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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2522, 8 September 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

k Notices. e " " pRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY. Published tor the Si-ecial Benefit op Nona Churchgoers* j True Christian Religion, intelligently under* stood, com«s not to add to men's burdens but to remove, them. " For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John iii Its leading doctrines, adapted to the use of t- this Age. are summarised as follows —• f- Ihcreisone God, in whom is a Divine Trinity of Love, Wisdom and Operation, Is an d He is the Lord Jesus Christ. P paying Faith is to believe in Him. * Evils are to be shunned, because they arc of the devij and from tho devil. S6 Good Works ought to be done, because they are of God and from God, and they ought to be done by man as of himself, but with the belief that thev are from thcLord, P- operating- in him by him. There are two things which constitute the essence of God—love and wisdom. And there are which constitute the essence of Hij love —to love others out of Himself; to desire to ir be one with them ; and to makethemhappyfrom n Himself, The same three constitute the essence oi His wisdom ; because lore and wisdom in God make one, and love wills these things, and t- wisdom accomplishes them. (True Christian Religion, No. 43.) The word of God is Divine truth clothed in ' human language, and adapted to the varied 10 states of the human heart, that thus a man may know God, and learn to know and do His will. "If ye continue in My word, then arc ye My disciples indeed." John viii. 31. "Therefore all things whatsoever yc would that men should :e do unto jou: do ye even so unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets. Matt. vii. 8. Ihe Icn Commandments point out what evils j are *° shunned in order that men may attain CI eternal life. U "That it is not so difficult to live the life of heaven as if ccmmonly believed is evident from this—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insincere and unjust, to which his n mind is disposed, he need not only think that it ir ought not to be done because it is contrary to the Divine commands. If a man accustoms hime self so think, and from custom derives the 11 habit, he is then by degrees conjoined to heaven ; « and in so far as he is conjoined to heaven, the higher degrees of his mind are opened; and in so far as these are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust; and in so far as he sees these evils h they can be shaken off, for it impossible that any evil can be shaken off until it be seen. This is a state into which a man may enter from freedom ; tor who is not capable from freedom of thinking in this manner ? But when he has made a beginning all goods are wrought in him by the Lord, and He causes him not only to see evils, but also not to will them, and finally to become averse 8 to them. This is meant by the Lord's words, g "My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matt. xi. 30 Hut it should be known that the difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increases in proportion as a man from tho > will commits evils, for in so far he becomes accustomed to them, until at length he does not see them, and afterwards loves them, and from the delight of love excuses them, and by all kinds fc of fallacies confirms them, and declares that they are allowable and good. But this occurs witn those who in the age of adolescence plunge into * evils as if without restraint, and at the same time "1 reject Divine things from the heart."—(" Heaven ij and Hell." No. 533). This advertisement, though containing truth for all, is especially published for the benefit of those s who from any cause do not profit by ordinary e religious ministrations. Those who approve of (j the doctrines here enunciated, and who desire to r assist in the work of disseminating them, are in- *■ vitdtosend contributions to Mr W. F. Keen, r Treasurer of the Sydney Society ot the New 1 Church, Carabclla Street, North Shore Sydney. . The Works of Swedenborg and Minor Literature of the New Church can be obtained from Mr W. Bullard, Bookseller, George-street, r Sydney. f. : —

1 DUNBLANE AUCTION MART, s QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, t i (Opposite T. & S. Morriu's). t ; TIIOS. I. JACKSON, I AUCTIONEER, HOUSE AND LAND AGENT. i Houses to t et ouses to Juet AND For qale. or Oale. goods bought and sold on COMMISSION. MONEY TO LEND AT A MODERATE INTEREST. LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSIGNMENTS. Sales undertaken in Town or Country on Low Bates. Prompt Account Sales. ALL SALES will be CATALOGUED T. M. JACKSON Has much pleasure in announcing to his friends and the Public of Auckland generally, that he will open on Monday. August Ist, 1887, those large and commodious premises in Queen-street (opposite T. and S. Morrin and Co., Ltd.), as an Auction Mart, and hopes by strict attention to business to merit a share of the Public patronage. Regular Sales of Furniture, Produce, etc., on Tuesdays and Fridays in each week. To Consignors of Produce, special advantages can be offered, as the Mart is fitted with a perfectly dry and rat proof cellar, capable of holding several thou-i sand sacks of grain or potatoes. To People leaving Auckland or wanting to sell their Furniture, liberal * term? can be given. The Stoke has the most tion, the largest accommodation, and best light of any mart in Auckland, comprising two good flats, which will be devoted exclusively to Furniture. MR A. LEMAN begs to acquaint the storekeepers of the Waikato, Thames and other districts that he was formerly manager for Messrs Butoher : and Groom, but that he has ceased to be connected with that firm for the last iiiss. months, as he finds, by a misleading; advertisement, business intended for hinn has gone to others.