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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 274, 16 March 1889, Page 4

lADVEBTISEMENT.J pfiACTICAL CHRISTIANITY PORLZSHXD FOB THE SPECIAL BENEFIT OF Noh-Chubcbgoebs. True Christian Beligion, intelligently understood, comes not to add to men’s burdens, but to remove them. “ For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn tne world, but that the world through Him might be saved.’' John iii, 17. Its leading doctrines, adapted to the use of this New Age, are summarised as follows:— There is one God, in whom is a Divine Trinity of Love, Wisdom and Operation, and he is the Lord Jesus Christ. Saying Faith is to believe in Him. Evils are 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 an two things which constitute the essence of God—love and wisdom. And there an three which constitute the essence of His love—to love others ont of Himself: to desin to be one with them: and to make them happy from Himself. The same three conatitute the essence of His wisdom; because love and wisdom in God make one, and love wills these things, and wisdom accomplishes them. (True Christian Beligion, No. 43.) The Word of God is Divine truth clothed in human language, and adapted to the varied •tatee of the human heart, that thus a man may know God, and learn to know and do Bia will. “If ye continue in My word, then an ye my disciples indeed," John viii, 811 •• Therefore all things whatsoever ya would that men should do unto you, do ye svsn so unto thorn: for this is the law and the nrophoto.” Matt, vii., 8. * The Ten Commandments point out what evils an to be shunned in order that men may attain eternal life. ' “ That it is not so difficult to live the life ©f heaven ae is commonly believed, is evident from thio—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insincere and unjust, to which hie mind is disposed, he need 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, he is then by degrees conjoined to heaven; and in so far as he is con. joined to heaven, the higher degrees of his mind an opened : and in so far as thwie are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust and in so tar aa he sees these evils th ey can ha ■‘“‘f A*”* “ can be shaken off until It be seen. This is a state into which a man may enter from free, dom ; for who is not capable of thinking in this manner ? But when be baa made a twin, niag all goods an wrought in him by the Lord, and He causes him not only to sse evils, but also not to will thorn, and finally to to. come averse to them. This is meant by the Lord's words, " My yoke is easy and My baris light." Matt. xL 80. But it should be known that the difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increase in proportion as a man from the will commits evils; tor in so far he becomes aeeastomed to them, until at length he does not see them, and afterwards loves thong, and bom the drifaht of love excuse* thorn, and by all kindg afhrfaoies oonfiray them, and dedans that they are al. ipwablo and good. But this <wmi« with those who in age of adolssenos nlung* into evils as if withoot restraint, and at the same time eject Divine things from the heart. ’— f Heaven and Hell," No. 588) This advertisement, though containing truth : for all, is especially published for the benefit of thues who bom any esuse do not profit by : ordinary religious ministrations. Those who ' approve of the doctrine* hen enunciated, and who desire to assist in the work of disseminating them, an invited to send contributions to Mr W, F. Keen, Treasurer of the Sydney Met*■ of too Mew Church, CarateUa Nuaet, The Work* of Swedenborg and Minor LitetataN of the Mew Chnteh can be oteafaad