The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-11
-. leading mathena,Icians of his day.

the leading mathenatIcians OF MS uay,
His studies in chemistry, pnys|s az
.h...,oioev mark an epoch In the history
- tbose scienccs in middle Ire ne was
ooahIod ard took his seat In the swedish
Ifouae Of Lords as one OF Its most active
and influci tai meinters.
.,c,onsidering his close attention TO pup
Ito antics. Il is wonderful how he FOUND
time 10 study and write so extensively anu
nrofou ldly but after reaching results III
Tho physical sciences that anticipated
much Of the advanced WORK that nss - ~
dono since. he passed On 10 an exhaustive
-, Of nsvchology and philosophy
ioa,,ins T., both Of these branches lnonu-
rocnts OF enduring fame In after lie,
no regarded this the rough course OF seieh-
tic literary and philosophical training
| ma a necessary preparation Tor MS redi
uork that OF observing and studying the
facts and laws OF spiritual life, ana on
the basis of this experience Interpreting
under divine instruction the spiritual
| meaning OF the Bihle.
his call. he gave Up all secular employ
mont and devoted himself exclusively TO
writing and publishing his religious and
| Theological books, beginning with the
'Arcana Celestial and ending with the
oTrue Christian Religion During this
period Of nearly thirty years his spiritual
| experience is deeply interesting and In
structiye. The latter part OF MS lie ne
went to London, where CT account oi 30
freedom Of the press he could publish MS
! hooks unmolested. and di~t .t
Where is the New Church strongest ana
what is it's numerical siren
"The New Church as an organized body
| of receivers Is strongest In this country
and in England. although there are small
bodies in all the European. countries, some
! in India and Africa, and several con-
| siderable bodies in Australia.
ut is hard to determine the total mem
bership. There is so much freedom OF
| organization and individual action within
! the limits Of some degree of recognition
of the truth Of the doctrines, that 1t is
| quite probable that there are more people
| outside the organization than within IL,
who are directly under what we call New
| Church influence, and are Interested in
the PRONUNCIATION Of the doctrines.
twenty-five thousand would probably
cover those within the organization.
"Of these perhaps 1900 are in this coun-
| try. and the came number in Great Bril-
| tain"
What is the form Of organization?
I'm Great Britain the organization Is
congregational in this country ii is in
! tendency EplSCppdls III UNTO ei'
cieties; a group Of societies form an
Association. The Associations unite to
form the General Convention. AS bust
| ness meetings, the Associations and the
! General Convention are representative
| bodies, consisting Of duly appointed dele
| gates. There are three grades in the
ministry-licentiate, minister or pastor
and general pastor, whose function is in
some respects that of bishop"
Where did the New Church originate?
1.-THE birthplace of the organization
was London.
Several years after Swedenborg's
death his publisher and a few other in
terested readers met together, formed
society, and with prayer and by the lay
ing on of hands ordained one of their
number as a minister in the Lords New
Chruch.'
"They justified their action on the
ground that the opening Of the spiritual
meaning Of the Bible to the rational
mind Of men is the fulhlment of the
prophesy of the Lords second coming,
and that an acknowledgment of this truth
and practical life in obedience is the
establishment upon earth Of the New
Church predicted in the description OF
the New Jerusalem in the Book OF Reve-
lation.
principle of the New Church as an or
ganized body Of believers.
I'm Great Britain, and especially In
London, the organization grew slowly
and steadily in the performance, mainly,
of two uses-publishing the books Of the
Church and the administering the rites,
together with collective worship and in
struction, the worship being directed to
the Lord Jesus Christ as the only God
OF Heaven and earth and the sole object
Of worship, and as being in himself the
divine trinity Of Father Son and Holy
Ghost, united in one person as the soul,
body and activity are united in one man.
THE original centre of the Organiza-
tlOn on this side Of the water was Balti-
more, but the place where a knowledge
of the doctrines first sprang up was
Philadelphia.
LAS early as 1884 James Glenn, former
member Of the London Society before men
toned left a box Of New Church books
in Philadelphia, which were afterwards
sold or distributed. Some OF these books
fell in the hands of Francis Bailey, State
Printer Of Pennsylvania, who four years
later Q7SS) began the publication of the
True Christian Religion" to which Ben
jamin Franklin and Robert Norris were
subscribers. 1t is supposed that through
these books and through the men I'm
Philadelphia who became interested a
knowledge Of the New Church came to
Baltimore. About this time Q7)O Robert
Carter, OF Nominy Han, known as Ccun-
cillor Carter. received these doctrines
from reading one Of SWedanborg's books,
which had been sent from Baltimore TO
one Of his neighbors. Probably Lord
Fairfax got his knowledge Of the dec
trines from Councillor Carter, or possibly
from Washington who IS known to have
read some Of Swedenborg's books"
When was the Church first founded In
this country?
lone hundred years ago last April the
first New Church society in America
was founded, consisting Of about twenty
members. In 1894 Councillor Carter moved
from his home in Virginia to Baltimore
10 take part in the work Of this society.
In 1898 the society was reorganized, and
the Rev Ralph Mather and the Rev.
John Harerove were ordained by that
society by the laying on of hands of all
It's male members as the pastor and as
sistant pastor of the New Church.
subsequently other societies Of the
New Church were formed in different
parts Of the country, and Joined with the
baltimore society in the work Of a gen
eral body"