Telegram-herald., 1890-05-28


+ tae interrogation taroaga tbs Waoie
/ rsssan,ulns proe>ss Is lagoss .ote. faf
{ each question NQul1 occupg . paNt
&Ad f0r Qnt who IS 8 clergyman, and
& familiar win tle scriptures ana the
4 naturs ot sp.r.taAl taugs. 81 ASK ne -
snow taal there sac - no "a .slAkt
f about ii ls simply guepostefous. iae
{ ao..-tg 90 arlses ifoih az iuttrlor con-
44t.aa Ia tle individual, tormoa = lle
4 Lord Wle4 he puts lu TIE rs 1l attitude
+ toward tae Lord.
Tie Iona is the one that SHOWS.
.ttol If nlm. and through Hun. and O.
I HIM are al things -''l TIE part ~ t.ie
passage that auy brother forgot All
1 show ms which ls interior cahCGt
Z emenf, ls from lhe Divine Humanity
0f the Lord, through the operation ot
I lis hoiy spirit But tne comforter
/ the Holy oprlt, whom ths Father wll
I send my name, he shall leach you
I 81 things The same sci ~ clfcuna-
/ stances NIL lead one IA the acceptance
/ 81 the Nord that leads another - The
/ rejection OF e, and thls ls because one
I : Inteuofly spiritual. while the other
= natural. "1he natural man re-
/ oeiyeth not tile things oi the
/ spirit oi tiod. Bat he that - spirit
I IA y Ot04tl laCt-l A. A-4lLil-Na
Now that the DIVINE W0rd is opened.
everyone who desires % acknonleaet
the Lord, learn spiritual truths Tor the
purpose 0f exercising more inter.oI
love of the nelghb0T. and who desires
70 forsake sell and selI-deuyed ways,
and follow HIM, can receive such ln-
terror enlightenment that he can set
the truth ot The word 50 clearly that nc
could not b. tempted with doubt
The Word is now seen IL lee a. har-
/ mOuous as TIE multiplication table,
and just a. Couciuslyely true, thereby
forever secured against the assaults ot
skepuc, literary cruclsm, lnhdci, anu
I lguOTamus. The city, New Jerusalem,
the new church, ls established on tAt
| earth. "Jle tabernacle Ol bod u Nlth
man, IA 4, as tie llgine Word opened.
There is emo uight there, because 81
the glory Of GOo.s shining forth from ihe
DIVINE Word opened, aud eulgAtCnmg
on all things. The length breadth
1 and the "height' ot the CITY are
equal" from the fuilness Of Divine
truth from the Word The wall 0f tae
city Is great and hlgA," and "tne
measure uf a man, that is OF au angel,
because is truths are commensurate
with the length aud brodtl VI human
. experience, and iJlly respond % all
human and angeis necessities. Every
one can, II they wall, ind within o.
walls OF truth an ndOmiuable and ever
, lasting defense against tbe evils and
fa!s!tles that are ln the world, aud this
fOr the same reason tlat the mathmatl-
can IS fortified ia hls theOrems be
cause be sees and knows. The New
) Church Is a lmmutable as "A city amply
sOldered and supplied with all modern
. means Of warfare would be against a
: score OF savages, who, having burned
out their eyes and cut OF their arms,
r should attempt 10 take Il with Their
, mouths.
Z Mr.. Gibson asks ne 20 give my auth
| ority. He entirely mistakes the nature
S of the New Church. No new church
: / man accepts any authority except that
4 of ms own faculties, enlightened from
{ the Divine Word by the Lord There
is bat one way that We can come INTO
/ | an intellectual perception, and az lm-
] mutable, full and satisfactory know
: ledge of the truths OF the Word, and
D that is, 10 acknowledge the DIVINITY Oi
e the Lord. read the doctrines Of tAc
. | New Church. and, ia Their light. read
/ the Word; for, as stated, no one can
y / read the Word in Us continued uu-
Y | broken, spiritual sense, until hc has
5 been instructed. The spiritual sense,
: within the letter of the Word, gives iull
- | 1nOwlcdgcs OF the soul, d.. glOrhca.
E cations OF the Lord, Ike after death
g and of every spiritual thing, and thl
D the Word does even 10y means Oi the
"misty" geneolOglcs Of the books o'
6 Moses. IN the light Of the doctrines o'
= the New Church, the Word ls more
!, wonderful creation than nature. lt d
= SO fCr med that God ls wholly in II,
. Welding His love and wisdom 10 the
,, reader IN ratio 20 has ascending scale oi
Z regeneration.
n Mr. Gibson asks. "Can you give rs
4 the exact position Of the hcllsy' Ger.
!. tainly, a simpler question could not bt
n asked. The hclls and thc heavens arf
/, relatively located. Look az the babe
nesting IN the cradle. its soul, Ol
spiritual body il clearer, which Is sub
e stantal spiritual organization "a tbs
:, human shape, and within the materia
"a BODY. is IN heaven, because OF lts ttaif
- Of innocence. Angels 81 the hlghcs
), heaven. near the Lord. surround itand
: breathe heavenly lfc into it, evenly
i say unto YOU that Iu heaven then
u angels 90 lways leboid the face % m1
Father which ls IN heaven lts ma
= terial BODY is ln a room with the fathf
y enraged bv drink and Cursng tI
Z family. HIS soul and spiritual body
a are IN hell. surrounded bv cwi spirit
q. who breathe internal delights unto hlu
= and II our spiritual eyes could Dee olcned
:, as were the ewes Of the young nan %
n answer 10 Ehsha's prayer when 'hf
p saw: and. behold. the mountain wa
=, Z FUN of horses and chariot of ire round
4 about Elisha" We would sec one p
= Heaven with angels, and tie other .
he'll with devils. though tDeT bod e
T. were not 10 feet apart. for tho spirlt1a
Il world spiritual, not material. and 9 a
= tancc j. the difference ID states. l1'
= spiritual world is within the matera
y world. and rests upon - A. t1e sJCl u
- within The body, and rests upon T.
= Mr.. Gibson saws. with reference &
mv statement that the church Is pos
r so.sed 0f fgN knowledge ~ the v0fl
n and tho Lord. tlaf extent Iteratur
+ shows that these know edges have bee
IS sosght fn van, and inst tho Chf.sta'
-a world never has had. and docs not nor
rs claim 10 have. these know edges. ] an
20 snror -od at Fnch al assertion from
~ clcrrymau over riuety-trree tb0u
y sand copies q fhree volumes, max .u
~ these claims and explaining them hav
n hocn gwen 20 fhe protestant cierg
- alone ~ ths country. Alnstffi
volumes are gwen o. every puiau
.e lhrsrv tbat Wi make itsei kno"
e hv seuiin I for them. some ~ vbica,
a isasi. are ln Cur city library lnaf 81
- NAV read for hnseIf. and never max