Telegram-herald., 1890-05-28

wrote. .Ihe Wera 49, go s. The
letter - tAv ~9ra 8 TIE mere conll1-
ent o 1ifl--e vision. winch ls conl-
ln4n.Nale4 - tite lelber lrom tae iCI1
% tae "4f3 l4rQaga tlE law ot coTGos-
uouaeice, So1cr1alg - WAloh Z i 81 T.
Ieas-loI example, &s tae b01g. Wllc1
= continent u The soul coMmuni-
cates the s1ecU00s aud Thought, of the
son. from ueng m correspondence with
u, loN ~ q Snle, grief by tears. CSC
Because the letter of the Nord ! rhe
mere continent OF the divine essentials.
4 is written, The letter klletn. but
the sprt glfetb hfe" The body .s d
dead lhlng without tue s0ul. - Is the
letter ~ t4e sQI4 lhOGt the spiritual
sense.
When the Lord was on earth, man
was not in a state q receive, 10 any
great extent, The internal o. the DIVINE
Word. hence the Lord SAD. y have
many things - SAY unto you but Ne
cannot bear them now. because
there is an internal sense throughout
tae Word Il IS written, Without
parable spoke lie not unto them.
That there Is al internal sense ia the
Word Is clearly seen from many passs-
ges as And beginning az Moses au0
all the prophets, lie eXp0undcd unto
them ln all the ser piuTCs Tie things
concerning Himself. /" "Then opened
lie their understanding. that tlcy
IL ght understand the Scriptures" IT
Is also WutteA that the time would
come when we should bc shown plainly
OF the Lord" "Thet time cometh, when
! shall no more speak unto YOU ln
proverbs, bat ! shall show you plainly
Of the Father" That time has come.
The Lord, ~ all means Of lis Word
has been working = grand evolution in
man, 50 that now, II be desires from
Lrlnclple Of use, be can perceive intel
lectually the things thatare spiritually
dlscerned, and consequently the
Divine OF the Lord ia the Word, which
is the spirited sense that is now
laid open. But man could not
open the Word. None bat "The Lion
Of the tribe Of Judah" The Lord
could "Open the hook" and loose the
seals thereof. Man could not open the
word, because, 10 understand IL, he
must be princlpled IN genuine truths
concerning II. The word can not be
seen as Divine truth except from true
doctrines concerning 1t; therefore il is
written, I'm thy light we shall see light"
The Lord has made his second coming
unto the world by opening the word u
the rational and intellectual cOmpre-
hensiOn OF man, and this lie mas ac-
cOmplished 10y new revelations of d.
vine truth from Himself that disclose
the law according 10 which the word l.
! written, and its internal sense. These
new revelations are tie doctrines OF the
! New Jerusalem Church. Mr.. Gibson
again questioning my authority, for
| the new church clergy do not "speak
as the scribes, hut as one having
authority" says, al remember 4
prophesy IN part, i see through a glass
| darkly,'" Cor. 10 and l.. The sense
| Of the quotations IS broken and
changed because he skipped that
which Games between them; namely,
"When that which IS perfect shall
! come, then that which IS IN part shall
pass away" The s. C nd quotation he
fails 10 complete. Mnen the quotation
Is complete It teaches just what the
fragment WAS quoted 10 contradict.
| Here It is: "For now we see through q
glass darkly, but then face to face; now
| ! know in part, but then shall know
even as | am known" That which is
| perfect is come. which is the Lord'i
opening of the Divine Word, 10y revela-
tons OF It's nature, so that all may set
| the Lord IN the Word. as il were, face
to face Zion is restored whereby "mer
shall see eye 10 eye"
With tins statement that the Lord hai
| made hls second coming by opening thC
Word 10 human comprehension, ! may
answer Mr.. Gibson's question, "How dg
you know there IS no personal dcyii|
with the emphasis on the word know,
and all the other how cO-you-knOws a
the same time. First, know that al
the teachings OF the Divine WorC
are true. as understood by tn
doctrines of the New Church, bccaus
they are in harmony with every known
fact Of science, with every law of IA
ture, and with the laws of the universe
/ know that the genuine teachings o
the word are true, because they are u
harmony with all experience, and witt
themselves; because they reconcll'
/ every passage OF the WORD with oacl
other, and with infinite love and WIS
dom; because they reconcile all that !
with perfect God. | know that tn
genuine teachings OF the word are true
because they reveal 70 me God IN TIA
/ divine word. and in nature; becaus
they satisfy every demand OF my mind
satiate every desire OF my heart, an'
respond fnlly 10 every element Of ~.
soul because they respond perfectly {
the state o. the world taday, and, from
the very nature of the word. WI
through time uncndiBg; because per
ceive that the teaching OF the word AT
the measure Of a man, Of an angel, AL
of the Lord; because ! see, by the LCh
of the word, natural, scientific, N
tional. and spiritual truths con
sstent with each other, an
taken together, related as. and as hsi
mOni0us as the members of the body.
know that the genuine teachings ~ On
word are true. because they solve ever
prOhlom Of life as cOnciusvclv as
formula IN algebra wll DO its work,
know by all the evidences that hea
witness of sprtnal things. ard by al
the tests % which truth can ho pu'
Now, specifically, know that there
no personal devil. and That there ar
hciIs. etc, because the Word ~ God q
teaches, and consequently from all tn
above reasons ] know that there - ri
persona devil, just as any ilteIlg gen
person knows that thcre are nothe
mcrmaIds in the ocean. or centaur7 81
Afrca. 7 know lust as q mathematics IA,
knows the truth 0f any theorem.
know each toMg that 7 sad. becaus
the opposite ls contrary 20 at that
kuoen. sud the facts in harmony 50
aU that known. 7 know, Hecaus
every tr-lth confirms it and ever
truth an absolute bsrt0 the c0ufrar.
let those that are fond e vrenchir
passages of the Word from fhsr se'
ting. and coustru rg them r. bind rns
I 4.