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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 304, 28 May 1889, Page 2

CLEARANCE SALE! CLEARANCE SALE! CLEARANCE SALE! AT MISS DORAN’S PRIOR TO OPENINGJUP IXTew Goods. FOR ONE MONTH ONLY IJ NO CASH OFFER WILL BE BE FUSED, MISS DORAN, CORNER OF GLADSTONE ROAD AND PEEL STREET.

ADVERTISEMENT.] PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Published fob the Special Benefit of Non-Churchgoebs. Thue Christian Religion, intelligently understood, comes not to add to men’s burdens, but to remove them. 11 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn toe world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John iii, 17. Its eading 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, Saving 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 doue 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 three which constitute the essence of His love—to love others out of Himself: to desire to be one with them t and to make them happy from Himself. The same three constitute the essence of 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 ta know and do will. “It ye continue in My word, then are ya my disciples indeed.” John viii, 81] ” Therefore all things whatsoever ye would men ehhulfl do unto you, do yo oven so unto them i {o r ?» *>»• >» w &tho P r <>- phots," Matt, yli., 6. The Ten CllMSndmanto point ppt what evils are to be shuaHgq in order that men may attain eternal life. " That it is not so difficult te live the life of heaven as la commonly believed, is evident from this—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insineere and unjust, to which bis mind is disposed, he need only think that ii ought not to be dons because it la contrary to the Divine commands. If a man accustoms himself so to tbjpk, and from custom derives the habit, he is than 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 e’>!« they can be shaken off, for it is Impassible that any Wil can be shaken off until it is rein, This is a State into whloh a man may enter from freedom! for who is not capable of thinking in tbU masper? But when ho has made a beginning aii goods are wrought In him by t);e Lard, aud Ha aeuses him not only to see avl<j, but also not to will fhsm, and finally to hecow averse of them, Tbig is meant by tho Lori's words, 11 My yoke is easy and My burikin light." Matt. xi. 80‘ But it should be bhown that 'tjia dlfboulty of ao thinking, and likewise fir resisting spile, increase in proportion a> » man from ths V-ili commits evils; for in so far hp becomes aoougtprfied to them, until at length hs dpee not see thorn, and afterwards loves them, aud from the delight Of love excuses them, end by fill kinds of fallacies confirms them, and declares that they are allowable and good, But this occurs w|lh those who in age of adolesenoe plunge jot# evils as if without restraint, and at ips eome time reject Divine things from the heart."—HHeaven and Hell.” (No. 583) Thia fidygrtlaement, though containing truth for all, |s topgclally published for the beneftt of Ifcose who Iron; any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations. Those who approve of the doctrines here enunoiaieil, and wjjo desire to asiist in the work of disseminating them, are' invited to send contributions to &fr W. F. ' Keen, j Tressuffir nt the Sydney Society the New i Ohnroh; garabella Street, North Shore, I Sydnay. ’ | Tho Works of Pjwdanburg and Minor Lite, i ratnrenf ihs New Church pan be obtained )i from Mr W, Bullard, Boaktoileri Giorge 11 Siiuati Sydney, 1 1