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London have come to a resolution to keep a copy of each work, in which the curator of the stock is to mark the corrections to be made, so that in the new edition the work is to be printed from the corrected copy. The public are greatly indebted to the Swedenborg Society for the care bestowed as fidelity and correctness in the publication of the works; but in publications so extensive, all translated from the Latin, it is very reasonable to suppose, that from time to time an inaccuracy will be detected, or an improvement in the rendering of a sentence will be pointed out, which should be adopted in subsequent editions. The society, therefore, we think, have adopted a good plan to insure the greatest amount of correctness in the works they publish.EDITOB.]

THE NEW TRANSLATION OF ISAIAH.

To the Editor.

Dear Sir,- From the spiritual instruction and edification I have received in reading the New Translation of the Psalms, expounded as to the spiritual sense by extracts from the works of Swedenborg, I anticipate equal pleasure in reading the New Version, announced in your June number, of the prophet Isaiah. It must be obvious to everyone who reflects, that the prophets treat of the Lord's Kingdom, that is, of His church, shewing on the one hand its states of exaltation and glory, and on the other its states of degradation and misery, and consequently of the regenerate and unregenerate states of the human mind, or of the church, as it is in the individual as well as in the aggregate. It is consequently erroneous and absurd to suppose, as many do, that the prophets, in their primary or true sense, treat of the kingdoms of this world. This erroneous supposition is the source of all the false and profitless interpretations with which the present theology abounds, and which are so unsatisfactory to the candid, pious, and inquiring mind. The great desideratum of the age is a true system of interpreting God's Holy Word, and as I believe that this true system is the doctrine of Correspondences as explained in the works of Swedenborg, a friend and myself have agreed to subscribe each for three copies of the New Version. I inclose my name and address

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Dear Sir,-From my last communication, inserted in the July number, it will be seen that a second edition of the " Appeal" is called for by the Church, and it is there mentioned that the price will be the same as the last, viz., ten copies and upwards, 2s. per copy; less than ten to subscribers, 2s. 6d. per copy; to non-subscribers, or ordered through a bookseller, the price will be 3s. We are desirous of printing at least a thousand of this edition, as we think that number will certainly be required by the Church and the public in a very short time. We shall be glad, therefore, if the secretary of each society will use the necessary means to ascertain how many will be required by the several members of his society, and let us know; they can then be sent to the secretary in one parcel for distribution. We shall also be glad to receive orders from individuals. It is necessary to state that we shall not put the work in hand until we have heard from the various societies how many they are likely to require, that we may not print too few, as in the former edition. Our friend Mr. White, of 36, Blooms

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Sir, I find it stated that the Rev. S. Noble has left, amongst other valuable literary property, upwards of one thousand sermons in manuscript, principally expository of the spiritual sense of the Word. No one who has read his beautiful illustrations of Divine Truth, whether in your own or in other pages, but must deeply regret that such a treasure should remain secluded from circulation, so well adapted are this author's writings to elevate the affections and enlighten the intellect, and to convey to candid minds the genuine truths of the Lord's kingdom. To novitiates and isolated receivers of the doctrines, such treatises would be invaluable.

Would it not be possible to publish them in a serial form, say monthly, in parts to contain four sermons each? Doubtless a sufficient number of sub

scribers would be found to render it possible.

I merely suggest the thing; you or some other may give it definite form. Trusting that it may be taken up, I remain, Sir, yours, &c.,

PARVUS.

THE FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NEW CHURCH, signified by the "New Jerusalem" in the Revelation, will be held in the New Jerusalem Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, on Tuesday, the 14th of August, 1855=99, to commence its sittings at ten o'clock in the morning. The president is appointed to preach on the Tuesday evening; after which, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered to the members of the Conference, and to any other members or friends of the Church who desire to join the brethren in that sacred ordinance.

The friends are respectfully informed that it will be necessary for them to be at Colchester not later than six o'clock on Monday afternoon, August 13th, as conveyances will be engaged to start from Colchester at that time. Friends who may desire this accommodation, will oblige by intimating the same by letter to W. H. Griggs, Brightlingsea, who will give them information as to lodgings, &c. on their arrival. To spare trouble and additional expense, the conveyances will be at the station to take luggage and passengers from thence, if preferred.

Obituary.

Died, on the 7th of July, 1854, Mr. James West, of Accrington. The above respected and worthy New Churchman departed this life after a long and painful illness. He was 76 years of age, and had been an affectionate receiver of the doctrines for fifty-three years. He was one of an early band of brethren who obtained from the Rev. Mr. Dean, Church of England minister, of Blackburn, their first instructions; and by his sermons, and the perusal of the True Christian Religion, to which he introduced them, they were led to adopt the principles, and to live by them. Our friend was a constant reader of the Arcana; and one of that class of Chris

tians who think much and talk little. He was scrupulously just in all his dealings. He was a steady attender upon divine worship as long as health permitted, and exemplified the precepts which he loved by a patient endurance of the pains and inconveniences of several years of disease of a more than usually unpleasant character. The remembrance of him is dear to his family, and a circle of attached friends who knew his worth, and who are grateful to the Lord for having given them so admirable an example of quiet worth and of Christian conduct. "The memory of the just is blessed."

J. B.

Died, on the 24th of February, 1855, at Liverpool, after a short illness, Alice, wife of George Neville, aged 52 years. She had been a receiver of the doctrines of the New Jerusalem Church for about thirty years, and a member of the church now meeting in Lord Nelsonstreet, Liverpool, since its earliest formation, and was much respected by all who knew her. Her departure from this world will no doubt be felt as a temporary loss by her husband and family; but as they are all sincere believers in the doctrines of the church, the knowledge that she has been removed from her sphere of usefulness here to a more extended and exalted sphere of usefulness among the blessed, must be to them a source of great consolation.

A. B. C.

Departed this life on the 21st May, 1855, at Longton, Staffordshire, Joseph Tideswell, Esq., in the 78th year of his age.

His zeal for the dissemination of the heavenly doctrines, of which he was an ardent receiver, led him to endeavour to form a New Church Society in the town where he resided, and to ensure this object he rented a room for the purpose of public worship, and the establishment of a Sunday-school. His indefatigable efforts and winning influence associated around him a small band of receivers, who looked up to him as their father, pastor, and leader; while his punctuality, kindly disposition, and aptitude for interesting the youthful mind, blessed his efforts in the Sabbath school by drawing into his little fold a considerable number of young people. In these fields of usefulness and love, he was permitted by the Divine Providence to labour for many years, with varied success, and amid some vicissitudes, yet his zeal did not abate, nor his love wax cold. He seemed to live for the work; to labour incessantly for its accomplishment, and to pray fervently for its ultimate and permanent realization. Spirits like that of our departed friend are sometimes met with dwelling in this world, and amid every apparent obstacle, by consistency of life, amiability of character, and a rare excellence of perceptive power, laying the corner stone which the builders have so long rejected," as the foundation of the New Church.

When the infirmities of his physical frame increased upon him, so that he could not regularly conduct the Sunday services, his benevolence induced him to send a donation of £50. to the Manchester and Salford Missionary Society for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the various ministers, to deliver a course of lectures in the Potteries, and to enable that institution to send its useful auxiliaries at stated periods to conduct the public worship for the little society. His liberality also extended to the Tract Society, and to the London Missionary Institution, both of which have been materially aided by his donations. Nor has death entirely deprived us of our worthy brother's sympathy and aid. His affectionate daughters have been desired to devote a portion of their father's property for the promulgation of the doctrines of the New Jerusalem, of which the church will learn more fully at a future day.

Living beyond the usual term allotted to us in this probationary state, our friend has been called to "give an account of his stewardship," and to return his talents to his Divine Lord and Master.

FRATER.

Died, on the 14th of June, 1855, Mrs. Kenyon, widow of the late Mr. John Kenyon, of Accrington. She was nearly 71 years of age, and had received the doctrines from her father before her marriage, which took place fifty-two years ago. Her father preached to the infant society in its earliest days, and until Mr. Geo. Howarth evinced talents that induced the old gentleman, Mr. Garsden, to give way to a more youthful and competent minister. Mrs. Kenyon loved the New Church, and had its interests sincerely at heart. She always cheered her husband in his liberality; and was liberal herself, according to her means. She delighted in every appearance of the Church's prosperity, and sorrowed if there seemed to be a reverse. She was an example of constant cheerfulness and solid worth. Her temper was uniformly equal; and she had ever a kindly welcome for those who loved what is good. She was a good mother, a kind friend, and an excellent member of the Church.

Cave and Sever, Printers, Palatine Buildings, Hunt's Bank, Manchester.

J. B.

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RELIGION IN A LIFE OF USES THE ONLY WAY OF

SALVATION.

(Address from the General Conference, held at Brightlingsea, August 14th, 1855, to the Members of the New Church in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.)

BELOVED BRETHREN,

THE Conference having concluded its annual session, returns to the pleasing duty of addressing to the members of the church a few words of exhortation and admonition. As members of the New Church, which is to be the crown of all churches, we stand in a certain relation to each other and to the world around us, which it is of the utmost importance we should clearly understand. The church, says our enlightened author, has been brought to its end by falses of faith and evils of life. These falses and evils are all the natural consequences of inordinate self-love. At the end of the church false doctrines prevail, and therefore the interior evils of man's self-love are unrebuked by the popular religious teaching. The external duties of religion are performed with punctuality, and all the appearance of piety and devotion, while the hidden affections of the heart remain selfish, and the conduct is disfigured by many secret or scarcely concealed vices. And we, as professed members of the New Church, are especially called to manifest the love of truth and the life of faith in our daily conduct. We are to [Enl. Series.-No. 21, vol. ii.]

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show the sincerity of our reception of the truth by our love and practice of the good which it teaches.

Now the chief good of the New Church is its doctrine of charity. It is to this all truth continually points, and by the measure of its attainment the value of our reception of truth is to be estimated. Every other doctrine of the church has relation to it. It is the end of all instruction, and the bond of perfectness. It is, therefore, the veriest essential of true religion, and the test of Christian discipleship. And in the New Church this love is to be restored to Faith is the means of its attainment and

its proper ascendancy. the medium of its manifestation. By faith we acknowledge the Lord as its author, and connect the mind with Him and His divine operations in its exercise. All the impurities of our self-love, self-intelligence, and self-dependence, are thus exposed and overcome. A new life is born into the soul, which consists in loving our neighbour as ourselves. This love is the love of truth, and the delight of its exercise. Faith and love are thus united in the mind, animating and guiding us in the onward progress of our regeneration. The whole life is brought under the control of goodness and truth by what is taught us in the Word, and into harmony with all the affections of love one towards another. To trace the manifestation of this heavenly principle into many of the relations of life, would not be possible in the narrow limits of this Address. We shall confine our attention to two.

As members of the New Church, we cannot but feel anxious for its unity. In unity there is strength; in division weakness. By the united action of associated numbers, works of usefulness impossible to a few, are easily accomplished. And in the difficult work of building up the church by providing for the orderly preaching of the Word and administration of the Sacraments, and for the general diffusion of the doctrines by the press and by missionary operations, it is especially im portant that we should be a united body. It is a great work-a work in which future generations are to rejoice-to which we are called. Its difficulties are also great. We have to contend, on the one hand, with the deep-rooted prejudices of ages, and on the other with passions naturally hostile to spiritual truth, and strengthened in their hostility by the sophistries of a wide-spread infidelity Every thing connected with our present position calls us to faithfulness, and demands of us united action.

Now all the elements of unity we possess are in the doctrine of charity. The unity of the church has been hitherto sought from oneness of faith, rather than from oneness of life. Creeds and opinions have constituted

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