Evening journal., 1895-02-23
NEW CHURCH DOCTRINES.
THE DIVINITY or THE LORD AND
or THE WORD.

Strong Speech of President Frank sewall,
of the Nsw-Uhuroh Society Sweden
borRIan Theory Must Beoome the Popu-
lar One as Education Advances.
After a most enjoyable reception In
the lecture room OF the New Jerusalem
Church last evening, the annual session
OF the Maryland New-Ohurch Society
aud Conference OF Ministers came to a
close Before the close Of the business
meeting new officers were elected aud
the time for the yearly meeting was
changed from February % to the third
Friday In October, Fnd IL Was decided to
meet next In Baltimore. The Board of
Missions decided TO continue the work a.
Preston, Nd +, and at Richmond
Petersburg and Newport News, Va, Rev
Il Won * Orownfeld being appointed to
Preston, Rev j. +. Spiers TO Virginia, he
TO be assisted by Rev Louis +. Hite
Rev Frank Sewall, In his annual re-
port as presiding minister ami general
pastor, explained forcibly the doctrines
OF the New Church. saying that they
we're sure to be adopted BY all people In
the coming ages OF higher education
Continuing, he said
THE Wide propagation. especially In
our cities since the Worlds Parliament
Of Religions last year, OF what Is known
as Oriental thought OF Brahma and
Budoha and the teaching Of modern.
/ theosophy-hEE compelled the New.
/ Church to give an account Of herself
There has arisen, possibly, a miscon
/ caption on the part OF some OF the New
Churchmen IS to the identity OF the New
i Church doctrine with some parts OF this
oriental and 30 called occult doctrine
and there Is a widely prevailing notion
that Swedenborg Is not only TO be
counted among the mysteries but among
/ theosophsts That he himself Is a
| BuddhR reincarnated and that reincRrnA-
ton Is among the most prominent and
fundamental Of his doctrines.
1T would seem almost incredible
that any intelligent reader Of Sweden
borg or any properly instructed member
OF lne New Church should for a moment
be In doubt as TO what broad and vital
distinction exists between these oriental
and mysterious systems and tho New.
Church religion as set forth from the
Word In the heavenly doctrines OF the
New Jerusalem
But the mission Of the New Church Il
to teach, above all, that the great
primary truth on which all genuine
religion must rest, is that with the de-
nial of the historic Christ and his re-
demption, all reliance on a Christ In one
self is an illusion. The New Church must
teach a redemption through the conquer
ing OF the hells by the historic Goldman,
Jesus Christ, In place Of heaven as q
sleep or a place Of merged personalities
The New Church must teach heaven as Q
perfected something in which individuals
retain their personalities only the more
perfect and entire.
"a committee Of bishops Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church has recently
sent forth a pastoral letter warning ths
clergy OF that denomination against
falling into two errors In their teaching
namely the denial of the divine incarna-
tion in our Lord, and of the divinity o.
tho scriptures The mission OF the New.
church, Is made unmistakabls when WI
observe that the only foundation OF
which these bishops base their appeal tC
their clergy for the teaching OF th'
| divinity OF the Lord and the divinity o.
the Word Is that the 'canons Of thu
church'-forbid them teaching otherwise
Surely some other foundation thar
this must be laid for the faith Of th'
age that is upon us, and the New Churcl
Is, under the Divine providence auS
mercy, to lay that foundation Here lie
our true mission, whether In our work a
home or abroad, to preserve the founda
l ffoy,