Respiration. Mr. Benade showed us a picture of the judgment. A seated figure represents the judge. This is Osiris, the dwelling of Ra. Ra is the sun, and thus Osiris represents the Lord in His Human. Osiris is described as having passed through combats, as having been slain, and then having become a judge. In one hand he holds a sceptre, and in the other a flail with which to separate the chaff from the wheat, which is done at the judgment. Before Osiris are the genii of the viscera. The accuser is a dog (similar to the Cerberus of the Greek mythology). Near the dog are the scales, in one pan of which is the jar containing the heart, and in the other pan Truth. A jackal-headed figure balances the two, while a scribe with an ibis's head is putting down the result. In another picture the scales are balanced on the shoulder of a man. On one side of the judgment throne is a line of spirits coming up to be judged. On the other side is one of the condemned in the form of a swine being driven away by a Cinocephalus.

After the judgment the migration begins. In this the spirit wanders through the region or domicile of spirits. The intermediate state is, according to our doctrines, a state of vastation, and so the spirit enters and leaves societies freely until he finds the one to which he belongs. The transmigrations are connected with evil animals, which represent the evil societies into which the spirit comes. The wandering of good spirits, it is to be noted, is called migration, and that of evil spirits transmigration.

The doctrine of the Transmigration of Souls as held by Asiatic peoples at the present day is a perversion of the doctrine of the Ancient Church. The Asiatics believe that man after a period of 3000 years comes on earth again in the form of some animal. This doctrine was adopted by Pythagoras, who got it from Egypt. In conformity with his doctrine, Pythagoras taught his disciples not to eat animals, lest they should eat the spirit of the man, and thus interfere with his purification. The true doctrine, of which the above is the perversion, is that the evil come into hell, and have forms around them which correspond to their affections, and from a distance themselves appear like those forms.

The Book of Respiration gives the results of the migration of a spirit, and shows how he learns to breathe the breath of heaven. In later times the Egyptians depicted the torments of hell as fearful, horrible enough even to delight the soul of Baxter himself. The devils are stirring up the souls, and roasting them in the fire, and the pitchfork even is used.

The Old Egyptians always spoke of the Divine Being as Love and Goodness and as being One. It was only in later times that they spoke of an avenging God.

After giving us so much spiritual food, Mr. Benade showed us some material food in the form of Egyptian bread, probably thousands of years old. But nobody present seemed to care to taste it.

E. J. E. S.

regard Leith as a beautiful town, just as there are people that would regard Wigan and Stoke as specially salubrious; but such is not my opinion, unless I am obliged to indorse the (alleged) Ruskinian dictum that "use is beauty." This, by the way, reminds me by some law of association or other of an argument between our friend M'Lachlan and a lady respecting "braid Scotch." The lady, a Scotch lady, having expressed a hope that the use of Scotticisms would soon die out, and that all people would ultimately speak one language, the English, the patriotism of our friend was roused. It was not to be expected that he, who only the day before had sat in the chair of the king through whom England came into the hands of Scotland, could brook such an affront to the Scottish tongue. He therefore took up the cudgels and argued that it would be a great pity for any of the Scotch language to go out of existence, seeing that the Scotch is the most expressive language known. The lady, not willing to be beaten upon the ground of expressiveness, contended that the claim made by Mr. M'Lachlan really amounted to nothing; the same thing might be said in favour of any language, and indeed was said by the Dutch at the Cape in reference to the very impure Dutch that they are in the habit of employing. Upon the whole the argument was decidedly in favour of the champion of the English tongue, though I fear her opponent is too much attached to that musical Scottish accent and pronunciation to disavow his stanch conservative principles in reference to everything Scottish.

But to return to Leith. I only saw Leith when going to Trinity and returning therefrom, and was not at all impressed with it. The Newhaven fishwives with their quaint dress and by no means polite bearing interested me somewhat, as did some of their dwellings; though I was, I must own, dubious as to whether I should succeed in running the gantlet of the outpourings of dirty water which were ever and anon thrown into the streets with exemplary disregard as to the vicinity of passers-by.

At Trinity I found some more of my Brightlingsea friends, with whom I spent a very pleasant evening in conversing about the sayings and doings upon our "native shores."

Next day I reached Edinburgh betimes, and waited upon Mr. Cottam, the secretary of the New Church Society in Edinburgh, who with Mr. Carswell, a New Church Canadian cousin, now resident in Edinburgh, were under promise to show me the historic and classic spots of the Scottish capital. I was especially fortunate in securing the pilotage of these two gentlemen, the former of whom seemed to know everything about Edinburgh, and the latter of whom didn't, but he could ask questions, and he did.

A VISIT TO SCOTLAND.
LETTER III.

IN the following day, Sunday, I conducted the services at Alloa morning and evening, and a most delightful sphere seemed to exist during the whole day. The quiet of the Scottish Sabbath struck me as peculiarly adapted towards promoting those important spiritual uses for which the Sabbath was made by the Lord. Certainly the closing of public-houses on the Sabbath day conduces greatly to keep the streets far more orderly than are our English streets; but I should be sorry to say that, because the streets were quiet and the people orderly, the people were secretly indulging in other and worse evils. Everything that contributes to order is orderly. Washing the outside of the cup and the platter is not all that is needed, yet that much is needed. The Scotch on the Sabbath day maintain a religious exterior, and that as far as it goes is very desirable and very creditable.

Of

On Monday morning I started for Edinburgh, being met at the Waverley Station by some New Church friends formerly resident in Brightlingsea. After a long gossip with Messrs. Cottam and Carswell, with whom I made arrangements for the next day, we started off for a ramble, the we meaning two ladies and myself. course the first thought was to see the shops, but I obtained a brief respite in the shape of a visit to the very interesting Museum, where, if I learned nothing else, I was informed, on the authority of a guardian of the public peace, that not only is whistling on Sunday a sign of heathenism in Scotland, but that whistling in all its branches indulged within the Museum precincts is regarded as a high crime and misdemeanour.

We were not long in reaching the shops in Princes Street, the finest street that it has ever been my fortune to see. A long straight street, with business establishments upon one side and a low level park upon the other, with the buildings of the Old Town as a background. The effect is good, and at once strikes a stranger. After a brief peep at the Picture Gallery we started for Trinity, taking by the way Leith and Newhaven. Probably there are people that

CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of Morning Light.

THE NEW CHURCH IN WALES.

BEING a Welsh Independent minister, and a revering student of the doctrines of the New Church, I feel it my duty to express my great joy to have read in your issue of Feb. 22nd the confessions of an Independent minister of Wales concerning the works of the great Swedenborg, of which I have been a constant and believing reader for the last three years. Like Ernest Rowe, I now hardly read anything in theology but the Bible and Swedenborg's works. I feel it impossible to read the theology of the Old Church; its systems and bodies of Divinity are to me tame and lifeless, dark and cold as the dismal chambers of death, whilst the works of Swedenborg are alive and inspiring, and an inexhaustible source of spiritual light and celestial heat. His teeming luminous thoughts are nothing else than innumerable rays emitted from the uncreated sun. I have read prayerfully through the following volumes, viz. T. C. R., A. R., H. H., E. U., and the first and second volumes of the A. C. Should it please the Lord to spare my life, I intend to study carefully all his remaining works. I have found them most fascinating ever since the first day I began to peruse them. Though unique in style, strange and startling in contents, tremendous and terrible in power, authoritative like the voice of an emperor, grand and irresistible like thunders and lightnings, yet their incomparable tenderness and eternal melody captivate the mind and win the heart; mild and sweet they are like the summer breeze, like the innocence of infants, like the cheerful voice of love. Divine grandeur and sublimity and the humble simplicity of a child meet together in these works as in no others; but I must not begin to describe, however tempting, their matchless and multitudinous excellences. Having been for many years in the daily habit of reading and meditating much and often on the Word of the Lord, worshipping Him as the Divine Man, and shunning evils as sins, I was thus prepared, unawares to myself, to be further taught by the Lord through Swedenborg, His most honoured servant. Divine truth and Divine love, as revealed and expounded through Swedenborg, make me continually to praise the Lord and to pray earnestly for the spiritual preparation of the race to receive and appreciate this superior light; being inwardly and calmly assured that the principles and spirit of the New Church,

which are infinitely deeper, broader, and higher than all denominationalism, must gradually extend victoriously from pole to pole. The thoughts and feelings of the Lord, of the celestial and spiritual heavens, as manifested through Swedenborg, have rendered life to me most beautiful and blessed. I see clearly as I never saw before the unutterable glory of religion-its everlasting harmony with all nature, with true science and reason, and with all that is in man as man. How it exquisitely chimes with all that is natural, true, and noble ! The internal sense of the Word explained, the Divine Humanity, the Grand Man, the influx of the invisible to the visible creation in its innumerable symbols, etc., are truths so grand, so clear, and convincing to me in their own light, so full of Divine love, so sacred and holy, that I feel my spirit through them living already in a universe of life and light. But these truths cannot be presented in this age without encountering opposition. Wherever they are preached in obedience to the Lord in any section of the Old Church, supernal and infernal spheres must clash. But all the children of light are bound in love to testify of its sweet and renovating influence. ANOTHER INDependent MINISTER IN WAles.

THE ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH.

DEAR SIR,-I rely on the exercise of your accustomed impartiality to allow me to present to your readers the other side of the questions discussed in your issue of the 28th Feb. by Mr. C. J. Whittington. With the objection raised to the appointment of Dr. Tafel as the theological tutor of the Conference students, on the ground that he is a member of the body styling itself the "Academy of the New Church," I entirely agree. I do so because I consider the doctrines held by that Academy to be neither scriptural nor reasonable, and unnecessary to a true understanding of the Bible. Mr. Whittington has contented himself with the merest outline of the teachings of the body of which he tells us he is a member. Whether he considered the subject not sufficiently important for a clearer and more definite statement of his views, or whether he thought his case might not be strengthened thereby, I cannot say, but No. 6 of the "Words of the New Church" (page 571) enables me to supply the deficiency. In a "résumé of the issue," after alluding to the "fallacies and heresies into which the New Church was drifting," we are told :"The issue opened in the Church by these departures from the heavenly doctrines revealed by the Word for the use of those who are of the New Church has respect chiefly to the following points:"1. The Divine authority of the Writings, which we affirm, while others doubt or deny.

"2. The Second Advent of the Lord in the Writings, and consequently their infallibility and Divinity. We affirm these things, while others deny them either wholly or in part.

"3. The New Church, the crown of all the Churches, and so distinct from them that it can neither be evolved from them or infused into them. That the doctrines of the New Church, and the form and order of its Priesthood, and of the sacraments of Baptism and the Holy Supper, are most explicitly and fully set forth in the heavenly doctrines, and that we can neither modify or amend these Divine principles revealed for the use of the Church. We believe and affirm these things, while others doubt or deny them, hence the issue."

The question which has therefore to be decided is whether the majority of English New Churchmen believe these doctrines. If so, they have the right to decide that all students adopted by Conference shall be educated in them; but is it wise to alienate from the Church those who conscientiously hold different views by the appointment of an extreme man to the post of theological tutor? Whether they possess a majority or not, is it not advisable to select as the trainer of our future ministers a man possessing the confidence not merely of a bare majority even, but of the general body of the Church? Such is the rule adopted by other religious bodies, and it surely is a wise one. If all our future ministers are to teach the views propounded by the Academy, there will be no place in the reformed New Church for those holding similar ideas to my own, and I suppose we shall be one day told that we are heretics and schismatics with no claim to the title and position of New Churchmen at all.

Casting away the many side issues which have been so skilfully raised, let me appeal to every New Church Society in electing its representatives to the next Conference, which is likely to be one of the most important and vital to the welfare of the New Church that has ever been held, to earnestly consider whether it desires its students to be educated as liberal members of a liberal Church, or to be taught to consider themselves the only authorized "priesthood" of an infallible dogmatism, whether our future ministers are to hold the views of a Bayley, a Bruce, or a Giles, or to be incipient Tafels or possible Benades. If the question be fairly considered I have no doubt of the result, and after the ensuing Conference I trust it may have been decided that infallible claims worthy of Rome herself may find no place in the education of New Church students in a New Church College. —I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, II. T. W. ELLIOTT.

NEWS OF THE NEW CHURCH. BLACKBURN.-On Tuesday evening, February 10th, the members of the Young Men's Literary Association held a conversazione in the schoolroom of the above Society, and invited the young ladies and members of the church and school. The schoolroom was very tastefully decorated for the occasion, the walls being hung with pictures and mirrors. During the evening various games were indulged in, and refreshments, of which a great variety had been provided, were freely handed round. The members had endeavoured to consult every one's taste, as was shown by the miscellaneous character of the evening's entertainment, all the arrangements being excellently carried out. Songs and readings were kindly given by a few ladies and members of the class, and a stump speech admirably given by Mr. R. Baines caused considerable amusement. Mr. G.

H. Halden very efficiently discharged the duties of master of ceremonies. Every one seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks, moved by Mr. Fecitt, seconded by Mr. Porter, and carried unanimously, was given to the young men who, at the expense of so much time and trouble, had provided the evening's entertainment. Mr. J. H. Riley presided at the pianoforte in his usual able manner.

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HULL.-A movement was set on foot a short time ago by the members of the Society in this town to obtain an organ for the church, the harmonium belonging to them being old and out of condition. A suitable instrument being offered to them at a very moderate price, a subscription was opened, and with the aid of their friends a sufficient sum, though not the whole amount required, was raised to justify its purchase. It was opened with special services on Sunday, February 15th, when the choir was greatly strengthened by the addition of several kind friends of musical ability. The services were fully choral, and included the anthems Hear my prayer" (Kent) and "Praise the Lord" (Dr. Elvey). The whole service was excellently rendered, and in a manner which could not fail to call forth the devotional feelings of the worshippers. Mr. L. Hermann presided at the organ. The sermons were preached by the minister, Mr. J. R. Boyle, who selected for his morning subject "Music and Praise." In the evening the discourse was the third of a series which Mr. Boyle is delivering on the early chapters of Genesis, the subject being for that day "The Mosaic History of Creation." There was a very large attendance, the church being filled in the evening by a congregation who exhibited a marked interest in the proceedings, and were evidently deeply impressed by the sermon, which presented views upon the subject which were no doubt new to many who were there. It was treated with such clearness and vigour that it could not fail to commend itself to the judgment of all who were present.

On Friday the 20th a service of sacred music was given in the church, very valuable aid being rendered by some of the leading members of the Hull Harmonic Society, including Mrs. Upton, Mrs. Tischler, Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs. Hall, Messrs. Blanshard, Helman, W. and M. E. Townsend. Mr. W. Townsend conducted and Mrs. W. J. Watson presided at the organ. The selection of music consisted of anthems, choruses and songs from several oratorios and from Stevendale Bennett's "Woman of Samaria," amongst them being the quartette, "God is a Spirit," from the latter work, and the terzetto, "Lift thine eyes," from " Elijah." At the conclusion of a very enjoyable evening Mr. Boyle proposed and Dr. Fraser seconded a vote of thanks to the singers, which was unanimously carried. The collections and the admissions to the concert together realized about £9.

LONDON (BRIXTON).-On Friday evening, February 27th, the Brixton Association held its fifth social gathering in the large hall of the Angell Town Institute. The programme was divided into three sections, with an interval of thirty minutes between the second and third for refreshments. The first part consisted of a short concert of vocal and instrumental music, in which the abilities of Misses E. Gunton, A. Williams, May Barber, and Messrs. Blabey and C. Williams were brought into prominent requisition. The second part was devoted to a representation of a dramatic piece, "Cool as a Cucumber," the various characters being rendered by Misses Gunton and Parkinson, and Messrs. E. Braby, C. Braby, and C. Wotherspoon. Considerable pains had been taken by these ladies and gentlemen to provide appropriate scenery and to effectively delineate the leading points of the farce, and the applause which greeted them at the conclusion clearly indicated that their talents had been fully appreciated by the audience. The third part was allotted to dancing, under the general superintendence of Messrs. Margetson and Moore, and for upwards of two hours quadrilles, waltzes, etc., were heartily patronized by the major part of the assembly, Mrs. Whitby and Mr. E. W. Margetson rendering valuable aid at the piano. The whole of the proceedings passed off very successfully, and the aims of the originators of these agreeable reunions were abundantly realized.

On Sunday morning, February 8th, Mr. Rhodes of Deptford

preached an admirable sermon, and subsequently the pulpit has been occupied during Mr. Austin's temporary rest by four of the leading members of the Association.

MANCHESTER.-The seventh lecture of the course on 66 Popular Theology" was given by the Rev. P. Ramage in the church, Peter Street, on Tuesday the 17th Feb., entitled "The End of the World and the Second Coming of the Lord." The lecture, though a complete exposition of the subjects referred to, had the rare merit of being compact, and the service was brought to a close soon after 8.30. The audience was one of the best during the course thus far. We trust the remaining subjects may prove equally attractive. The lecture on the 19th was delivered by the same gentleman at the Temple, Salford; subject, "From what is Man delivered, the Wrath of God or the Bondage of Evil?" The attendance was pretty good.

RAMSBOTTOM.-A service of sacred song was held in the church at this place on Sunday evening, February 22nd, which, in addition to the usual congregation, was attended by many strangers. With the exception of four hymns, in which the congregation joined, the singing was confined to the choir; and when it is mentioned that besides a number of sacred songs by various authors they also sang the four anthems, "In Jewry is God known," "The Lord is my Shepherd, "Like as a father pitieth his own children," and "Daughter of Zion," it might be supposed that all this would be a severe tax on their vocal organs. In order, however, to relieve them and to give greater variety and usefulness to the service, a few short and appropriate recitations were interpolated by the children of the Sunday school at frequent intervals, and both singers and reciters acquitted themselves well. The introductory prayer offered by the minister, who conducted the service, was evidently framed with a view of preparing the minds of those present to endeavour to derive spiritual benefit from the service by giving due attention to the meaning of the words as well as to the melody of the music. At the close he gave a brief but earnest address on subjects suggested by some of the hymns. The service throughout was impressive and delightful, and all felt that it was good for them to have been there.

SHEFFIELD.-Mr. Gunton has delivered a course of three weekday lectures in the Albert Hall. On Thursday, January 29th, his subject was, "Where the Millions who have died now dwell and what they do;' on Friday the 30th, "If God is Love, why is there a Hell?" and on Monday, February 2nd, "Is Hell Eternal? the Questions of Conditional Immortality and Universal Restitution considered." These lectures were attended on each evening by upwards of two hundred people, and great interest was shown by them in the very able exposition of these important subjects by the lecturer. Some, hearing the doctrines for the first time, were disposed to be rather impetuous at the close of each lecture in opposing the various ideas which had been advanced. Mr. Gunton replied in his usual kind and lucid manner, clearly demonstrating the power of New Church truths in dealing with subjects like these, and showing the great necessity and duty of New Churchmen doing their utmost to make known the glorious use and beauty of Swedenborg's teachings. Tracts were distributed each evening, and about seventy books were sold.

On Sunday, February 1st, Mr. Gunton also preached in the meeting-room of the Society. The subject of the morning's sermon was, "The Announcement of the Birth of the Lord by the Angel to the Shepherds;" in the evening, "The Miraculous Increase of the Widow's Oil." Upwards of fifty attended each service, and much pleasure and profit were experienced in listening to Mr. Gunton's masterly treatment of these sublime themes. As many of the "Silent Missionaries " had been sold by one of our earnest friends in Attercliffe, which is one of the large manufacturing suburbs of the town, it was thought desirable to have some lectures given there. Mr. Gunton kindly expressed his willingness to undertake the duty, and arrangements were made for two lectures to be delivered in the Vestry Hall. The first was given on Wednesday evening, February 11th, the subject being "The Origin of Evil and the Means of its Removal," embracing an explanation of the allegory of the serpent tempting Eve, the garden, trees, etc., and the promise of the Saviour. On Thursday evening, February 12th, the subject was "Samson's Great Strength and why it lay in his Hair; with other Particulars of his History." These meetings were attended by about two hundred and fifty people each evening. Questions were asked at the close of each lecture, and ably replied to. Many of the hearers were evidently astonished and delighted with the beautiful and instructive ideas which our doctrines are enabled to throw on these hitherto mysterious subjects. At the close a cordial vote of thanks was given to the lecturer, proposed by a stranger to our doctrines, with a request that Mr. Gunton would return in a fortnight and give other lectures. Many tracts, old magazines, and copies of the Morning Light were distributed, and

149 of the "Silent Missionaries" sold. The Sheffield Society gratefully acknowledges the important pecuniary aid afforded by the National Missionary Committee and by the services of its missionary. It is believed and hoped that much good has been done by this course of lectures; that seed has been sown which will take root; and that a desire has been created in the minds of many for further enlightenment on the future state and the science of correspondences, which brings into practical use so much of the Word that has hitherto appeared to be of no use towards enabling men to make progress in the regenerate life.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSONS.

THE MANNA AND QUAILS.

March 14, Morning.-Exodus xvi. 4-8. After the thirst of Israel had been appeased at Marah and Elim they began to murmur about something else (ver. 3). It is not recorded that they had actually suffered hunger; their conduct seems rather to have been the result of perversity. The wilderness of Sin was not altogether a barren desert; it was rather a wild and uncultivated place, comparatively fertile, as may be evident from its supporting the cattle of Israel for forty years. But the provisioning of nearly 2,000,000 was a very serious matter, and the Israelites were concerned and anxious, and even despairing, although they had seen the great power of the Lord. The provision made for them by the Lord, however, was amply sufficient (vers. 4-8). The flesh referred to here was that of the quail (ver. 13), and the bread manna (ver. 15). QUAILS were a kind of sea-pheasant, which in the spring-time pass from Asia into Europe, and are then found on the shores of the Mediterranean and Red Seas. The miracle consisted in their being provided in such large quantities. The MANNA and its manner of collection is fully described in this chapter; it was supplied to the Israelites for forty years. THE SPIRITUAL LESSON-Just as truth is bitter to the man just emerging from the natural state, so the path of righteousness is unpleasant and unsatisfying; the flesh-pots and the bread of Egypt are remembered with affection. It is not wrong to hunger after righteousness, but it is wrong to hanker after the delights of evil. The prodigal son when he was in want remembered the plenty in his father's house; and when the Israelites hungered after the things of Egypt the Lord promised to satisfy them with flesh in the evening and bread in the morning. The flesh in the evening was to represent that in states of comparative obscurity and naturalness the Lord will satisfy the soul with orderly natural delights. The bread in the morning represents the more elevated delights given to the enlightened spiritual man.

THE DIVINE TRINITY IN THE LORD.

March 14, Afternoon.-John x. 30. There is a Divine Trinity in the One God, the Lord Jesus Christ, which is called Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This Trinity is the threefold character or essentials which exist in the Lord Jesus Christ. They are referred to in the command to the disciples to " go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit" (Matt. xxviii. 19, 20). The Father refers to the Divine Essence, the very Divine nature, which no man can see or know (John i. 18); and answers to the soul in man, which we in like manner cannot see. But we learn that the invisible God, the Father, was declared or manifested in the human nature which He assumed, and that that human nature was called the Son. During His earthly life God was called the Lord Jesus Christ, and consequently taught, speaking from His human nature, that "I and My Father are one," and "No man cometh unto the Father but by Me. He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father. I am in the Father, and the Father in Me" (John xiv. 6, 9, 10). That the human nature was called the Son we are taught in the announcement made by the angel to Mary, who told her, "The Holy Thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God" (Luke i. 35). What was born of Mary was the human nature only, the body and its natural faculties, that, in short, which answers to the material bodies which we have. The Holy Spirit only existed fully, we learn, after the resurrection of the Lord, for we read, "The Holy Spirit was not yet, because that Jesus was not yet glorified" (John vii. 39); and after the resurrection, "Jesus breathed upon His disciples, and said, Receive ye the Holy Spirit" (John xx. 22). The Holy Spirit is called the Comforter (John xiv. 18; xv. 26) and the Spirit of Truth (John xv. 26). The Holy Spirit answers to the operation of a man's soul and body; and is that which proceeds from him and partakes of his quality. By the Holy Spirit the Lord is present to comfort and protect, to enlighten and teach His people.

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substance can be so incorporated with the oily that
the one will prevent the other from separating.

"Various contrivances have been adopted with this object in view; but the individual who has been most successful in effecting this union is Mr. Dunn of Pentonville.

"This ingenious individual, after roasting the cocoa nuts and separating the shells, subjects them to a powerful rotatory pressure, by which all the nut is liquified by means of the oil and by the application of heat, and this liquid nut, if we inay so speak, soon assumes a solid state.

"This, with the addition of sugar, which combines with the oil and the other parts of the nut, constitutes his Cocoa Paste-a pleasant article of diet.

"This Paste, if prepared with additional farinaceous and saccharine matter, forms a very nutritious article, called Chocolate Powder (Prepared Cocoa).

"And a third substance has, by the skill of Mr. Dunn, been made, which he calls his Soluble Chocolate, which I have no hesitation in asserting is a most valuable article of diet. One great advantage connected with it is, that it can be made with such ease; requiring only the addition of boiling water to the Chocolate sliced into the cup.

"This is particularly useful to the sick and the convalescent from long disease; they often want nutriment at very early hours; they wake hungry and thirsty: nothing can be more easily obtained, and, at the same time, more beneficially prescribed, than this Soluble Chocolate.

"In conclusion, I have to recommend it as both Food and Drink."

OF THE LORD.

BY ROBERT HINDMARSH. LONDON: JAMES SPEIRS, 36 Bloomsbury Street.

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MANUAL OF THE DOCTRINES

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With an Appendix containing a brief outline of Swedenborg's Theological Works, compiled from the Theological Writings of EMANUEL SWEDENBORG.

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3. THE BRIGHTON LECTURES. By the Rev. Dr. Bayley.

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