght, that his deeds may be made manifest,
that they are wro2C:lt in God."-Jnhn, in, II,
IL III tile hope thAt sonic oi the latter Class Of
persous will come :l::u dwell in this Divine light,
these artcles arc written to l,oint cut the way.
Only g'i.nsuer of the flood Of light found III
the writings OF Swedcnbor., ca.l e given in these
papers, by taking the subjects i'll the course us
laid cut abo1e, the first vi which is Life. The
Subject "otl|d seem to hc naturally divided into
two parts, Nature! Life a,i.l Spiritual Li1c or life
IN the natural world a:d lie in the spiritual
world: and, 4 said '':' 81 Paul, 'T1Iat Is first
which Is natural. and afterwards list wbivl is
spirit tai" II: will first consider Natural Life.
80 i:lonncnt's rejection Will ttu:Illec :uv one
that We. rs to oll- souls Or as IL our btdies,
Lave not existence. III Or sru,ii ourselves, but,
tia: We dc:c:id for lie, every s:,Jlnc::t Of our
being. on Dur connection with the worlds of
tn11tc aud matter. Our lfc is neither scif-3e-
rived !tur sell-sui,o0-tNg: aG, tD i;r3ye this,
let s !o4'k II ourselves tirst in re1escu>c to
physi1a. nature. We came into the world, not
from our own power, but through tt.c instru-
mentality. of our parents, while they again
I'D tho same through the iustru,nentllity
ni tllci. parents; SO that. If VIC 90 Lack
through tho generations, VIC must Of necessity
tpE,e to ! titic when ti:erc were some first
parents You :na:' call them Adam and Eve, or
net: but, reasu:4:rs fro:n clic~t 10 cause, or
from child tO parent, We re certain that there
must have kcc:l time when Ill:l had :.eiil-
ming. Man, therefore, did not ercatc himself.
That Is .hc first point VIC wish to ,t1sblish.
Now. WHEN wc are hori into this world VIC
find ourselves possessed ot eyes IT, sec. c:rs tu
ht.r, tongue TO taste, hands to feel, and nose
to sell; a;d, in q Ter t. the tui lisc and Ell
joyncnt OF all ties. scascs, We must have
nc::tion with the five different spheres worlds
nruund us, namely, form and color. SOUND,
taste, touch aud fragrance; and you will nut,"r
that the sccscs i'll us are perfectly adapted for
the worlds ont Ut us: that in te adaptation,
Ut 1nau for the outer world and the outer world
for man. VIC hay. 4 striking instance of tia. |
love and wisdom tha, goodness all providence, |
which Esst creates and atterw ards sustiins him.
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