Telegram-herald., 1890-05-31
HEAVEN AND HELL
Froan lhiags sesu aaa Heara Ehe fap
- saba Calvin


z ii--~ ie4-~fke1 c. iae t4.s mora
ag, $50 I see yoa are having ooltro-
gsrsy ~ta Nf Dole No.aae could
pe farther fram iae truta / aellue 60
eu1sf nto q controversy wlla anyone,
oeea q. ~oala oe utterly prohaess %
u. e-lc- rned and = bore t. the reading
p-t-.r- fes thinking nea care 4 rusn
tor mere speeal2tous or secg4r. al dog
llas' p-i Il 1ay man has any ueW facts
wa-t- ale .n auy Nay useful ihey arc
gladly acceg.ed. oar axe IS hungry
ioI A-o"le eised, a4d wien 8r l0le
det-~tt1 tAat hls church had "IuA
S-o"-e1se ot t1e spiritual world. ol
lie a-sTs Qeata, OF tae DIVINE Norc
ana ol tle Lord, knowledge So ezg-
cry so.sn after .n vain, fell sure that
A-aAf - Your reader, would Welcome
setting iosta oi THAI knowledge .u tle
oo-1aias u ta.s paper
A-- W - are ~ possession ot tie He
bfeh and CHRISTIAN scriptures, ana after
81 many hundred wears OF anxious
study j WOAld seem that the world
Ousut to be IA possession of tle essen
l.ai truths therein revealed, and ] be-
AeNe l4ey afe. i was not ASKING Tor
Nh Dole s Interpretation Ol these scrip
lures, DQI understood Inn 20 say Tie
new church the >NedonbOrg al aas
received a new revelation, az addition
AZ revelation Of the invisible and here
toIOre unknown superual truths OF
lhe spiritual WOrlt ot lie after death,
OF Tie DIVINE Word, and ~ the Lord
Ibere j. 40 egot,m ln making such
stupendOus claim il they think they
nave good grounds Tor this, bat lt does
seem rather ogOustlcai Tor hum 20 claim
or assume that he has a deeper OF a
higher knowledge of our present scrip
tunes than any other clergyman of thls
city. ] did not understand Mm 20 say
tins, and hope he did not mean 10 do
so, 20 u would tend 10 make hlm a
subject OF contempt. We are told IN
john Gospel that the Holy Spirit was
TO reveal new truths not then revealed +,
and was 10 lead men into all truths.
As an eyOlutOnlst. am quite prepared
10 believe IN the untOldment OF hereto
tore unknown truths at any time. IL
= thls we are waiting tor, and ! had
hoped Mr.. Dole might be the one upon
whom the divine mantle had fallen. Ia
tins last communication, which contains
some fine thoughts, all doubt as 10 las
exact claim il removed, a. he explicitly
states that the Lord had made "new
revelations OF divine truth from hlm-
self, - and says: These new revelations
are the doctrines OF the New Jeru-
salem church" which ! sup
pose is another name for the
new, or old Swedenborgian church.
The only question then before Us S
tins: "ls there any mistake about lr
Mr.. Dole surely can not find fault that
we want to be sure We are not chasing
an ignis fatuus, and this Is why ! asked
him to he careful 10 give his authority.
For instance, he told Us that the lnhabl-
tants OF the internal regions are having
very comfortable time. Tbs was
news, indeed, not TO be found IN ouI
Gospels, and very good news 10 those
whose hearts have been bleeding because
they have been taught that their loved
ones and "even infants not Il span
long" were wrthing in hell. These per
| sons would teel much more happy
were they sure Mr.. Dole was not simply
evolving these statements from ms own
/ =.
So the question of authority Is, after
all, the vital queition between Mr.. Dole
and myself; and | am gland ht
/ has told Us where TO find this
authority, upon which these new Tevel
/ atiOns of the New ChuIch j. built
VIZ: The revelation which Emmanue
| IiSwedenbOTg claims was made 10 him
land which IS recorded IN certain book
published ny J. B. Lipprncott X Co.
am glad it is III print, for If revelation
1 is handed down from mouth TO mOutl
/ IL is apt to become more or less cor
rupted.
| Fortunately ] possess some of the
| nineteen volumes he refers to, so ] car
quote word tor word. Ny extract
I must necessarily be very brief; but YOU
+ readers can then consult the volume
/ for further information.
! one volume Is entitled "Heaven anC
/ Hell. From Things Seen and Heard. >
On page II, Swedenborg SAYS: 1T ha
I been granted me to associate Will
! angels and to converse with them a
! one man with another, and also 10 SET
/ the things which are n the heavens, a
well rs those which are IN the hcils
and TINS for n space of thirteen yoas
/ and SO describe these things from wha
/ | have myself seen and heard
This IS knowledge do not suppOs'
( Mr.. Dole means 10 say he got his ID
/ formation about his comfortable hel
from the Ncw Testament, or from hl
own "mtcrOrs, or from his own per
sOnai knowledge. but rather from th'
writings Of bis great apostle, Emmanue
/ Swedcnburg.
1t was this statement of his that wa
particularly new and startling, and an
one reading this book Will see tha
~wedenborC's hell is a comparatively
/ comfortable place as each man doc
/ that which plcases him best, and ha
( lust IS good A time as he IS capable O
F having. What more can one ask =
your readers can dry their tears. a
+ their unconverted friends are ratbe
+ moro happy rOw than when in this life
Read the book for yourselves. and yof
Will see am telling u about as 9 s bu
the old question returns as thcr'
any mistake about itP' NO On'
doubts that their friends .n IIeavu
arc happy. Tt is those in tho othe
+ place they arc s0l citousabcut sweden
iorg say bee has been there. went al
/ through the place and knows just hO7
It Is there.
on page COO of Heaven and HclI.f
he saws 81 have been permitted =
. converse with all 7 have ever known l
the life of tue bodv.-after their de
cease, with some for davs. with som'
for months, and w.th sDne for p voar
snd with otuers also. So many that
should not eTaCgerate were ! tU s9-
1H .H1- ~ whom u8rv were n tt
heavens and many .r tie hels
No guess ng nere het absolute suor
cdga-ur.ess thc man vas Crszed or
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