Year: 1872

who, amid suffering and TOLL prays that God may
have mercy and turn the heart OF her cruel husband
and after years OF patient endurance finds an an
swer to her prayer In the conversion other husband
Have these two correspondents ever sought out the
Jewish Christians New York and learned their his
tory and manner of life Have they ever tested
their sincerity "Jew" writes that once In an age
some .simbecle'' processes Christianity. Can he
substantiate that statement from personal know
ledger am converted Jew. know what 1t ts to
be reviled and spurned; to have my motives i'm
pugned have gone through much, But ~ know
In whom have believed" and amid all my mental
strength and patience TO bear everything And
am not alone, by any means. You viii lind US in
many churches many are % men ana ana
iorsook ali for Christ's sake. In our coun-
law, the hand OF the oppressor cannot inlure us so
SANDER and sneering are the resort But they can
not take from US the t4at p Passsa t knGw
God SO loved the world that He gave His Son for its
redemptiOn they can never blot out the fact that
the stripes which He received we have been healed;
they can never blot out the fact that Jesus Christ
l sinner And your two correspondents, what are


With this knowledge with Gods help in the man
all my race, worship l the God OF my fathers; and
propose to remain faithful unto death, lie giving
Cross, and ever to declare as did that jewish CON.
vert or Old who created SO much excitement In his
own day, and whose influence is so great In our
times, the Apostle Paul, who styled himself
"Hebrew of the Hebrews;' % that ~ am not ashamed
of the Gospel OF Christ; for 1t is the power Of God


l hope that you will find this communication
sufficiently interesting to publish, as would like
your cSrrespondents corr lew, and IN; L., IT, to
New York who demurs at being considered an
''lmbecile," and who Is not ashamed OF being
disciple Of Jesus OF Nazareth, the Son OF God and
Saviour. SIG.
The Norwegian Lutheran Church In New


York.


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


About 1--WE years ago the Norwegian Lutheran
Synod of America sent one Of their ministers, Rev.
o. Jun to organize a church here on a sound Lu-
theran basis He has had a hard and difficult work
to perform. His countrymen are spread all over
the city, and the more wealthy ones have, as rule,
taken but little interest Ia the matter. The con-
gregation has moreover. constantly been losing by
emigration to the Western States In spite Of all
drawbacks the interest has, however, been steadily
increasing and for the last three years their place
of worship has been OvercrOwded. 1t was there
fore resolved to get as soon as possible suitable
property. House and lot No. 50 Monroe street,
Seen nve er o Tne worR Of
that will cost about six thousand dollars, Is now
rapidly progressng & WI, give 6ne eng St 9
this church Is OF great Importance not only to the
Scandinavians who reside In the city and Its sur
dinaviaTi sailors who visit New York. At present
we have more than seventy scandinavian vessels In
pace s st their pastor and has the love and
confidence of his people. We wish him success in
his undertaking, and hope that his countrymen and
others who take an interest in the scandinavian
element Of our city, Will give him helping hand.


Death and tho Resurrection.


To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


II anything were requisite to show the necessity
for and the importance Of the revelations made
through Emanuel SwedenbOrg OF the science Of
torrespondences, the spiritual sense Of the sacred
Scriptures and the state OF man after death,
surely the variety OF ideas upon the subjects Of
immortality, death and the resurrection expressed
In the columns Of the HERALD should satisfy every
one. Intelligent men to-day Lave outgrOwn the
apparent truths of nature and are diving into real
truths, and are studying the laws which govern In
the natural world. Facts and laws which
men can comprehend are taking the place Of the
theories and speculatons of the past. Nature is
full OF contradictions, or Of apparent and real
truths. So revelation, If it is actually the word
Of God and In harmony with his works, must con-
tain, In the letter. contradictions or apparent and
real truths Man by searching may find out nature
and natural laws, for they within the grasp OF
mans reason; but by searching he cannot find out
GOu genuine spiritual Jfutnb. however well NC
may comprehend God and His attributes when they
are revealed to him, he cannot, by his unaded
reason, build tower which will reach unto heaven
and enable him to scale its ramparts, and
bring down heavenly truths which will lead to the
celestial Kingdom. If he would reach heaven he
must ascend by the ladder let down from heaven,
or accept and obey the spiritual truths revealed by
tile Lord Mans unaided reason can see no higher
motye mo l1r aGton than setlsaness; ior t dwels IN
teaches us to love the Lord and our neighbor su-
premely. Nor can mans associate spirits teach him
heavenly truths by an nex0rable law OF spiritual
associati0n-that OF affnty-they are, like himself,
no BETTER often worse, than his average. This Ia
painfully manifest in the writings and teachings OF
modern Spiritualism. As rule q personal God
ID denied by Spiftuasts, although we see all
around US the most wonderful manifestations Of
well might the fnder of watch attribute 1t to the
general mind OF man, Independent OF all personal
az though kind and benevolent Father and Crea-
tor would create man, give him reason, conscience
and freedom Of will, entail suffering upon wrong
darkness without any special revelation Of
His will. Would an earthly parent thus treat
as or Of OF being
our natural selfish knowledge and affections
subordinate to revealed truths and love Of the
Lord and our neghbor is denied, and progression s
taught In Its stead, when progression IN the false
and evil can only lead to the false and evil. How
far above such teachings are the beautiu precepts


But the traditions and doctrines Of men have OBJ
scured the doctrines OF the primitive Christian
Church until cOnflsiOn reigns and 'mysteryr is
written over the portals OF divided and scattered
Church. And as man by the aid OF his own reason
cannot search out either true doctrines or the true
spiritual meaning OF Gods Word the Lord
has not delayed His second coming, but
has. through chosen human sgent-Emanuel
SwedenbOrg- g-revealed to men the doctrines
OF the prophetcal New Jerusalem Church, and,
together with them the spiritual OF the sacred
Scriptures, unfolding the laws in accordance with
which they were written, and demonstrating
nationally that they special revelations IRON
God to man. As an orthodox clergyman declared
but a few days ago, after reading the writings Of
Swedenborg, Nothing else but these writings can
save the world from sceptcism and denial Of all
divine reveIati0n.n


The doctrines Of the New Jerusalem are clearly
taught In the literal sense OF the sacred Scriptures
when unobscured by false doctrines In
the mind OF the readers; but they are
beautifully illustrated aud Illuminated In the
~ yocso In raJa tInu tc thn .wt~cxa ,,cHa.