Telegram-herald., 1890-05-13
LIrrLE CHURCH ON ooRNER



week ago sunday 20 year sssas q the
slh. gaoa ~CnAs. X. Gl5son, indaoss
ue 10 answer .ae Questions there sskea,
41d ID yoaT papeE. Deeaase Il mas the
medium of tie lateTfogstor.
QUESTIONING my authority Tor declaf-
~ Gods purposes, Dir. Gibson
quotes Romans. a., 81 'FoT who hath
known tho mlnG u the Lords 0r Who
hath been us counoe ll0rs' rhe cues
Ton IS continued IA tAe thirgy NTH
xerse. ana alsasre1 Do the thirty -SlKtn.
"For u ii ul, and lhrougb HIM, and 70
II m aro al I1ings. ~ hOm hs glory
forever" The tW0 verses taken 10
gether specifically assert Just Nhst Nj.
Nlbs8n quotes the nrst t0 question.
Ihe meaning Ot tie tWO verses =
clearly 10 the same point as the two
passages. "Wn0 by searching can md
out God ." and Search the scriptures,
for % them ye think Ne have eternal
lie, ana they are they which testify OF
me-"
The teaching of each couplet - that
no man can find Out God by searching,
As by scientific Investigation, or
through hls Own resources. Nan
must have revelations from God
u he md out COD Ways. But
again he quotes, "Hls ways are past
huding out" Certainly. GOD must
reveal them # they are known, and
tins lie has done N the Divine Word
which, by means OF the doctrines q
The New Church, 5 intelllgenuy and
c0ncluslycly seen and known 70 DC a
perfect expression and continent OF al
truth, the infinite wisdom OF God.
Mr. c. GbsOn further adds. "Ortho-
dOXy has always pictured Heaven As
being much Ike the modern church
lots OF room, but plenty OF empty
seats but Mr.. Dole made the matter
even worse. He emphatcally declared
thai all the angels ln Heaven had once
been men. women, or children living on
this earth. That being the case. Heaven
w9s utterly empty during all eternity
and until EuOch died. IL the Almighty
loves company he must have had an
awful lonesome time before that. IL
NAV be, however, Mr.. Dole never
thought of this, and may make fresh
study of the subject now that call his
attention 10 IT, The devil would also
have had an equally lonesome time, or
else there was no devil until after
Adams creation. Who was II that
finally became the deylR Doubtless
Mr. Dole can tell Us about this. Will
he please do sop
First, whether or not the New
Church Is orthodox" " depends on the
definition given 10 the word. II cor
thodoxy" is used IN the sense that II
means belief that the word is true III
spots or inspired like poetry, belief
IN several gods, or gods without body,
/ passions, or parts; or belief IN the
/ vicarOus atOnement, salvation by faith
| alone, the resurrection CT the body,
angels Of a separate order of creation,
/ the worship of saints. a personal devil,
| a literal hell-tire, the damnaton OF
| heather and infants, and that the Lord
! does not want man to have specific
/ knowlcdges of Himself, the soul, the
| spiritual world, on life after death, and
! that man can't, the New Church once
and forever absolutely and thoroughly
! repudlates Orthodoxy" and rejects i
as the venom OF n serpents tooth that
benumbs and blinds the unfortunate
victim with pain, and swallows HIM IN
aware. But If Orthodoxy" means an
Intellectual perception OF the plenary
| inspiration of the Scriptures as the
word Of God, and belief thence; a be
/ lief III the Divinity of the Lord, Jesus
| because IN Him dWelleth all the full
ness OF the GOdhead bodily" ana that
salvation is by a life according 10 the
per, eots of the decalogue, the New
| Church is orthodox"
In stating that all the angels IN
1 n nf
| earth, was speaking OF the forma-
ton OF the heavens of this earth
Every star in the great universe, eX
cept our few planets and satellites, Is 9
sun with eartns revolving about II, sub
stantially ike our own, and each eartt
has It's own heavens pcopled by thoS'
who are born and die upon Il. Oul
earth is one Of the latest. Away back
when M. Gibson lmag.nes that the Lore
created angels I'm heaven to keep HIN
and the devil from getting lonesome
He was creating UnIverses of eartn'
with human beings upon them to peO
pie the heavens about each earth. Goo
IRON eternity would not be satisfied
with one little earth and few angel
abOutit. As touching the number il
the heavens of our own earth, the New
4 I
leve lust as John SAID, there "Is grea
multitude which no man could mum
Der. of all nations, and kindreds, and
people, and tongues heathens and IN
| tants included
For what purpose did the Lord streV
| the mllkyWav with stars, which ar
suns ike our own, if Il were not tina
they might he suns n their RESPECTIVE
universe And why did He create tn
planets about them, and the planets o
our own universe more luXluant thar
our own, # lt were not that human bc
ngs might pe created upon them 10
, the universal heavens For 10 purpose
Each star IS the center Of a system O
planets that are inhabited by morta
beings, and have been, some n then
for mvTiads Of centuries before on
earth was created. Mr.. Gibson nee
not feel that we make the Lord "iOu'
some" But to imagine that it did nc
! occur to the Lord - create man INT
relatively q shoTttmc ago, and. then TIA
He created only one set on one sma
/ earth. sad then e. tIy % reconcile tn
! fact lv a former creation 81 separst
| order ot angels, has 100 foundation q
science. common sense. or the Dlwu
/ Word Rut Iet lt be- sad that the Tor
does not create man or angels 70 kee
II m or tie devil company, but that u
Z NAV bless them bv a continually mor
3 / Interior reception Of Hs infinite 0F
| and v1sdom. thus bringing them be-
sua forever more aud more into II
mage and se1ess aud INTO the Iuc
preside joys and hsQplness of dlv1
lose.
3ir. Gibson speaks r Fnoch dv'ni
Allow = correction # Scripture. II
D~re word nowhere says EnOch DE
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