The St. Louis Republic., 1903-02-02
ONE UNITY RUNS THROUGH
ALL CREEDS AND RELIGIONS.
Many Beliefs Have One Great Central
Axiom and Truth. Says the
Minister.

Yesterday morning at the Swedenborgian
Church Of the Divine Humanity. the Rev.
erend s. c. Eby preached on THE Variety
and Unity of Righteousness" taking for
his text Revelation xxi. 10. u. 1s: And
mountain great and high. and showed me
the holy city Jerusalem. coming down out
Of heaven from God. having the glory of
Goo: having wall great and high: having
twelve gates on the east were three
gates: and on the north three gates; and on
the south three gates; and on the west
Mr.. Eby said In substance:
precisely what the plan of religious con-
gress at the Worlds Fair Will be has not as
ed!y be some common representation of the
religious beliefs of the various nations
Of the earth.
have hitherto been held have been of vast
educative value In destroying. at least so
far fsr as the American public is concerned:
the preJudices which have been entertained
peoples. frejudiee dies slo%iys Sfel' OF 0'nef
-. IN hundred years ago 1t was very difficult
could be much that was good in any nation
but his own. Children grew up with the
and in aRe sary dsSs Of ting RepaSo
the people Of one colony entertained the
most grotesque notions Of those OF another
What was true of people who were COM
paratively near together was true In far
greater degree of those who lived in remote
incapacity to ases Comprehend. M % Modern % travel. %
the popularization of literature and in
;asss creased general knowledge have to very W
ical and national pretudices.
But In the domain Of religion there still
abides an 9yerplus Of Ignorance OF the hu.
mantty and righteousness and innocence of
long to far-dktant and iittle-known climes.
The natural relisious Instinct in every man
measure that 1t Is instructed and enilght-
ened by higher principles.
=. In THIS CONNECTION the apocalyptic visions
canoe for us. Their message Is purely
modern and progressive one. The ideal Of
side of It is presented under the figure of a
holy city. One needs to go up into the
mountain Of the ideal and to live for his
city. from which is excluded all that is un-
clean and all that makes lie. The holy
city. with its apostolic and angelic founda-
tions and walls, lies four-sQuare and exact
ly answers to the Intellectual and spiritual
msssurements Of man. lts metrical d,
''The city is one, but it has manifold en-
frances The one God has but one creation;
whole Ct nature re and and that att same principle of
unity runs throughout the whole Of Gods
spiritual creation. The heavenly Father has
Vulnerable diversities among his children.
Created each by himself, in his own place,
- like an atom Of the universe. Neverthe-
less. atom though he be, II he have in his
good. to do what 10 right to the felIow-man,
he has organically the ability to be united
with his Father In heaven and to enjoy the
perpetuity of that Fathers qualities
Thence is Is necessarily part OF the d.
vine providence of the Lord to bring back
from every scattered circumference all the
individualities that have made beginning
In developing in themselves the divine i'm
age. and likeness. Degeneration, salvation.
.oe ereatsds ssDaIAt1d. divided human be-