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Waikato Times, Volume 2537, Issue XXXI, 13 October 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

j Notices. | ; =5 ' i practical Christianity. i Puuushhd for this Special Henei'it of Non J Churcugouks, ' Trub Christian Religion. intelligently under* 3 stood, com-'S not to add to men's burdens but to t remove, them. " For God sent not his Son into I the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John sii ! 17. Its leading doctrines, ndapted to the use of this New Age. arc as follows —• There is one God, in whom is a Divine ' Trinity nt Love, Wisdom and Operation. an I lie is ihe Lord lesus Christ.. ! S iyiitg Kaith is to believe in Him. Evils are to be shunned, because they are of the devi' and from the devil. Good Works ought to be done, bccause they arc of God and from God, and they ought to be done by man as of himself, but with tha belief tint they are from the Lord, operaiin* in him by him. There are two things which constitute tha essence of G>d—love and wisdom. And there 1 arc thre* which constitute the essence of His love—to 10.-c others out of Himself; to desire to** be one withthem ; and to make them happy from Himself, The same three constitute the cssence of His wisdom ; because love and wisdom in 1 God make one, and love wills these things, and . wisdom accomplishes them. (True Christian. Religion, No. 43 ) The word of God t< Divine truth clothed in 1 human language, and adapted to the varied states of the human heart, that thus a man may know God, and learn to know and do His will. *\l' yo continue in My word, then are ye My di«cip!es indeed." John vm. 31. "Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men shsuld do unto jou: do ye even so unto them : for this is the law and the prophets. Matt. vii. 8. The Ten Commandments point out what evils are to be shunned in order that men may attain f eternal life. "That it is not so difficult to live the life of heaven as if cemmonly believed is evident from tht3—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insincere and unjust, to which his mind is disposed, he need not only think that it ought not to be done because it is contrary to thi? Divine commands. If a man accustoms himself so to think, and from custom derives the habit, he is then by degrees conjoined to heaven; and in so far as he is conjoined to heaven, thet higher degrees of his mind are opened; and in so tar as these arc opened he sees what is insincere and unjust; and in so tar as he sees theso evils they can be shaken off, for it imposstole that any evil can be shaken off until it be seen. This is x state into which a man may enter from freedom; for who is not capable from freedom of thinkingin this manner ? But when he has made a beginning all goods are wrought in him by the Lord, and He causes htm not only to se* rviJs, but also not to will them, and finally to become averse to them- This is meant by the Lord's words "My yoke is easy and My burden is light.* s Matt. xi. 80 But it should' be known that tho difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increases in proportion as a'man from the will commits evils, for in so far he becomes accustomed to them, until at length he does not " see them, and afterwards loves tbem, and from the delight of love cxcuses tbem, and by all kinds of fallacies confirms them, and declares that they are allowable and good. Hut this occurs with ekose who in the age of adolescence plunge into vils as if without restraint, and at the same time eject Divine things from the heart. 'W ll Heaven and Hell." No. 633). |' This advertisement, though containing truth for I all, is especially published for the benefit of thosdwho fram any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations. Those who approve oE the doctrines here enunciated, and who desire to assist in the work of disseminating them', are in* vitd to send contributions to Mr \V. F» . Keen, Treasurer of the Sydney Society ot the New Church, Carabella Street,' North Shore Sydney. The Works of Swedcnbdrg and Minor Liter- a ature of the New Church can be obtained from. Mr W. Builard, Bookseller, George-street* Sydney. /JIHOMAS g LACK WELL ' Begs to inform the residents of Hamilton and neighbourhood that he has commenced business in the premise adjoining GWynne's Hotel as BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, and hopes by strict attention to business to merit a share of public patronage. Repairs Neatly Executed.