The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-05-12


The new church association, Of which
mention was made last week, met on Friday
last in this city. The doctrines, Or religious
philosophy or belief, - written BY Emanuel
Swedenborg, are becoming more widely
discussed ~ the age advances. There II -
little found in his works that the leading
lights Of the orthodox dissemination can ind
to condemn, and % much Of the higher and
finer spiritual feelings and experiences Of
humanity that he portrays with beauty
unapproachod BY others, that his works are
being read more widely by thinker than
ever before. We were 20 unfortunate - 70
not hear any Of the discourses, but nom our
contemporary, the Bsseos, whose editor, Cap
tam W. 8. White, IL an advocate Of de har-
monious ethics Of the wonderful Sweden
borg, we copy the following, which win In
terest, At least, our religious readers. The
Beacon says:
"The clerical representa- on included Rev.
Adams Peabody and Rev. william n. Good
ner, Of Larned, missionaries in the State |;
Rev. Howard c. Durham, pastor Of the New
church society, in Topeka, and Rev. Gus
tave Reich, who has been, for the past seven
years, register Of the U. 8. land ONCE, loca-
ted at Boonville, Missouri, and has no regu-
lar charge. The lay delegation from abroad
was small-Nrs. 7. C. Cutler, Of Newton |;
and Mrs. E. d. McCollom, Of Council Grove.
There were number Of letters received and
read. The business Of the association was
begun Friday afternoon. In the evening the
president Of the association gave his annual
address. His subject was, Ought there to
be distinctive New Church organization.
and IL so, whyr Mr.. Peabody took the
broad Catholic view Of the question-that
the New Church was not 20 much sect or
denomination a. use. 1t was organized
chiefly for the purpose Of teaching and DEM
ohstrating the truths of the new age.'
1t was satisfactory to the latitudinarian and
10 the sectarian.
Saturday forenoon Mr.. Durham preached
q sermon on the New Church-where It was
and what it was.' The New Church il not
SO much visible organization as system Of
doctrine manifested In life. Every church
organization, and every man was member
Of the New Church or part Of the New
Church, in SO far as he or 1t was In the truth
and in the love of it.
''Sunday morning MIR. GOodner preached
on the Humiliation or glorifcation Of the
Lord and showed very logically and con-
cisely the dual nature Of Christ-that his
soul or Utmost was from the Father, and his
humanity was from Mary-that his humilia-
ton was the assumption Of the debased hui
mainly, and his giorifcatlon was its regen.
Grafton, and santifcation and infinite recon-
ciliation and unition with the Father, the in
most
"Sunday evening Mr.. Reiche's subject was
the Second coming 1t was logical and
able effort, and to those who had ears, q sue
ccssful-to explain the law Of all 'comings
or eyents'-the spiritual changes preliminary
to and following, and all consequent upon,
the advent. The end of all coming Is the re-
generation of man.
There were from thirty to forty met in the
morning, and perhaps fifty at night. The as
ISOLATION passed resolution of thanks to the
people OF Wichita for their hospitality, and
expressing their appreciation of the Chris
tian and Catholic spirit displayed by the
Baptist congregation, in generously permit
ting the use Of their church by the associa-
ton. They express their obligations to Miss
Whitlock for her service al the organ"