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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 325, 16 July 1889, Page 2

ADVERTISEMENT. pRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY PUBLISHED Ton THE SPECIAL BENEFIT OF Non-Cbubchgoehs, Tbue Christian Religion, 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 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 aid Operation, and lie 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 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 three which constitute the essence of His love—to love others out of Himself: to desire to be one with them: 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 wil's these things, and wisdom accomplishes their, (True Christian Religion, No. 43.) The Wo-d 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 My word, than are ye my disciples indeed." John viil, ffl"| Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them : for this is the law and the prophets." Matt, vii.,B. The Ten Commandments point out what evils are to be shunned in order that mon may attain eternal life. “ That it is not so difficult to lira the life of heaven as is commonly believed, is evident from this—that when anything presents itself that one knows to ba insincere sad unjust, to which his mind isflisposed, he need only think that it ought not to ba done because it It 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 ha i> con’’ joined to heaven, the higher degrees of his mind are opened i and in so far as these are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust; and in so far as be sees these evils they can be shaken off, for it is impossible that any evil can be shaken off until it is seen, This is a state into which a man may enter from freedom ; tor who is not capable of thinking in thia 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 a'so not to will them, and Anally to become averse of them. This is meant by the Lord's words, “ My yoke is easy and My burden light," Matt. xi. 80' But it should be known that tbs difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increase in proper) lion as a man from the will commits evils for in so far he becomes accustomed to them, until at length be does not see them, and afterwards loves them, and from the delight 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 age of adolesence plunge into evils as it without restraint, and at the same time reject Divine things from the heart."—" Heaveu and Hell," (No. 533) Thia advertisement, though containing truth for all, Is especially published for the benefit of -hose who from any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations, Those who approve of the doctrines here enunciate.!, and who desire to assist in the work of disremtnating them, are invited to send contributions to Mr W. F. Keen, Treasurer of the Sydney Society of the New Ohnrcb, Carabella Street, North Shore, Sydney. The W ; ks of Swedenburg and Minor Lite rature of the New Church can be obtained frits M- W, Bullard, Bookseller, George Btieit, H;dney, z_ •