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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 359, 3 October 1889, Page 2

NOTICE. DENTISTRY. H. C. WILSON, Subgeon Dentist, Tennyson Street, Napieb, Will arrive in Gisborne on OCTOBER 13th. He may be consulted as usual at Mb Geo. Foster’s, Chemist, Gladstone Road, upon all branches of his profession.

advertisement. pRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Published for the Special Benefit of Non-Churchgoers. True Christi a Religion, intelligently under stood, 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, butthat the world through Him might be saved.” John iii, 17. Its eading doctrines, adapted to the use of his New Age, are summarised as follows; — There is one Gnd, 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 bina. 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 con stitute the essence of His wisdom ; because 'eve 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 varr d 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, then are ye my disciples indeed.” John viii, 31 “ Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so onto them : for this is the law and the oro. phets.” Matt, vii., 8. F The Ten Commandments point out what evils are to be shunned in order that men raav attain eternal life. 7 “ That it is not so difficult to live the life of heaven as is commonly believed, is evident from this—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insincere and unjust, to Which his mind is disposed, he need only think that it ought not to be done because it is contrary to tbe Divine commands. If a man accustoms himielf bo 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 mmd are opened : and in so far as these are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust • and m so far as he sees these evils they can be shaken off, for it is impossible that any evil can be shaken off until it is seen. This 13 a state into which a man may enter from freedom; for who is not capable of thinking m 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 see evils, but also not to will them, and finally to become averse of them. This is meant by the Lord’s words, "My yoke is easy and My burden light,” Matt. xi. 30’ But it should be known that ths difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resistitrg evils, increase in proportion 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 Jove 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 cf adolesence plunge into evils as if without restraint, and at the same time reject Divine things from the heart.”—“Heaven and Hell.” (No. 833) This advertisement, though containing truth for all, is especially published for the benefit of those who from any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations.

Those who approve of the doctrines here enunciated, and who desire to assist in the work of disseminating them, are invited to end contributions to Mr W, J'. Keen, reasurer of the Sydney Society -’of the New htirch, Carabella Street, North Shore, ydney. The Works of Swedanburg and Minor Literature of th« New Church can be obtained from Mr W. Bullard, Bookseller, George Sreet, Sydney. " The Doctrine of Life ” will be forwarded, gratis and post free, to all persons who yip y lor ths same to the Book Ooinmittce, Temperance Hall, Pitt Street. i