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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2549, 10 November 1888, Page 2 (Supplement)

Be guarded in discourse—attentive ani slow to speak.

Althouuh it is dangerous lo have too much knowledge on certain subjects, it is still more dangerous lo bu totally ignorant of them.

Notices. PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.

PUJILISIIKD TOR THE SPECIAL HkNBFIT OF No.NCIIUKCIIUOI'.KS. Truk Christian Religion, intelligently under. stood, comi'snot to add to men's burdens but to remove, them. " For God sent not his Son into the word to condemn the world, but that the world through Him mijht be saved." John iii Its leading- doctrines, adapted to the use of Uus New Age. are summarised as follows — I'here is one God, in whom is a Divine Trinity of Love, Wisdom and Operation and He is the Lord Jesus Christ. Saving Faith is to believe in Him. Evils arc to be shunned, because they are of the devil and from the devil. 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 they are from the Lord. operating in him by him. There are two things which constitute the essence of God-love and wisdom. And there are thre- which constitute the essence of His love—to love others out of Himself; to desire to bo one with them ; and to make them happy from Himself, ihe same three constitute the essence o| His wisdom: because love'and wisdom in God make one, and love wills these things, and wisdom accomplishes them. (True Christian Religion, No. 43.)

The word of God is Divine truth clothed in 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 "If ye continue in Aly word, then are ye My disciples indeed." John viii. 31. " Therefore ail things whatsoever ye would that men sheuld do unto 5011: 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 eternal life.

"Ihat it is not so difficult to live the life of heaven as if commonly believed is evident from this-that when am thing 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 the Divine commands. If a man accustoms himself so to think, and from custom derives the habit, ho 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 lar as these are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust; and in so far as he sees these evils they can be shaken off, lor 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 ; lor 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 sen evils, but alsonot 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." Matt. xi. 30 But it should be known that the difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increases in proportion as alman 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 thc,d«li|;ht of love excuses them, and by all kinds of fallacies confirms them, and declares that they are allowable and good. But this occurs with those who in the age of adolescence plunge into evils as if without restraint, and at the same time reject Divine things from the heart."—(" Hearen find Hell." No. 533).

This advertisement, though containing truth for all, is especially published for the benefit ol thoso who from any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations. Those who approTe of the doctrines here enunciated, and who desire to assist in the work of disseminating them, are invitdtosend contributions to Mr W. F. Keen, Treasurer of tlic Sydney Society of the New Church, Carabella Street, North Shore Sydney. The Works of Swedenborjr and Minor Literature of the New Church can be obtained from Mr W. Bullard, Bookseller, Geonje-street Sydney.

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