NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER

October 2, 1954

Angels

James Spiers

New Church Fathers

Clarence Hotson

Assembly of World Council of Churches

Edwin G. Capon

He Will Guide You into Truth

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322 GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES by Edwin G. Capon

3 SUPPOSE that all I can and should do in this Groups of Meetings my first report of the World Council of As a "Special Visitor," the classification granted Churches Second Assembly is to give my impressions to me as representative of the General Convention and to speak of the high points of the 17 days of of the New Jerusalem, there were two principal meetings. Anything about the significance or the groups of meetings open to me. Held in mammoth challenge of Evanston had better wait until the finul McGaw Hall were some twenty-five plenary ses texts of various reports are available and can be sions of the Assembly at which all official delegates reread. were present and the business of the Assembly was An Unforgettable Festival transacted, addresses were heard, or reports were So many things come quickly to mind as one thinks read, discussed, and acted upon. Closed to me were back to those memorable last two weeks of August. the many meetings of Assembly committees or sec It is hard to forget the tremendous experience of tions in which the delegates, divided into smaller standing on the rim of Soldier Field stadium in units, considered reports that had been prepared Chicago and seeing 100,000 or more people moving beforehand or themselves prepared reports to be closer together at the request of a voice over the presented to the Assembly. For the benefit of us loudspeaker informing the crowd that there are still who were excluded from these meetings a special 30,000 or more outside the stadium waiting to get program for accredited and other visitors had been in. And then to watch the processional of repre arranged in a smaller auditorium adjacent to Scott sentatives of more than 150 churches in 48 lands. Hall, the information center. Here we had the op And to watch a dramatic dance presentation of the portunity to hear among others Toyohiko Kagawa, spiritual history of man accompanied by music and Bishop John Peter of Hungary, Charles P. Taft, the words of Scripture and concluding more truly Alan Paton, and Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk. The ac than was realized by most with the glorious words credited visitors' program followed in general the "I saw a new heaven and a new earth." At this same outline of subjects being discussed by the As moment and throughout the Evanston meetings one sembly in its sections and in the plenary sessions. could not help but be aware that much of Christen We were told by our chairman, whether with tongue dom is earnestly seeking for a new heaven and a new in cheek or not I do not know, that some of the offi earth, often with great insight and too often with cial delegates had asked permission to attend our no help whatsoever from the doctrines of the New sessions. Jerusalem. It is very doubtful, however, that the "Strange Garments" general ignorance of our teachings on the part of During the meetings of the Assembly two new those who are seeking can be said to be their fault. denominations were brought into membership in the Council, making the present membership 163 denom Heart - Warming Hospitality inations or churches. Naturully, then, men and Apart from the great "Festival of Faith" already women from many lands were in evidence on the spoken of all meetings of the World Council were streets and in the buildings of Evanston. Not only held in the beautiful city of Evanston on the shore were there strange ecclesiastical garments, dark red of Lake Michigan immediately north of Chicago. robes from India, strange headgear from the Coptic There amazing work had been going on for over a churches of Egypt and Ethiopia, ancient robes from year in preparation for the Council and heart Orthodox Syria and Greece, but there were the native warming hospitality as well as effective meeting of garbs of such countries as India, the Philippines, delegates needs was the gratifying result. The dele West Africa, Japan, Finland. These were a great gates themselves were housed on the campus of delight to the many professional and amateur Northwestern University, whose buildings also sup cameramen constantly in evidence but made some of plied quarters for most of the activities and meet us feel a little left out. After all, who would want ings of the Assembly. Some six hundred accredited a picture of anyone in an ordinary American busi and other visitors were put up in private homes in ness suit? Some of these native costumes proved Evanston or nearby Wilmette. My own accommo quite practical for the rather warm weather Chicago dations were in Wilmette with a fine Congregational bestowed upon us in August of fifty-four. I think family that went out of its way to not only make especially of the loose-fitting linen suit one Indian my staying at a little distance from Northwestern minister had on. No shirt or tie needed under the not an inconvenience but also my stay with them a simple jacket. No leather belt needed around the happy one. They arranged that I should see some thing of Lake Michigan (Wilmette has an excellent waist. Few survived the two weeks without compro beach) and something of Chicago. But they were mise, for even bishops and Council presidents ap also careful not to try to tempt me from any of peared after a day or so coatless with clerical vest the meetings of the Assembly. or striped suspenders showing. Being a mere

323 "Special Visitor," I personally soon dispensed with and language and church there was, I felt, a remark both coat and tie. able spirit of Christian unity prevailing throughout the Second Assembly of the World Council of Language Probtem* Churches. It may be true that the churches could With forty-eight countries being represented at not agree completely on the main theme study of these historic meetings the problem of language dif the Assembly, "Christ, the Hope of the World." It ferences inevitably arose. Here modern science came may be true that no actual steps were taken along to the help of the Church in the form of earphones the road to actual organic unity among the churches. built to receive on as many as seven different chan But we all felt that truly we were one in Christ and nels as many different languages. Whatever the the churches all evidenced a common concern for the language being used by a speaker (AH used either great problems facing all who would love their neigh French, English, or German, the official languages bor, as Christ has loved them. of the Assembly), the speaker's words were promptly This Assembly was a good thing. It may have translated and broadcast out over the hall to be made a few denominations a little more set in their picked up by the delegates and visitors on the Eng own ways. It may not have demonstrated to the lish, German, or French channel as each tuned his world one mind and one voice. But in it good, con set. Of most formal talks and reports copies were secrated men are seeking each other's help in the also available in mimeographed form for all. Six great task of finding a new heaven and a new earth tons was an oft-quoted figure for the amount of wherein dwelleth righteousness. It cannot be that, f- mimeograph paper being consumed by the Assembly such earnest searching shall go unrewarded of God. office staff, who worked often late into the night to Indeed many of the reports seem to me to indicate have a report readj' for next day's meeting. Three fourths of the talks were as a matter of fact in that the churches are on the right road. I wonder English but no doubt a number of delegates would whether as New Church people we shall read these have preferred more speaking in French or German. reports to criticize or to say, "Why have we failed to be of more help in the advance of the Church of Spirit of Unity Christ in these days when He Himself is making the In spite of the large differences of race and nation Church New?"

World's Hope in Christ Reaffirmed at Evanston

(A message from the Second Assembly of the World bring all things to their consummation. Then we Council of Churches, Evanston, August 1954.) shall sec Him as He is and know as we arc known. Together with the whole creation we wait for this 1. To all our fellow Christians, and to our fellowmen with eager hope, knowing that God is faithful and everywhere, we send greetings in the name of Jesus that even now He holds all things in His hand. Christ. We affirm our faith in Jesus Christ as the i. This is the hope of God's people in every age, and hope of the world, and desire to share that faith we commend it afresh today to all who will listen. with all men. May God forgive us that by our sin To accept it is to turn from our ways to God's way. we have often hidden this hope from the world. It is to live as forgiven sinners, as children growing 2. In the ferment of our time there are botli hopes and in His love. It is to have our citizenship in that fears. It is indeed good to hope for freedom, jus Kingdom which all man's sin is impotent to destroy, tice and peace, and it is God's will that we should that realm of love and joy and peace which lies have these things. But he has made us for a higher about all men, though unseen. It is to enter with end. He has made us for Himself, that we might Christ into the suffering and despair of men, show know and love Him, worship and serve Him. Noth ing with them the great secret of that Kingdom which ing other than God can ever satisfy the heart of they do not expect. It is to know that whatever man. Forgetting this, man becomes his own enemy. men may do, Jesus reigns and shall reign. He seeks justice but creates oppression. He wants peace, hut drifts toward war. His very mastery of 5. With this assurance we can face the powers of evil nature threatens him with ruin. Whether lie ac and the threat of death with a good courage. De knowledges it or not, he stands under the judgment livered from fear we are made free to love. For of God and in the shadow of death. beyond the judgment of men and the judgment of 3. Here where we stand, Jesus Christ stood with us. history lies the judgment of the King who died for He came to us, true God and true Man, to seek and nil men, and who will judge us according to what to save. Though we were the enemies of God, Christ we have done to the least of his brethren. Thus our died for us. We crucified Him, but God raised Him Christian hope directs us towards our neighbor. It from the dead. He is risen. He has overcome the constrains us to pray daily "Thy will be done on powers of sin and death. A new life has begun. earth as it is in heaven," and to act as we pray in And in His risen and ascended power, He has sent every area of life. It begets a life of believing forth into the world a new community, bound to prayer and expectant action, looking to Jesus and gether by His Spirit, sharing His divine life, and pressing forward to the day of His return in glory. commissioned to make Him known throughout the

324 EDITORIALS

He Wrote His Own which shall believe on me through their word: that they all may be one; as thou, Father art in me, and A MORE capable hand than ours will write a I in thee, that they also may be one in m." (Jn. fitting memorial for our beloved friend, the 17:20-21) late Rev. Paul Sperry. (See the memorial by the These words were spoken by the Lord after He had Rev. Win. F. Wunsch on another page.) Yet edi instituted the Holy Supper. They were His prayer torial mention of him, now that he has departed from for the unity of all who drink the wine and eat the the scene of his worldly activities, can hardly be bread given in His name. The Gospel stories make inappropriate. In a larger sense, however, the final clear how anxious the Lord was to have all his and the lasting memorial for this dedicated servant disciples with Him at the Passover supper. "With of the New Church will not be written by the pen desire, I have desired to eat this passover with you of even the closest friend. For Mr. Sperry wrote before I suffer." (Lk 22:15) He wanted them all that memorial himself. He wrote it upon the hearts with Him for He had chosen this time to transform of the many in whom he inspired affection and trust. the Passover supper into a memorial for Himself, He wrote it upon the memories of the people of our which would then serve as a vehicle for perpetuating church with his years of devoted and unselfish service. the work of drawing all men into His kingdom. He wrote it upon the personalities of the many who Moreover, the Holy Supper was to be a means for were influenced for good by his life and his words. welding His disciples into a new society ruled by He would long be remembered as a warm, sympa love of God and the neighbor rather than love of < thetic, lovable friend whether any tributes to his self. memory were printed or not in this or any other But it is significant that even on this very occa publication. sion there arose strife among the disciples as to who "should be accounted the greatest." (Lk. 22:24) World Communion Sunday Strange, that in that solemn moment—that mpment of moments when the Lord in effect founded His October 3 church—the lust for dominion should rear its ugly head! But perhaps it is not strange. The powers of |N ANOTHER page will be found a vivid de- the hells would not sit idly by on that memorable _' scription of the Assembly of the World Coun evening. And the frailty of man is such that these cil of Churches, written by the Rev. Edward Capon, Powers will always find a beachhead in his nature who represented as an observer the New Church. from which they can launch an attack. That incident Mr. Capon's story, as have indeed many stories that did not augur well for an ecclesiastical unity among have come from this notable meeting, give the reader the followers of the Lord. And yet there was a unity a feeling of the inspiration that came to those who there among those few of the inner circle as subse participated in that gigantic "Festival of Faith" quent events were to prove. That unity had its roots which took place at Soldier Field, Chicago, on Sun in their loyalty to and trust in the Lord. It was day evening, August 15. Here were over one hun stronger than the divisions for it had an inner dred, thirty thousand gathered in the name of the quality. Lord. They came from many different churches and subscribed to many different creeds. They came In the present day the followers of the Lord are from distant lands and spoke languages not familiar divided into many sects and denominations. Often to American ears. But one thing united all, namely, there is rivalry and sometimes actual enmity be the faith that in the Lord Jesus Christ lay the hope tween these. And yet there is an inner unity which, of the world. we believe, is possessed of more spiritual power than any organizational unity could have. For any or However, huge as was the gathering in Soldier ganization or institution no matter how benign its Field, comparatively few of the some 170 million rule, how democratic its procedures and how lofty Christians could be present. But those who were not its purpose must, in the last analysis, rely upon ex need not be deprived of the sense of unity in Christ. ternal law and its enforcement to maintain unity. On World Communion Sunday, kneeling at the And in all law, even the mildest, there is the element Lord's table, we, too, may sense this unity. For of compulsion. But compulsion can never give birth on that day uncounted numbers in every remote corner of the world will be doing likewise. Divided to the highest kind of human unity. The latter is the Lord's followers are in organizational matters, spiritual and must rise from the soul itself. Chris but they are one in obedience to His injunction: tians are divided externally, and this is one of the "This do in memory of me." costs of preserving a freedom that is dear to them. As we partake of the wine and the bread, symbols But they can be one in spirit when they observe of the Lord's love and wisdom, we may remember the "blessed memorial of their redemption." All His words: "Holy Father, keep through thine own who in the spirit of surrender to the Lord approach name those whom thou hast given me, that they may the altar for communion can find themselves one be one as we are." (Jn. 17:11) Or the words: with their fellowmen, with the angels of heaven and "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also with God Himself.

32S \\ the genuine truth instead of the apparent. The He Will Guide You "gift of tongues" is not foreign to us, it is the lan guage of spirit latent within us and brought forth Into All Truth" by the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire." It is the baptism of the Lord's truth and love in our by Charles J. Coch lives. The Holy Spirit of truth enlightens our un derstandings with the truths of doctrine; and the 3T HAS often been expressed by persons with an fire of Divine love inflames our hearts, our wills, with initiative knowledge of Swedenborg's Theolog the Love of God and neighbor and with everything ical writings, that the teachings of the New Jerusa good in life. lem are "too deep." Some find the doctrines so hard We ardently desire that we might have a better to comprehend that they immediately despair of ever understanding of our Lord's Divine Personal Char attaining a clear perception of them. For others, acter and enter immediately upon the enjoyment of the doctrines imply the need of a new understanding the good heavenly life, but that will all come in time. of spiritual values; a giving up of old ideas involving As John the Baptist preceded the Lord, so too, must religious concepts in order to make room for the our baptism with water and the cleansing of our new. Last but not least is the important factor of souls precede our baptism "with the Holy Spirit and acknowledging our dependence upon the light and with fire." In proportion to the faithfulness of our love of God's truth made manifest in our lives. repentance, and the keeping of the Commandments, As we become able to understand something of the done bravely in the spirit of John the Baptist, will spiritual truth within the literal sense of the Divine we be prepared with the blessings of Divine good Word the "light in the clouds" of doctrine begins and truth and eternal happiness. to reveal to us the Lord in His Second Coming in The mission of the Holy Spirit of truth and love the opened Word which He makes to those who will is the Lord's influencing power to enlighten and in be of His New Church. struct us and is beautifully described in the words: If after careful consideration we find the doctrines "He will guide you into all truth." The infinity of the New Church "too deep," we might reflect on of this wisdom is suggested by the words, "He will one of two things: (1) We may be in need of guid show you things to come." The Divine influence ance when studying the doctrines, or (2) Our utter opens the meaning of doctrine for it is said, "He lack of understanding them may be effected by the shall teach you all things, and bring all things to hand of Divine Providence in that they become your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto sealed to us until a better time when we become aware you." of our need for regeneration in the spiritual life. How magnificently the light of Divine truth casts However, a complete understanding of the doc its reflection in the heart and mind, helping us to trines is not immediately attained. As the process review the quality of our interior thoughts and affec of regeneration cannot be accomplished in a moment, tions in order to bring them into the light for judg neither can we expect to fathom the depths of doc ment—if need be. Our disposition and inclination trine in a short time. We must grow into an under to discover their quality will depend upon the cir standing of them. But, once we make a start, no cumstances so beautifully presented to us in the vir matter how small a beginning it may be, we will find tues and graces of genuine doctrine revealed from ourselves entering upon a new spiritual vista. the Lord. In the Acts of the Apostles, the double phrase As New Churchmen we might see in our "lamp "Baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire" is of faith" the intelligence of truth and the wisdom used to indicate the operation of the Divine truth of good emanating from the Lord alone, and as and the Divine love in the work of regeneration. This members of the New Dispensation, we are called was represented on the Day of Pentecost by the upon to give testimony in obedience to the Divine "rushing mighty wind" of Divine truth and the command to "Let your light so shine before men, "cloven tongues of fire" of Divine love descending ttmt they may see your good works, and glorify upon the disciples. your Father which is in heaven." The "speaking with new tongues" and the "proph We too, must "bring the pure olive-oil" of spirit esying," remind us of the Day of Pentecost and of ual illumination by coming together in common ser the Promise of the Holy Spirit of our Lord. This vice with love to the Lord and one another to keep promise is spiritually fulfilled in all sincere disciples our "lamp of faith" burning, we need to keep it re of the Lord as their minds are opened to new light, splendent with the oil of heavenly love, which as a with ability to perceive and express new truth about sacred fire burns brightly upon the altar of heav the Lord and heavenly life. The power to receive enly principles. There may be those in the knowl and acknowledge the doctrines of the New Church edge of heavenly doctrine, but they who have knowl is a gift of "new tongues." This is not the gib edge only, have empty lamps. We need the oil of berish used by the various sects and cults, nor is love to set aflame our doctrinal knowledge by its it that used by certain trance-mediums. It is a daily application to our lives. To obtain the "oil rational and genuine spiritual gift; an enlightened of love and goodness'" we must go to the Lord and perception and expression of the doctrines of the procure it. Lord's New Church; it is an understanding of the The doctrines of the New Jerusalem are beautiful, spirit within the letter of the Word; the cause be intelligible, rational, scriptural, and in harmony with hind the effect; the substance within the form and all we know of the order of Providence, and of the

326 operation of Divine Love. In the doctrines we find neighbor must also need enlightenment and purifi a coming of the Lord to human minds and hearts cation, since we are commanded to love our neighbor in the power and glory of His own Divine Truth, as ourselves. The doctrines of the New Church and by means of this great light we may attain to teach that all who look to the Lord through the higher degrees of purity and love, and to a more medium of His Word, shun evils and sins against intimate consociation with the angels, and conjunc Him, and do the commandments, will be saved. tion with the Lord. Powerful and glorious are the They open to our view the spiritual world, and un truths of the internal sense of the Word now re fold the great laws of spiritual life, without which, vealed. We see in them that the Lord's words are we could never attain to the Lord's promise of: indeed "spirit and life" revealed for the use of His "Behold, I make all things new." May the Lord New Church and here He no longer speaks in par Jesus Christ open our eyes, that we may "behold ables but shows us plainly of the Father. wondrous things out of His law." "If ye had known Me, ye should have known My Father also; and from henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him. Philip saith unto Him, Lord, show us the Father and it sufficeth us. Jesus said unto him, "Have I been so long a time with you, The New Church, and yet hast thou not known Me Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father." Too, Has Its "Fathers II The Word of God rightly understood, agrees en tirely with the doctrines of the New Church, not by Clarence Hotson only upon this, but upon its every other subject. Sacred Scriptures indeed testify of the Lord at JiN THE great days of the early Christian this His Second appearing in the truths of the New 3* Church, the entire membership was active, each Jerusalem, as certainly and as plainly as of His one as he had ability and opportunity, in spreading First Advent. And we would say to those who place the Gospel. The hostile Pagan world in which they Scripture itself as their all-sufficient guide,—that lived accused them of atheism, immorality, and dis if they really believed the Scriptures to be divinely loyalty to the Empire. The Christians produced inspired, they would believe this New Revelation and circulated writings to defend themselves as well also; for the Scriptures speak of this Revelation— as they could, and also to discuss doctrine and disci actually foretelling this Second and glorious Advent pline among themselves, and to combat heresy. All of the Lord; and every page of the writings of Swe- of such writings that have come down to us, whether denborg bears witness that the doctrines of the New written by clergymen or laymen, are called Church Jerusalem are by no means the off-spring of any Fathers, and are quoted for doctrine and for data man's self-derived intelligence, but are from Him in church history. who is "the Way, the Truth, and the Life." All Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay on Sweden who come to a rational understanding of the truths borg, called him "the last Father in the church." revealed, and who live according to them, may know This is not correct. Swedenborg is to be classed of these doctrines whether they be of God, or whether only with the prophets and the Apostles. But it Swedenborg speaks of himself. has occurred to me, in the course of my studies of Truth has ever had to struggle long and hard New-Church history, that we have already produced to penetrate the mists of human ignorance, preju a number of New-Church fathers or patristic writers, dice, and error. Although truth never comes to who have propagated the faith and defended it condemn, but always to save the world, yet at its against attacks. Naturally one thinks of Rev. advent the world has always pronounced its own Samuel Noble's Appeal, and of Hindmarsh's Seal sentence of condemnation. The disposition which Upon the Lips. But in addition to the distinguished men have to shut their eyes against the light, affords effort^, of the New Church clergy, there was much a striking commentary upon the words of our Lord, writing and publication and propagandist activity "And this is the condemnation, that light is come by laymen as well, especially in the great days when into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the New Church was growing and spreading. light, because their deeds were evil." And now as The chief leaders in England were Rev. John ever, "the light shineth in darkness and the darkness Clowes of Manchester, and Robert Hindmarsh in comprehendeth it not." London. Clowes, a clergyman, did most important The scoffer sneers at New Church doctrines, he work in translating and publishing the writings of says, because he cannot understand them; and he Swedenborg, and preaching the new doctrines. But supposes he is speaking the truth. He should say Hindmarsh, whose work was equally important, was that he does not accept the doctrines, because he a printer nearly all his life. Only late in life was cares nothing about them. Truth is received only he considered in some sense a minister. Yet his in proportion as it is loved, and no farther. Love activity was immense. He lectured, organized, wrote opens and quickens the perceptions in whatever tracts and pamphlets, published translations of the direction we look. The want of love is the only works of Swedenborg, acted as president or secretary limitation to the mind's activity. No human love at Conferences, and left us the best general history stands more in need of regeneration than the love of the early "rise and progress" of the New Church we bear ourselves; and therefore our love to the in Great Britain and elsewhere.

327 He was of course by no means unique, for every philosophical works, wrote useful New-Church books, member of the New Church in those days did some and corresponded with Emerson and the highly in thing about it, to the extent of his ability and op dividual Henry James, Senior, himself the author of portunity. Consider Hannah Holland Smith, who remarkable books on religion and philosophy. In in the 1770's caine to America with some of the our country, Marston Niles, a lawyer, wrote and writings of Swedenborg in Latin. She made manu published "Tubs With Bottoms and Tubs Without," script translations from them and circulated these a criticism of pantheistic tendencies in the New among her neighbors. Her ten sons had much in Church, based on the contention that such tendencies fluence on the early New-Church movement in Ohio, rest on mistranslations of Swedenborg's works. as Ophia Smith has shown. Regular members have not been backward in ex James Glen, who introduced Swedenborgianism to pressing themselves in print. Colonel Rudolph Wil Philadelphia in 1784, with his lecture at Bell's Book liams, historian of the early New Church in Chicago, Store, was a planter. His activity resulted in con wrote some controversial pamphlets, as did other verting Francis Bailey, a printer, who published the laymen. A Philadelphia lawyer, William McGeorge, first American edition of True Christian Religion. Jr., wrote and published several books and pamphlets Judge John Young, another convert through Glen's resulting from his special studies in the writings of activity, did much for the New Church, chiefly, per Swedenborg. haps, by furnishing John Chapman, "Johnny Apple- One of the most remarkable New Church writers seed," with the copies of the writings of Swedenborg was the homeopathic physician, William H. Hol- which that indefatigable missionary circulated, in combe, author among many other books of The End sections, throughout Ohio. William Schlatter, a of the World, which, written in 1886, predicted Philadelphia merchant, published some of the works "wars of vast extent and terrible atrocity," and of Swedenborg for free distribution, and sent them foretold the rise of modern atheistic Communism. out by thousands of copies in bales of his merchan His novel, "In Both Worlds," sugar-coats New- dise, by which means they were introduced to indi Church ideas with a thrilling narrative. viduals far and wide. None of these men was or In the course of its history the New Church has dained, but that fact did not stop them for working had men of ability in the clergy, and in the laity too. for the New Church. Benjamin Fisk Barrett quit the ministry and made The Boston church was established chiefly by a a modest fortune in business, but never lost his de group of young divinity students, most of whom, votion to the New Church. He endowed and estab on "receiving" the New-Church doctrines, had to lished publishing societies to spread the doctrines. He abandon their plans to become ministers and enter helped to make the writings of Swedenborg available secular business to support as preacher their leader, in cheap editions, and was successful in getting Thomas Worcester. Yet Sampson Reed, while a copies in the hands of many Protestant ministers. successful druggist, kept writing New-Church books His own books and tracts were numerous and influ and articles, contributing to the New Jerusalem Mag ential. azine, and otherwise making himself useful to the Women also have been active in teaching New- New Church. Thomas Worcester himself was not Church truth. In 1817 a Miss Elizabeth Jones pub ordained until many years of his ministry had lished a correspondence she had with her Presby passed. An important member of the group was terian pastor, regarding her conversion to New- Theophilus Parsons, Dane Professor of Law at Church views, which led to her expulsion. The Harvard, prodigiously active in writing and publish pamphlet was published in Philadelphia, and also in ing New-Church books. He edited for years one of London and Manchester, England. Mrs. H. M. the main church periodicals. Prescott wrote a tract, Religion and Philosophy Perhaps the most distinguished man the New United (Boston, Mass.). Early in the present cen Church has had at least in America was John Bige- tury, Miss Lillian Beekman wrote and published low, "Forgotten First Citizen." His contribution books, and lectured on Swedenborg's philosophical to the cause, aside from his numerous articles, was works, correlating them in her own fashion with "The Bible That Was Lost and Is Found," an ac modern science. She notably influenced leaders of count of his conversion through reading Arcana the Academy or General Church. Helen Keller's Coelesti-a. My Religion is a well-known New-Church tract. Important as certain captains of industry and Some distinguished work has been done by women men of affairs have been in New-Church history, I in the field of history and biography. Miss Ednah am not mainly concerned with such men except as Silver's Sketches of the Netv Church is well known. they wrote and published something notable. I Marguerite B. Block's The Nero Church in the Neic refer to Jonathan Young Scammon of Chicago, John World is a notable study of the American scene. H. James of Ohio, and more recently, to John Pit- Dr. Ophia Smith has published valuable studies of cairn and Clarence W. Barron. early New-Church history, and a distinguished An interesting group of "free lances" has had biography of John H. James, founder of Urbana its influence on the New Church. In England there University, A Buckeye Titan. And highly valuable was Charles Augustus Tulk, who, though not a is Mrs. Sigrid 0. Sigstedt's The Swedenborg Epic, member of the New Church, did much for the Swe a most important "collateral" New-Church work. denborg Society, and published doctrinal studies at Why has the New Church in general declined in his own expense. A physician, James John Garth recent decades? One reason is that the laymen, in Wilkinson, translated and published Swedenborg's general, are less active than they were in the old

328 days. There is a greater tendency to let the min of our time, here at Evanston we are united in Christ. ister do it, whatever it is: study the works of Swe And we rejoice also that, in the bond of prayer and a common hope, we maintain communion with our denborg, or write and talk about them, or do other Christian brethren everywhere. things for the New Church. An ordained clergyman 8. It is from within this communion that we have to is valuable and often indispensable, 3'et his success speak about the fear and distrust which at present is directly proportionate to the amount of co-opera divide our world. Only at the Cross of Christ, where tion and activity he can get from the laymen. The men know themselves as forgiven sinners, can they flourishing society is that in which every member is be made one. It is there that Christians must pray actively working for the New Church. daily for their enemies. It is there that we must Consider the remarkable activity of Mr. Frank seek deliverance from self-righteousness, impatience Finney and his helpers in advertising and propagat and fear. And those who know that Christ is risen ing the teachings of the New Church. This ex should have the courage to expect new power to perienced and successful advertising man has, by Wreak through every human barrier. 9. It is not enough that Christians should seek peace publicity and follow-up methods, built up a mailing for themselves. They must seek justice for others. list of thousands of new readers. Few could do this; Great masses of people in many parts of the world but more of us could write "letters to the Editor" are hungry for bread, and are compelled to live in when occasion arises for correcting misstatements conditions which mock their human worth. Does about Swedenborg or misconceptions of our doc your church speak and act against such injustice? trines. Of course the New-Church person ought to Millions of men and women are suffering segrega make sure he knows what he is talking about when tion and discrimination on the ground of race. Is he breaks into print. This emphasizes the need for your church willing to declare, as this Assembly has more study of the writings of Swedenborg and the declared, that this is contrary to the will of God and most important collateral works. to act on that declaration? Do you pray regularly It has occurred to me that future historians of for those who suffer unjust discrimination on grounds of race, religion or political conviction? the New Church will have a remarkable body of 10. The Church of Christ is today a world-wide fellow "patristic" writings to consider, a large part of ship, yet there are countless people to whom He is which has been produced by laymen. Every writer unknown. How much do you care about this? Does of a significant New-Church article, book or tract your congregation live for itself, or for the world may go down in history as a Father of the New around it and beyond it? Does its common life, and Church. May there be many more such! does the daily work of its members in the world, (Editor's Note — We should like to add to the affirm the Lordship of Christ or deny it? valuable list of collateral literature given to us by 11. God does not leave any of us to stand alone. In Dr. Hotson, "The Natural History of Man," by every place He has gathered us together to he His Alexander Kin-mount, pioneer Ohio educator and family, in which His gifts and His forgiveness arc received. Do you forgive one another? Christ for New Churchman. Of course, it is not to be under gave you. Is your congregation a true family of stood that this is an exhaustive list of those who God, where every man can find a home and know have contributed to New-Church thinking. Every that God loves him without limit? one will, no doubt, recall books that are worthy of 12. We are not sufficient for these things. But Christ inclusion.) is sufficient. We do not know what is coming to us. But we know Who is coming. It is He who meets World's Hope in Christ us every day and who will meet us at the end—Jesus Christ our Lord. (Continued from page 324) 13. Therefore we say to you: Rejoice in hope. directly to each congregation. Six years ago our churches entered into a covenant to form this Coun cil, and affirmed their intention to stay together. Money For Your Treasury We thank God for His blessing on our work and OVER 1,500,000 fellowship during these six years. We enter now SUNFLOWER DISH CLOTHS Were sold in 1953 by members of Sunday upon a second stage. To stay together is not enough. Schools, Ladies' Aids, Young People's Groups, etc. They enable you to earn I We must go forward. As we learn more of our unity money for your treasury, and make friends 1 in Christ, it becomes the more intolerable that we for your organization. '

should he divided. We therefore ask you: Is your Sample Free to an Official church seriously considering its relation to other SANGAMON MILLS churches in the light of our Lord's prayer that we Established 1915 Coboes, N. Y. may he sanctified in the truth and that we may all be one? Is your congregation, in fellowship with sister congregations around you, doing all it can do Swedenborg's Writings to ensure that your neighbors shall hear the voice of the one Shepherd calling all men into the one To new readers, 10 cents; regularly, 25 cents each: flock? Heaven and Hell 7. The forces that separate men from one another arc Divine Love and Wisdom strong. At our meeting here we have missed the Divine Providence presence of Chinese Churches which were with us The Four Doctrines at Amsterdam. There are other lands and churches Swedenborg Foundation Incorporated unrepresented in our Council, and we long ardently for their fellowship. But we are thankful that, sep 51 East 42nd St. New York 17, N. Y. arated as we are by the deepest political divisions

329 President Calls for "Now, how can we help strike this of the faith, the faith that the children "Act of Faith" spark of dedication in receptive hearts of God can live if they so will, in the around the earth? Let the Church speak to the world climate and the relationships that mean "I believe that you, members of this justice and decency and peace for all." today as the prophets of old spoke to convocation, spiritual leaders of a great their world, and the world will listen, world organization, together with your President David Dwight Eisenhower brethren of other faiths, can lead the told a throng of 18,000 churchmen STUDY THE ARCANA way. The goal should be nothing short gathered in Deering meadow on North of inviting every single person in every A Voice From the Past Speaks western Campus, on Thursday after single country in the world who believes noon, August 19. The occasion was a Serena K. Dandridge, Green Pas in the power of a Supreme Being to special convocation of the University in tures, Shepherdstown, W. V., who is join in a mighty, simultaneous, intense connection with the World Council very active in promoting classes in the act of faith." Assembly. The outdoor ceremony held study of the Arcana, appeals to all who The President suggested that this act in the sunlit "meadow" was made color love the teachings of the New Church of faith might take the form of a per ful by a dignified academic processional to enroll in the Arcana class, now con sonal prayer by "hundreds upon hun led by the World Council presidents. ducted by the Rev. Louis A. Dole, dreds of millions—delivered simultane The Archbishop of Canterbury wel Bath, Me. In connection with her ap ously and fervently for the devotion, comed the President on behalf of the peal she quotes the following from the wisdom and stamina to work unceas World Council. Bishop G. Bromley late Rev. John Whitehead, who, for ingly for a just and lasting peace." Oxnam pronounced the invocation, and years, headed this class: "If this mass dedication launched an Bishop Eivind Berggrav of Norway "Dear friends: Let us remember that unending campaign for peace, support gave the benediction. we live in the time of the second com ed consequently by prayer, I am cer In his speech, the President identified ing of the Lord. The great day of the tain," said the President, "wondrous himself as "not only this nation's Chief Lord is about to break with power and results would ensue." Executive whose days are largely de great glory, when He will return to "First, and at the very least, there voted to the efforts of the Government inherit the kingdom prepared for Him would be a reminder to each of us that to secure peace," but as a "single mem before the foundation of the world. the cause of peace needs God. We ber of one of the constituent bodies of Every member of the New Church, would come to know also that respon this Council of Churches." whether learned or simple, is called as sibility for peace or conflict rests in "But/' he added, "I must speak also, in the days of the disciples, to the in some degree witli each of us. inescapably, as one who has seen at most friendship and knowledge of God. first hand the almost miraculous battle "Each would be heartened and "Once more He is walking with us field achievements of men bound to strengthened by the certainty of close in our life in Galilee with presence more gether by mighty devotion to a worthy comradeships in faith and purpose. real, more healing, more miracle- Thus, there would be set in motion a cause. working than before when the disciples "A thousand experiences have con great and growing force that could saw Him witli their external eyes and unify men in peace as a common peril vinced me beyond room for doubt that tried to understand Him—tried to fol unifies them in war. common and fervent dedication to a low Him spiritually as well as naturally. noble purpose multiplies the strength "There would be initiated unceasing "The one great reality of the present of the individuals and the body, and and universal study of the principal time is that the Lord is here again. brings within the scope of their capa factors in the global problems that seem His presence with the human race is bilities almost any conceivable objective. to impede progress toward peace. more real than while He was with us "Today, now the campaign for a just There would be generated a support in His body, visible to our natural eyes. and lasting peace desperately needs the for honest and devoted world leaders His presence in the Word, received and lifting and transforming power that that would inspire them to plumb new understood by his followers, but only comes from men and women, the world depths of knowledge and understand as it is received and understood by His over, responding to their highest allegi ing, and seek new paths toward con followers, will change the whole world ances and to their best motives. ciliation. into the kingdom of heaven. "There would spring forth and be "The Lord cannot come to His carried out new projects for defeating Church unless His Church is coming to The the despair and suffering and hopeless Him. He is coming with all power to change this earth into the kingdomhof NEW k ness in which millions now live. And the destruction of the conditions that heaven as soon as we delight to know Biography shrivel the soul and starve the body Him in His love for us as every line "The Swedenborg Epic — would add new millions to the soldiers of the Word reveals Him to all who earnestly seek Him there. The Life of Emanuel "Henceforth I call you not servants; Swedenborg" for the servant knoweth not what his COLLECT STAMPS? by Cyriel O. Sigstedt Lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard IS NOW READY —$4.50 Help Your Missions Too from my Father I have made known Try our Famous Mission Mixtures "Popularly written, but a defin unto you." Worldwide accumulations. 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330 dom equally with the angelic mind, but differ in outline or shape," resumed it does not become so wise in the world; Dokeos, "and that angels are from the Synopsis of previous installments (July for one reason among many, because it human race, is shown by Moses and 24, Aug. 7): Angelic visitants to a youth is in an earthly body, and in that body Elias, who ministered to the Saviour on meditating on the subject of their the spiritual mind thinks naturally. the Mount of Transfiguration; or that nature, inform him in the name of one "It is otherwise when the human angel who declared to John that 'I am Dolceos and later Sophos (apparently mind is released from its connexion thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren Swedenborg) of their spiritual and with the body, for then it no longer the prophets'; or the innumerable mul eternal characters, following the young thinks naturally, but spiritually; and titude of all nations and peoples who man's recounting of the orthodox belief when it thinks spiritually, it grasps stood before the Lamb, having palms concerning angels. ideas which are incomprehensible and in their hands, who are before the throne of God and serve Him day and Sophos is still speaking: "The divine ineffable to the natural man, and thus creative operation proceeding from it becomes wise like an angel. night in His temple, from whose eyes God hath wiped away all tears." Himself terminated itself in the ulti "The internal of man, which is called "In what then," I asked, "do angels mate plane, and there began to be vis his spirit, is in its essence an angel; ible and objective; thence it returned when it is released from the earthly differ from man?" "Not in shape," rejoined Dokeos. towards Himself and successively pro body, it is in a human form like an "They certainly do differ in substance, duced all intermediate things, including angel; for all angels are in a perfect which is 'form.' Angels are immaterial minerals, vegetation, animated forms of human form; and, if the man has loved beings, in so far as the substance of life, man, angels, the kingdoms of God and worked righteousness, he be which their bodies are composed is not heaven, and all things that are therein." comes as the Lord said, 'as the angels,' matter, nor is it subject to the laws by "And what is this you style the ulti and is an angel." "Angels are men in heaven: good men which all material substances are lim mate?" I inquired. ited and bound. Yet they are substan "The extreme is the lowest of all are angels on earth," added Dokeos. tial entities. Shape is the limitation of created things, which you can conceive "In what do angels and men differ?" substance, and they have form; sub of as matter, apart from all other qual continued Dokeos. "In form? No! stance is that which the physical limits, ities except that it exists, and that it is Every angel that ever appeared to man and they are substantial. To deny this lifeless and inert," responded Sophos. was in the human form, here meaning is dangerous, for the only logical alter "Where can we find such matter so shape. In many places they are spoken native is that an angel is no-thing or devoid of qualities?" I demanded. of both as 'men' and as angels. The nothing, existing no-where. "Nowhere as an objective fact," an three who appeared to Abraham are "There are three degrees of sub swered Sophos. "All forms of matter called 'men1; the two who appeared to stance, each distinct in its qualities: with which you are acquainted are more Lot are called 'men'; the angel who these are divine, spiritual, and material. or less modified and qualified by the wrestled with Jacob is called a 'man'; Of the first is God, and we know no life which they receive and embody. he who appeared to Joshua at Jericho, more. Of the second are angels, and the Yet, underlying all those natural forms and who described himself as the 'Cap spirits of men. Of the third is the is this extreme ultimate of existence, tain of the Lord's host,' is called 'a man natural body of man while he lives on which we may style matter, giving to with a drawn sword in his hand'; the angel who appeared to the wife of the earth; and of such also are all all things fixity and inertness. things which surround man. "Life is the motor power, the uni Munouli is called a 'man.' "At death, man's spirit is disrobed versal active; matter is the thing moved "The angels who appeared to Ezekiel of its previous material covering, and or acted upon. What matter is in itself, are severally called 'men'; Gabriel is he, too, is then a being, human in apart from the qualities it receives from described by Daniel as 'the man 'shape' and spiritual in substance. Then life, who can say? I cannot. It is the Gabriel'; the 'angel of the Lord' who in appearance and substance man be base of inertia, a quality of all created was seen by Zechariah 'riding on a red comes 'like unto the angels.' "—James things. It furnishes the plane of re horse' is called a 'man'; the women who went to the sepulchre, on entering in, Spieiis, London, 'H sistance and of reaction. "From Himself God produced matter, saw 'a young man, clothed in long white garments'; two 'men' also stood by them by successively depriving His emana tion of all life, and of every quality; in shining garments, who were 'two PERRY and from matter God has successively angels in white.' KINDERGARTEN NORMAL "The seer and apostle in Revelation produced all things, by infusing into SCHOOL"-, the material forraWhich He has made, identifies angels with men; he says that increasingly new and varied qualities the angel 'measured the wall' of the ESTABLISHED 1898 New Jerusalem, 'according to the meas with the life which He has caused to Students upon graduation at the ure of a man, that is, of the angel.' flow into them from Himself. Thus end of three years' training are pre God is the Former and Originator of Angels- are men in human form." "But the wings with which they are pared for teaching in nursery school, all things, while yet the creation re kindergarten and primary grades. mains ever distinct from Him who customarily endowed by painters ?" Graduates of Perry Normal may created it." I inquired. "This theory demands meditation, "They are conventional symbols of obtain their B.S. degree in Educa which I cannot now give to it, Sophos," earthly art to indicate angels, doubtless tion through College credits allowed I said. "But tell me, what, then, is the suggested by the idea of the velocity and attendance at College summer intrinsic difference between angels and and freedom of angelic movements, school sessions. their ascending and descending, their men?" Send for catalog "I have answered you already," re goings and comings to man," responded joined Sophos. "Angelic minds and Dokeos. "Of course there are no such Mrs. H. H. Jones, Principal human minds are similar. Both enjoy beings as little cherubs, mere heads and F. Gardiner Perry, Manager the faculty of understanding, perceiv wings,—another conceit of artists." 815 Boylston Street, Room M "The statement is suggestive," I re ing and willing; and both are formed Boston 16, Mass. to receive heavenly love and wisdom. marked. "But proceed." "The human mind is capable of wis "Angels and men, therefore, do not

331 The California Association The officers elected to serve the Cali gions. The Unseen Environment was Meets fornia Association in the coming year seen and heard in these children's inno are: Rev. John L. Boyer, Presiding cent and lovely presence. "Their angels A New Churchman with long experi Minister; Mr. Earl P. Marshall, Vice- do always behold the face of the ence of New Church work remarked at President; Mrs. Alice Van Boven, Sec Father." the close of the recent meetings of the retary; Mr. John E. Quermann, Treas Sunday was a day of great inspira California Association in San Diego: urer. Mr. Irving McCallum is the new "I have never been at meetings of an tion. It opened with a beautiful recital Chairman of the Board of Split Moun of sacred music by the organist of the Association where there was a more tain Camp. united spirit." San Diego Church, Mr. Bertrand Our Brother Thomas Reed, his wife The Kith annual meetings of the Cal Chombeau AAGO. The service of wor and children were with us in San Diego. ifornia Association of the New Jerusa ship crowded the Church, with 175 peo This past year he did fine service min lem were held in San Diego from ple present. The Sacrament of Bap istering in Temple City, and assisting Thursday to Sunday, September 2-5, tism was administered: Mrs. Frank Rev. Kenneth Knox at The Wayfarers' 1954. Dibb and her baby, and the children Chapel. The Association gave the Reed The San Diego Church gave us royal of the Thomas Reed family were bap family a loving farewell and a parting welcome. The Committee had a stimu tized. Rev. John L. Boyer was invested gift. Mr. Reed made response in lating program ready on the theme of as General Pastor of the California deeply sincere words of dedication to "Our Unseen Environment." Association. Rev. Henry K. Peters the Lord's work. The Council of Ministers gathered on preached a clear and forceful sermon, Thursday afternoon at the hospitable The theme—"Our Unseen Environ on the Lord's love as the most potent, home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Swanton. ment"—so rich in meaning, was de spiritual force drawing us all. The Actually the afternoon meeting was in veloped in three panels, and in a very Sanctuary and the Cherub Choirs sang. the garden in the shade of the pepper thought provoking (and discussion pro The Sacrament of the Holy Supper was tree. Rev. Franklin H. Blackmcr was voking) address by a professor of re celebrated. with us, as was the Rev. Henry K. ligion, Dr. Hans von Koerbcr, of the The Vesper Service brought us to Peters from the State of Washington. University of Southern California and gether for a closing gathering in the Rev. Lloyd Edmiston joined our meet of California Western University. The open air, in the Greek Theater of the ings later. first panel met on Friday afternoon, California Western University. It is The ministers discussed the Sweden- when the speakers gave witness of per sheltered in the hills of Point Loma. borg Institute for Protestant clergymen sonal experience of Divine guidance. We saw the Pacific Ocean through the held last March in Los Angeles. The Another panel was presented on Satur eucalyptus trees, beyond the brown interest shown at the time encouraged day, when we took up the theme of the cliffs, as we listened to Rev. Othmar us to plan a second Institute for this meetings more in the perspective of the Tobisch tell us of the Lord's hosts sur coming Church year in San Diego. order or the laws of spiritual life as rounding and defending the men of God The Council also heard of the oppor applying to religion, to mental and in the Bible. We knew the hosts were tunities to develop New Church camp bodily health. A third panel was by about us too. ing (family camps, leadership training the State Women's Alliance under the In conclusion we had a buffet supper camps, etc.) on the acreage recently ac chairmanship of Mrs. J. Woodruff Saul. in the new headquarters building of the quired by the California Association on The speakers told of personal experi San Diego Council of Churches. It the Cosumncs Creek, in the foothills of ence of spiritual forces, some expressed stands on one of the same hills of Point the Sierras, near Sacramento. by children, some of the Lord's Provi Loma.—Andre Diaconofp After dinner at the Swantons' the dence in keeping us from harm; others Executive Committee held its meeting. spoke of the spiritual life in daily busi The business meetings of this 46th ness. All very stimulating. Hymn Contest For Young People Dr. Hans von Koerber started with a annual session were called to order by Last week the Hymn Society of statement of the need of revelation. He the Presiding Minister, Rev. John L. America invited young people — under spoke on the ages of revelation, that we Boyer, on Friday, September the 3rd, the age of thirty—to try their hand at call the successive Churches in mankind. in the afternoon. Opening worship was writing hymns which will "express the Then he discussed the Second Coining, conducted by Rev. Robert L. Young, current mind of youth as it appears to which he expects to be still in the the retiring General Pastor of the youth itself." End product of their en future. He showed acquaintance with Association and the pastor of the San deavors will be a brand new hymnal and insight into Swedenborg's teachings Diego Church. written by and for youth. Some of the in many ways. Rev. F. H. Blackmer spoke, calling numbers submitted will be printed in us to greater service to the Lord and On Saturday the Alpha - Omega advance of publication of the new edi His Church. Players of the San Diego Society, a tion and distributed to youth groups all The total voting membership present group known throughout the city, pre over the country for use during the an was 53. sented a play, The Bishop's Mantle, by nual observance of Youth Week next An early vote was to amend the Arti Alice Turnbull. We lived for the few Jan. 30-Feb. C sponsored by the United cles of Incorporation and By-laws of hours through the struggles and we en Christian Youth Movement of the Na the Association to read that the Associa joyed the victory of the young rector tional Council of Churches. tion would include "other Western in the story. How versatile and how Society President Deane Edwards States and Territories." The Seattle- resourceful can people be! There were suggests contestants may find inspira Tacoma Society was then voted into our hosts and hostesses of San Diego, tion in the Youth Week theme "One membership, and the membership of the who had been looking after all our Fellowship in Christ," but says judges Portland (Oregon) Society was re needs, doing a first rate job of dramatic will consider any theme suitable for the affirmed. work. Christian life of youth. Hymns should Rev. John L. Boyer read an inter The Cherub Choir vested in azure be written in well-known meters found esting letter received from a reader of blue and white sang for us during the in standard hymnals and sent to the Swedenborg's Works in Tel-Aviv, in program and on Sunday morning. They Society, 297 Fourth Avc., New York Israel. transported us truly into heavenly re 10, N." Y., not later than Dec. 1.

332 Indian Embassy Stresses Religious Theological School Opens Trends and Freedom In That Country The New Church Theological School The Indian Embassy, through its reg opened on September 21, with classes Trails .. . ular publication, Indiagram, published beginning the following day. Among for newsmen and the diplomatic corps the courses to be offered are: Pastoral More On the Christian Hope here, is continually stressing religious Care with the Rev. Everett K. Bray; At the Evanston Assembly of the freedom these days, apparently with the Theology with the Rev. Edwin G. World Council of Churches, the ques aim of allaying the fears of western Capon; Parish Organization and Ad tion could hardly be avoided whether leaders, and particularly church leaders, ministration, also with the Rev. Mr. Christ as the hope of the world was the regarding fatricidal bickering and occa Capon. Bible Interpretation is taught hope in this world or in the hereafter. sional acts of near-violence which are by the Rev. John King; Church Music featured sometimes in the news from and New Church History by Horace Dr. Edmond Schlink, rector of the that strategic nation. B. Blackmcr, and Homelities by the University of Heidelberg, declared in Rev. Mr. King and the Rev. Antony the first plenary session that the "hope" For example, the publication recently Regamcy. The School also gives cor must be related to the end of the world. lias carried a front-page story telling of respondence courses to those interested The Christian should of course strive how the Indian President, Dr. Rajendra in a study of the Bible and the Chris for better conditions in the world and Prasad, visiting in Mysore, addressed a tian life. for a just social order, but he cannot gathering of Christians in a church Those interested in the New Church thereby bring "Christ's Kingdom on there and asserted that missionaries in ministry as a calling should write to the earth, nor fashion the new creation." India are quite free to carry on reli School for full information. The Dr. Schlink saw in the turmoil and dis gious activities. He emphasized that School has just issued its bulletin for orders of the present the "great tribu India is carrying on the tradition of 1951-1955, obtainable on request from lation" spoken of in the New Testament religious tolerance and acknowledged The New Church Theological School as the forerunner of the world's end. the services of the missionaries in set 48 Quincy St., Cambridge 38, Mass. Other European theologians took the ting up a number of medical and edu same view. This is not surprising. cational institutions. Rev. Diaconoff Recovering There has been little in the European scene in the last forty years to encour The Rev. Andre Diaconoff of Los age anyone to believe that man by his Religion Behind the Iron Curtain Angeles, who recently underwent an op eration, is reported to be recuperating conquest of nature, his gains in knowl A report reaching the Free Europe very satisfactorily. edge and his technological achievements Committee from a recent Polish escapee was about to establish the Kingdom of outlines the hardships which Protestants Johnny Appleseed Festival God upon earth. have undergone in the Gdansk district The Americans were more optimistic. of Poland since the arrival of the Rus The Lakewood Society held a Johnny Dr. Robert L. Calhoun, professor of sian Army in 1944 destroyed the Appleseed Festival on September 24 in historical theology at the Yale Univer Church organization. Since that time, observance of the birthday of that pio sity, said that in America, theology ad and although they ran the risk of being neer nurseryman and New Church mis dressed itself to eliminating injustice accused of political activities, Protes sionary, John Chapman, which falls on and social evils instead of relying on a tants held their prayer meetings and September 26. Doris Fasnacht and miraculous intervention by God. church services in the living rooms of Win. Baker, Jr., were in charge of this event, which aroused no little interest. Newspapers reported on their front private homes. There was no pastor in Among other features were folk pages that innumerable street corner the village where the escapee had lived dances from the past and an exhibit discussions on this theme took place. and services were conducted by travel ing pastors or by lay members. In the of documents and memorabilia relating Plainly eschatology and the doctrine town of Sopoty, some 25 miles away, to Johnny. of the Second Coming are not dead there was an Evangelical Church. issues. • Many of the Protestant villagers sent Illinois Association to Meet their children there for confirmation in The Illinois New Church Association Faith—Not Fear—Youth's Guide struction given twice a month. The met in La Porte, Indiana, on Sep Denouncing the climate which "causes cost of the trip was almost prohibitive tember 15-17. The pastor of the La us to fear the issues in social problems for the workers and peasants of the Porte Society is the Rev. John Spiers, with which we should be concerned," escapee's village, but many of the chil and the Rev. Immanuel Tafel is presi representatives of the nation's Christian dren performed extra duties to earn the dent and general pastor of the Associa youth last week reaffirmed Christian 25 zlot;is ($6.25) for their train fare. tion. The Rev. Franklin H. Blaekmer faitli as the guiding principle in meet was present at this meeting. ing the problems faced by the nation today. Meeting in Williams Bay, Wis., New Book by Miss Pitman Mission Headquarters In Florida one hundred and fifty representatives Miss Melrosc Pitman, active member The Rev. and Mrs. Marshall are from 31 state youth councils of the na of the Cincinnati New Church Society, gradually getting settled in their new tion concluded the annual two-day meet whose volume of poetry, Songs in home in St. Petersburg, Florida. The ing of the general council of the United Sequence, issued about two years ago, large three-car garage, which is at Christian Youth Movement by taking came in for much favorable comment, tached to the property, has been turned action on a wide range of social and into mission headquarters and the stamp is now about to publish a second vol political issues. Fears affecting the na outlet office. Carpets have been laid on ume bearing the same title. Miss Pit tion in 1954 they listed as communism the floor, the walls have been lined with man, a niece of the famed New Church and its threats, atomic warfare, indi books and the office equipment installed. vidual insecurities, ideological warfare man, Sir Isaac Pitman, is an artist of But in addition, there are bric-a-brac, and the fear of fear itself. "We will distinction, a world traveler and an convention pictures and other things be guided by our faitli and not our enthusiastic student of religion and that visitors report give the place an fears," the young people declared. philosophy. attractive home}' touch.

333 LETTERS tth°e EDITOR A Healing Experience Free! Free I Free 1 The American New Church League To the Editor: is the national organization of the young How Strong Is Heredity? I was greatly interested in the article people of our church. Among its other in The Messenger by Leon LeVan on activities is the publishing of a hand To the Editor: spiritual healing. This is a subject in some, well-edited Journal, which not I was especially interested in Leon which my interest was first aroused by only gives news of the League's activ LeVan's article on sickness and health; a saintly woman of the New Church in ities, but also presents and interprets but I take]; exception to his statements Portland, Oregon, a Mrs. Adeline Read. the opinions and attitudes of youth. about disorders which are hereditary. And it was shortly after reading Mr. This paper may now be received free That seems to be his opinion, and he is LeVan's article that I had a personal by any young person wishing to have entitled to it, of course—but it should experience with spiritual healing. My it. Send the names, addresses and ages have been labeled such, because there left breast suddenly became very hard of those you think would like to get are no facts to substantiate it; and I and inflamed. The entire area extend it to: feel that if what he said were true it ing even below the breast for some three Miss Joan Flynn would invalidate the principles of re inches was exceedingly painful. I was 437 East 86th St. generation—since the whole process of about to make a trip by car, and I won New York, N. Y. regeneration is concerned with combat dered if I could possibly stand it. Then ing, within one's self, hereditary ten the question came to me: You say you Maine Association to Meet dencies. The physical outermosts are, really believe in spiritual healing, so Mrs. Harriett Gass, secretary of the as Swedenborg says, "the extremes of why not try it now? I put my hand Maine New Church Association, an influx" and can not be classified into on my breast after I got into bed and nounces that the annual meeting of this two kinds, as LeVan has done. All our prayed. Within minutes I began to feel body will be held at Bath, Me., on Oc tendencies are hereditary, at every level the pain subside. I was still praying tober 9 and 10, 1954, for the purpose of man's being; and what LeVan calls when I drifted off into a sound sleep. of the hearing of reports, the election "your own mental and spiritual dis I had not slept well the night before of officers, and the transaction of any orders" are nothing but the individual's on account of the pain. When I woke other business that may properly come acceptance, and therefore confirmation, up all the inflammation, pain and hard before the meeting. of hereditary tendencies to disorder. ness was gone. I give God the praise. Delegates and others wishing to at To say that physical disorders which Josephine Johannson tend are asked to notify Mrs. Louis A. are directly inherited can be alleviated Dole, 887 Middle St., Bath, Maine. only by "external and natural means" is to limit the strength and scope of spiritual power and to say, in effect, A Bouquet For Marshall Even to Germany the fame of the Wayfarer's Chapel on Palos Verdes has that there are areas in which the spir To the Editor: traveled. The Frankfurter Illustrierte itual is not dominant over natural. Yet As I read my Messenger today I of August 7 carries two pictures of this Swedenborg, through continual reitera thought I should like to add my tribute place of worship, and the accompany tion, hammers home the fact that the to Mr. and Mrs. Marshall. My hus ing text states, "A melting into one of natural level of man's being—of which band and three sons and I all attended nature and a building was the aim of the physical is the ultimate expression the Paterson Church, and took com F. L. Wright, when he designed this —is always and entirely subservient to munion there, when we lived for four chapel for the adherents of the mystic, the spiritual. If this is so, there is no years in New Jersey. We often stayed Swedenborg, on the cape of Palos reason why all infirmities, whatever with John and Camilla Nicol in Haw Verdes." their cause, can not be helped by spir thorne, N. J. There was a wonderful A more detailed description follows. itual means. It must be recognized that spirit of kindness in that small society, The Frankfurter Illustrierte is one of spiritual healing sometimes succeeds the largest weeklies in Germany. The and sometimes fails, and it is necessary which had its origin in the teaching of pictures of the Palos Verdes Chapel ap Mr. Marshall, and in the life which he to understand that there are many rea pear with other big glass constructions and his wife lived. Sometimes we may sons why—but these reasons do not rest in the States. upon the source of the disorder. Hered forget that "all religion has relation to life," but they never did. In affec ity is, after all, only a mechanism in If For Others tionate remembrance, vented not by man but by God; and When I have said I will happiness own surely His power of healing can affect Bertha M. Hoeck far away from me it has flown. this as directly as it can His other in But when I said I will happiness bring vention, man's freedom of will. it came down to me on angel's wing. —Anonymous. Gwynne Mack THE SERMON on the NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE 44 ASSOCIATION 44 MOUNT 44 This New Church Association (in 44 Rev. Richard H. Teed GOWNS SSS corporated in 1907), is planning to Acacia Press Melbourne develop new activities, probably in the Satisfaction in Every Stitch since 1912 Boston area. Our former work in 90 pages Price —$1.00 Lynn has been taken over by a group QUALITY FABRICS 44 in that city chartered in 1947 as Gregg 44 LASTING BEAUTY Neighborhood House Association, Inc. We are contributing to this work. Write For Catalogue K-l MASSACHUSETTS NEW CHURCH UNION Edwina Warren Wise, President BENTLEY & SIMON; William C. Morgan, Treasurer, 44 134 Bowdoln St., Boston 8, Matt. 7 WEST 36 ST • NEW YORK 18, N.Y. * 27 Whitcomb St.. Balmont 79. Mats. ****************************

334 In Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages, A Notable New Churchman Memorials Departs After withstanding the effects of a heart attack for some weeks, the Rev. Paul Sperry, Pastor Emeritus of the BAPTIZED Washington Society, passed into the BIRTHS Dibb.—Lynda Colleen, daughter of spiritual world on September 3, 1954. Klassk.w—Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn W. Dibb, was Services were said for him on Tuesday, Klassen of North Battleford, Sask., an baptized in the San Diego New Church September 7, in the National Church nounce the birtli on July 10 of a daugh on September 5 by the Rev. Robert L. where he had been minister so many ter, Katherine Viola. Young. Godparents were Mr. and Mrs. years, the present minister officiating. Robert Gordon Boswell. Mr. Sperry was born at Ashtabula, Ohio, on January II, 1879, the son of Fekbnc. — Michael Dcanna, born to Andrew Fuller and Hannah Bassett Michael and Ruth Fcrenc, Burlingame, Sperry. The family soon came to Wash Calif., on July 12. Torricellas.—La Vonne Marie Tor- ricellas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ington, where Paul Sperry received his Worth A. Torricellas (Beth Irene schooling and in 1902 was graduated Potter. — Ruth Louise, born to French), born June 19, 1953, was bap from George Washington University. David and Henrietta Potter, Palo Alto, tized August 8, 1954 in the Church of Dr. Frank Sewall took an inspiring in Calif., on July 10. the San Diego Society, the Rev. Robert terest in him. From the university lie Loring Young officiating. Godparents went to the New Church Theological School, was graduated there in 1905, BAPTIZED were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harris. and was ordained into our ministry on Wiebe.—Marvin George and Geral- August 27, 1905. That Fall he became dinc Pearl, children of Mr. and Mrs. minister at Bath, Me. The following Young.—Jefferson Blair Young, son George Wiebc, were baptized at Lyym- year he married Josephine Shallen- of Rev. and Mrs. Robert Loring Young burn, Alberta, on July 31 by the Rev. berger, of Washington, D. C.; Mrs. (Betsy Schellenberg), born April 29, John E. Zacharias. Sperry survives him as do a son, Arthur, 1953, was baptized July 10, 195* at and two grandchildren. In 1908 Mr. The Wayfarers' Chapel by the Rev. Spcrry was called by the Brockton So Andre Diaconoff. Godparents were Klassen.—Terry Roy, infant son of ciety to its pulpit, and in 1915 he be Mrs. Donald Barnes, Mrs. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Earl Klassen, was bap came the minister of the Washington Haven and Mr. Henry A. Swanton. tized at Roblin, Man., on August 1, by Society, serving it for twenty-seven the Rev. Henry Rcddekopp. years. CONFIRMED Mr. Sperry's enterprise and abilities Joroenson. — A confirmation cere were soon enlisted by the church at Boswell.—Terance Carl, infant son mony took place at the home of Mr. large. A year after he had begun on of Mrs. Agnes Boswell, was baptized and Mrs. T. Eidse, Yorkton, Sask., on his second pastorate, he became Secre at Roblin, Man., on August 1 by the July 31st when Gordon Thomas Jor- tary of the Board of Missions of Con Rev. Henry Reddekopp. genson was received into New Church vention. During his term our missions • membership, the Rev. Henry Redde saw worldwide expansion. He served Eide. — Catherine Margaret, infant kopp officiating. the Board as Secretary until 1928 when daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Eide, he was elected President of the Conven tion in succession to the Rev. Wm. L. Venice, Calif., was baptized in the Braun, Friesen, Boswell. — Six Worcester. Later he returned to the parents home on August 31 by the Rev. members confirmed into the New Board of Missions as its President, one Henry K. Peters. Church by the Rev. Henry Reddekopp of ten posts in Convention which he August 1st at Roblin, Manitoba, were held at the time of his death. He was SciiAun.—Alfred Carey and Chris Kenneth David Braun, Marjorie Braun, also Secretary of the Augmentation tine Helen, children of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Friesen, Viola Alice Friesen, Fund Committee, Secretary of the Trus Alfred Schaub, were baptized at Whal- Jacqueline Agnes Boswell and Ray tees of the National Church, a Manager ley, Brit. Col., on September 5 by the mond Friesen. of Wayfarers' Chapel, a Director in the Rev. John E. Zacharias. Board of Publication, a Trustee of • MARRIED Urbana Junior College, a member of the Reed. — Paul, Adalyne Mae, Mar Martin-Brown.—On August 5th at Committee of General Pastors (he was garet Ann, Daniel Thomas, Janette San Diego, Calif., Louise Marie Brown, General Pastor of the Maryland Asso Dee, and John Emanuel, all children of daughter of Mrs. Henry Swanton, was ciation), a member of the Committee the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Reed, were married to John Martin of Yuma, Ariz. on Worship. With his informed liturgi baptized in the San Diego New Church cal interest and his musical gifts, Mr. on September 5 by the Rev. John L. Sperry made a considerable contribution Boyer. Godparents were Mr. and Mrs. Bailey-Goodwin. — Forrest E. to our present Book of Worship. At J. B. Cough ran. Bailey, of Easton, Mass., and Priscilla the close of his service as President of • M. Goodwin, of Brockton, Mass., were Convention in 1932 and while serving Dinn.—Lawanda Jean Hitc, daugh married in the New Jerusalem church the Washington Society still, Mr. ter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Homer Lee Hite, in Brockton on July 4th, by the Rev. Sperry became Director of the National and wife of Mr. Franklyn Walter Dibb, Harold R. Gustafson, Pastor of the Library for the Blind, the one person was baptized in the San Diego New Bridgewater New Church. Mr. and with sight in the Library. Here he did Church on September 5 by the Rev. Mrs. Bailey will reside at 543 Wash notable work, and when in 1946 that Robert L. Young. ington Street, South Easton, Mass. {Continued on page 336)

335 336 THE NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER OCTOBER 2, 1954

IN MEMORIAM Rotiiaermel.—Mrs. Elizabeth Roth- Slars of the New Jerusalem aermel, long a member of the Church Library was merged into the Division of the Good Shepherd, Kitchener, and The moon is rising in the sky for the Blind at the Library of Con mother of Mr. Harold Rotiiaermel, for As Truth is now at hand: gress he and his staff continued with mer member of the General Council of May seekers who've been asking 'Why'? the work there. Mr. Sperry was the the General Convention, passed away in Learn now to understand church's chief link with Miss Helen her 87th year on Saturday, September Keller in her interest in the church's 4. Because of her age she had not been That God is One, not two or three teachings. able to be active for some years, and As churches once have taught. Genial and gracious, with a glad wel the last year was virtually confined to He came, Himself, to set us free come for friends at his home, Paul her son's home. Resurrection services From bondage devil-wrought. Sperry bound people to him warmly. were conducted on September 8 by her He was a loyal and heartening friend. Pastor, Rev. David P. Johnson. Now we may better understand He was a happy and resourceful work That He is purest love, man in his many fields of endeavor. A long day, measured in terms of And what of us He e'er demands In tiie midst of so much of his work psychological time, is likely to he an He came on earth to prove which was administrative, he displayed unhappy day. a spirit of consecration and an unaffect Supported by His aid. ed devoutness. His little book, Words Life should be so lived that it proves Then let us evermore rejoice of Life, widely read, is the fruit and in itself to have an eternal quality. some ways the record of the devout That we could do thru our free choice ardor of his youth and of his pastorate Nor ever be afraid. Christian churches, as "the conscience at Brockton. of our economic life," can foster a cli Because He conquered power of Hell A beloved person has been called to mate in which labor and management Thus setting mankind free, new opportunities for his energies from together will work for a responsible so So, ever after all is well rich service and a beautiful home life ciety, with dignity, security and justice With everyone, if we here.—W. F. W. for all men. This was the theme of the annual Labor Sunday message issued by the National Council of Churches Resist desires to do the wrong, Leiinen.—One of the oldest members through its Department of the Church Yet knowing it is He of the St. Louis Society passed into the and Economic Life. Who overcomes the evil things. spiritual world on July 26, at the age So let us bow the knee. of 88 years. Mrs. Caroline Sudbrack Lchnen was one of the few remaining Salvage And us the moon stands for our faith people who had been connected with the In His redeeming power Hold my myriad thoughts, dear Lord, now dispersed Wellsville, Mo., New So stands the sun for love, as saith and sifting, Church, and which she hud grown up Take what belongs to Thee. Our seer, for this new hour in as a child. A loyal and devoted New May their dross be less by far than Churchwoman, she looked forward to drifting The knowing what these represent the time when she could be of service Wood upon the sea. Compose our guiding stars. in her Father's Kingdom, free from the In Thine own time, while tirelessly Then let's rejoice in Heaven-sent weaknesses of illness and old age. Mrs. retrieving Revealings that are ours. Lehnen is survived by her son Lester The broken spar or reed, Lehnen, a member of the St. Louis Transform for use to meet beyond be Let's make our own the truths thus held church. lieving And in our lives these nuggets weld. A lowly remnant's need. II. Mildred Herrick Haoemann, — Miss Amelia Hage- Mabki. C. Fullkh. inann passed into the life of the spirit on July 28. She had been confined to Two Widely Read Books "Rules of Life" her bed in a more or less helpless con Swedenborg's "Rules of Life," dition for the past two years. Miss Again Available handsomely lettered on an illu Hagcmann spent the last years in con THE BIBLE LOST AND FOUND minated wall card, blue and gold, siderable contrast to the major portion JOHN BIGELOW 7 x 10, now available again, with of her life. She had been an outstand Completely revised and edited mailing envelope. ing nurse, and an indefatigable worker Blue Cloth—$1.00 ALSO in the St. Louis Nurses Association of THE INVISIBLE POLICE which she was secretary for many years. Marlcham's Swedenborg Poem LOUIS PENDLETON The St. Louis Society knew her as one New Edition in grey cloth — $1.25 Similar to above. Red and gold. of its most exemplary members. Her The famous dedicatory poem be labor and devotion to the church will Also ginning with the majestic lines, "Out of the north, the great seer long be remembered, and the loss of her THE NEW BIOGRAPHY presence will be keenly felt. Miss rose to scan, the genesis and des "The Swedenborg Epic" Hagemann leaves behind two sisters, tiny of man." cyriel o. sigstedt Miss Laura Hagcmann of the St. Louis Profusely Illustrated, 517 pp., $4.50 Purchase from your bookroom, Society, Mrs. R. M. Wightman of or send 15{! for each direct to the THE NEW-CHURCH PRESS Spokane, Washington, and a brother, SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION 108 Clark Street Brooklyn I, N. Y. Dr. H. F. Hagcmann of St. Louis. 51 East 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER

October 16, 1954

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Ray L. Heddaeus

Johnston Taylor

Ophia Smith

Traveling To A Star

Kenneth Knox

The Lesser Commandment

John R. Swan ton

Worship More Than A Ritual

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338 WORSHIP MORE THAN A RITUAL YOUR LIFE IS YOUR TRIBUTE TO GOD

by Isaac G. Ens

"What thinkest thou? Is it lazvful to give tribute Body had passed into his heart. He had tasted unto Caesar, or not? . . . Render, therefore, unto the "Blood of the Lamb." He was very fervent at Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God Holy Communion. He had gotten 'religion,' and the things that are God's."—(Matt. xxii. 17, 21) all the world was full of love. Yes, he was in love with the church, with God, and with man. f HEX I speak to you of duty, I am treading "Better still, his superiors had taken notice of _ _ ' on dangerous ground; for the word duty is his delight and his fervency at the Communion this as popular as to ask children to behave themselves. morning. He was now a full-fledged member of the Especially is this true of worship as a duty. Monastic order. Not only had the warmth of the In that respect, we are a little like two people Lord's body entered his, but his fellow confraters had who are out on their honeymoon—like people who recognized his fervency. He had been exalted to a think they can live on love, and love alone. For higher degree. He was now of a new species of a time everything is "Honey here and honey there"; manhood. He found delight in the praises of God, but sooner or later they come down to earth and was ready to raise the flag and wave it with all the find that there are duties, obligations, responsibili hallelujahs in him. Like the multitude at Palm Sun ties attached to this love. There is the duty to day, he was ready to wave the branches and to lay wife and family, the duty to employer or employee, his garments down at the feet of His Lord. It was the responsibilities of clothing and feeding the young, a great moment in his life. obligations of more than merely setting children into the world. Holiness May Be Difficult Duty in the Church " 'Confrater Fidelis,' said the Father Master—his So with our Worship and Love of God and His Superior. 'I saw that you were very fervent at Holy Church! There, too, is a "honeymoon" state of Communion this morning. Confrater Fidelis feels membership. We come because we like the people. very holy today! How many of the rest of you feel The minister is just fine, and the choir's music is very holy?' Heads hung, fair faces flushed. good. We are in love with the Congregation. It " 'But,' Father Master continues: 'One would is "Honey here and honey there"; the "Best church almost think you were Protestants .. . That is the in the world"! But no sooner said, before we find way Protestants act. They think they are holy when the requirements of duty, responsibility, and ob they feel holy.' ligations. "What doth the Lord require of thee " 'That is how Fidelis feels today. He feels holy. but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk Protestants don't go to church from a sense of duty humbly with thy God." (Micah) owed to God. When they feel like staying at home, Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar? . . . they stay at home. The only excuse they need to "Render unto Caesar, the things which are Caesar's; give is that they have a headache, or they did not and unto God the things that are God's." Now that sleep well last night. Catholics do not base their you are here, do your stint for both the state and religion on feeling, but on obligation. It is precisely the church. As "America expects every man to do on the days when we are tired, when we don't want his duty," so the Lord's Church expects every man to go to mass, when we would prefer to go fishing, and woman and child to "Bring his offering and and yet from a sense of duty make the sacrifice for come into His Court." the voice of conscience, that we gain merit. What credit is it to go to church when you want to go? Confrater Fidelis Next Sunday you may want to go somewhere else, Hear the story of "Confrater Fidelis" as told then what? " No, the religious life is not measured in the Christian Century, October 22, 1941: by the ease with which we perform its duties.'" "Confrater Fidelis" was a novice in the monastery, * Suspect your emotions. On the very days when and he had just taken his first Communion. you feel most holy you may be most remote from "On that particular morning, he needed no ex God. Your feeling may be nothing more than the ternal aid for his devotion. It seemed that the result of good digestion. If you are going to per blessed prisoner spoke to him. He, the sinful novice, severe in the monastic life, it must be because you snatched from the wickedness of the world, had been go on with unshakable purpose when the going is accepted. He felt that he had turned a corner in rough. It is when it is hard to pray, when you his spiritual life. All doubt of his vocation left him. feel that God has deserted you as did our Blessed Our Lord had called him. Fears that he might not Saviour on the cross, that you have your opportu persevere until the end fled before the divine in nity. This is true devotion, true spirituality. fluence. That he could ever again fall into sin was Deeper Than Feelings' now inconceivable. St. Paul on the road to Damascus had gone through no more complete con No, religion must have its roots in something version than he. Now the warmth of the Lord's deeper than a feeling of holiness. It must go beyond

339 the honeymoon state. Confrater Fidelis is not un hurt feelings in the work of redemption, was cruci like Peter on the Mount of Transfiguration — he fied, only to rise high above the heads and shoulders wanted to stay there, but the Lord Jesus brought of all men of all times. Of such is the duty to a him down to the place where the leper was. So with Divine Cause. Of such is the responsibility in the us; it must be something more than a whim or a worship of the Glorified Christ. passing fad; more than a personal love for the min ister; delight in the choir, or the joy of fellowship Beyond Formal Worship with the congregation. It must be nothing short of However, we may well ask what is this duty in a response to the Colors of the Spiritual Kingdom, worship? And here we part company with both Con of a desire to join the ranks of those who hold up frater Fidelis and Father Master of the monastery; high the banners of the Divine among men. As the for the New Church idea of worship goes far be Psalmist has it: "If I forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, let yond the portals of a church or an institution. my right hand forget her cunning; if I do not re To Worship is to respect, to adore, to hold member thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of in high esteem. It is more than prayer, more than my mouth; if I do not prefer Jerusalem above my praise, it is nothing short of a high and lofty way chief joy." (Ps. 137:5-6) of life. For example: a garden is what the trees Worldly man thinks only of his own, his ease, his and fruits are. Meadows are what the crops are. comforts, his pleasures and joys. But the spiritual A ship is what its numerous parts are. And so man stands, as it were, on the deck. He thinks of with a state or a church: it is no better than its children, men and women, plunges into the shark- people arc. And its people are no better than their infested waters to rescue and to save the lives of goods are; for every branch that beareth not fruit others, loses his life but in so doing finds it. Our is hewn down and cast into the fire. best example of this is our Lord Himself. Men The point is that our love and worship of God scoffed at his folly, criticized him for his dreams. must be something more than a mere name. It must Selfish men denounced him; the tempter promised reverence the truth, not only in the church but also Him all the things of the world if only he would on the dance floor. It must respect the sacrificing sell out. Then the fickle crowd cried "Crucify Him." love of good, not only in the morning service, but But notwithstanding all the powers of the world also in life. The Spiritual Colors must be carried combined, He said, "Wist ye not that I must be out into life—into business, into industry, into the about my father's business?" arts and crafts, into recreation and play.

Seeing, Yet Blind The Four Obligations True, man adores, worships Him for that work; Hence I point out these four obligations with only but when it comes to following Him many stand by, brief comments: First: there is the obligation of see Him crucified, and say, "That which has come function. This has to do with our life job, for our to pass is of Divine Providence, and that which it jobs are more than bread winnings—they are the uses was supposed to be." And in this way they wash we seek to perform in life. Nor does it matter what their hands like Pilate and are unmoved by the these jobs are, whether that of a soldier, doctor, obligation to follow the Master. sailor, business man, lawyer, minister—all are in the service of God in so far as they arc faithful and true Others again say: "What joy is there to life, if to the right and the good among men. you have to be bound by duty and responsibility? Let us live and make merry for tomorrow we die." Second: there are the private obligations, and But pray tell, where are the stings of duty? Do we these include such things as payment of wages to not sense the sweet savor of work well done? Do working men, the payment of interest, the discharg we not see the majesty of our Lord as He stood ing of stipulated things, the keeping of securities, single handed against all the hordes of evil? Is and other like things. Here our religion has its there not something wonderful about the colors of real test, and becomes more than a church service. the Spiritual Life among men? A feeling that our Third: we have our domestic obligations, which life has not been in vain; that we have not laid waste are primarily those of the home—i.e., obligations our powers; that we have been of some use to the between man and wife, between parent and child, be world in which we live; that we have brought forth tween householder and timid, etc. the fruit of the spirit; that we are united and at And finally, come our public obligations, which are one with the Lord of Righteousness and Truth? many and varied, such as our duty to the state, our Still others will say: "He saveth others, but Him responsibility at the polls, our willingness to hold self He can not save." Yes, He saved them from public office. It is here that questions about Caesar their distresses, saved them from the Sea of Galilee and the things of God come in. To the old theology, and all it represents, redeemed them from the pow of course, the things of Caesar were the things of ers of hell, healed them and made them well. All this the world, and the things-of-God was a faith with He did, but what about Himself? Was He not out love to the neighbor. But to the New Church brought to a bitter end? Ah, the eyes of blinded man, religion can not be in the abstract—to be a men! They see not the wisdom of Him who loses good Christian means to be a good citizen. his life that he may find it. Yes, He lost Himself (This sermon, by the late Rev. Isaac G. Ens, is in His works and deeds of mercy, lost Himself in published at the request of several of his friends the Divine among men, forgot about His ills and and admirers.)

340 WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRAVEL TO A STAR?

by Kenneth Knox

[ OULD you like to travel to a star? It sounds come evident in the vastness of space and the ap fantastic, doesn't it? And yet you can, if parent endlessness of time. Man, simply as a crea you wish. ture of time and space, becomes but a lost moment Not long ago, I read an article which stated that, on a speck of dust. But as a potential image and by means of the new telescope at Palomar, it was likeness of God the Creator, he can expand and de now possible to see light from a star which began velop to the place that even the vastness of space on its way one thousand million years ago. and the apparent endlessness of time are significant It is likely that a long time will elapse before we and meaningful—not as something afar off and past will ever travel physically to a star, or for that but rather as something ever present and near. matter, even to a distant planet. In terms of our It is because of the eternal relationship that exists present life .span, on this earth, we would probably between spiritual things and natural things between expire before we had even set course. But perhaps time, space, and eternity that the Bible can serve there is another way we can travel to a star. in this world as the basis and containant of the Word of God. As we become aware of this relation Outer and Inner ship, the Bible itself takes on new meaning. Swedenborg points out, and, of course, if it is true, his teaching can be verified by all who seek Symbol* From Space diligently, that a relationship exists between the A few verses from the Book of Revelation (12:1-6) natural world and the spiritual world. He points will serve to illustrate the manner in which the out that all things that appear before us "outside," things of earth are used to describe things of heaven. even to the remotest star, have their significance and The woman clothed with the sun, with the moon meaning "inside." under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her Time and space are simply the means we have of head, represents the inner spiritual life, clothed with ordering existence in this world. Without such a love, founded on faith and crowned with knowledge concept, it would not be possible for us to think and of heavenly things. The sun is a symbol of love. to organize our lives on this planet. Time and What the sun does on the natural plane with its space enable us to think concretely and objectively light and heat, loves does on the spiritual plane. about ourselves and our place in the universe. The moon is a symbol of faith, reflecting the light Creatures of Spirit of the sun when all is in darkness. What the But we are not just creatures of time and space. moon is in the world — faith is in heaven. The We are also creatures of eternity. As to our inner stars, which are not seen except at night, are the life, we are not in time and space at all but rather knowledges of love and faith which crown our spirit in something to which time and space correspond, ual lives with intelligence and wisdom: they are the namely, spiritual state and being. knowledges which open up the possibilities of new This concept is not so difficult to grasp as it may heavens and new earths and enable us to keep our seem at first. We often use in our everyday lan balance in an ever-expanding and complex universe. guage terms that indicate an understanding of rela Whatever the scientist has to say about the sun, tionships—independent of space and time. We say the moon, the stars and the planets, based on ob of two people, "they are worlds apart," even though servable phenomena, can become meaningful insofar they may be physically together. We say of some as we permit our spiritual lives to develop and ex one who is lost in thought, "He, or she, is miles pand to include it. If we travel to a star spiritually away." Time and distance are short or long depend —ultimately its objective counterpart in space will become meaningful to us in confirming and strength ing on the association—whether it be harmonious ening our faith. or otherwise. Yes, you can travel to a star! You are not Journeying Spiritually carthbound!! You can acquire the knowledges of And so, in a general way, this idea is not new. love and faith that enable you to have dominion We realize that where and when a person lives is over God's Creation so that even a thousand million something more than the particular period of time (Next page please) and place in which he happens to be born and where he or she happens to live. But, if what Swedenborg states is true, we can become aware of this rela Swedenborg's Writings tionship in a more detailed and particular way. It To new readers, 10 cents; regularly, 25 cents each: is possible for us to make spiritual journeys which Heaven and Hell will ultimately take us to the beginning of time and Divine Love and Wisdom to the limits of the universe. Divine Providence It is not difficult for us to see how rapidly the The Four Doctrines universe has unfolded before the enquiring gaze of Swedenborg Foundation Incorporated the scientist. 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341 years does not make you feel insignificent and "Arriving Is Becoming" dwarfed. The psalmist said: We are not meant to dwell on earth. We are "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy meant to travel to the uttermost parts of God's fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou creation. And where we are spiritually depends on hast ordained; "what we are" . .. arriving is becoming. Spiritual What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and travel is developing a quality of life. If we wish the son of man, that thou visitest him? to be universal travellers—if we wish to develop a For thou hast made him a little lower than the "cosmo-consciousness"—we must continually turn angels, and has crowned him with glory and toward the Lord and his Word and open our hearts honor. and our minds to receive Him. It is only the Lord Thou madest him to have dominion over the works and His Word that can take us to those far away of thy hands; thou hast put all things under stars and show us the wonders of his creation. Put his feet." your hand in His and you too can travel to a star!!

Johnston Taylor, Early New Churchman

by Ophia D. Smith

From 1600 to 1850 the American frontier was pushed that had once been a stable. It was a talented company, westward. While many of our forefathers established all men of note in the city, gathering on Sunday evenings themselves and remained oh the Atlantic seaboard, others to read selections from the Bible and the works of left behind the comforts of civilization arid, by blood and Swedenborg, to recite together the Lord's Prayer, and toil, opened up our vast continent mile by mile, to the to discuss what they had read. They met in Taylor's Pacific. Among those who pushed from east to west was schoolroom from 1808 to the end of 1815. On Decem Johnston Taylor, one of our New Church forefuthers, a ber 25, 1815, they organized "The American Society for spiritual, as well as physical, pioneer. disseminating the Doctrines of the New-Jerusalem Church." In 1818 we find Johnston Taylor on a flatboat, mak ing the slow trip down the Ohio River and up the Missis One of the members of this group was young Muskell sippi, in the company of the Collett family of Philadel M. Carll, who was to become one of the great preachers phia. On the long voyage Johnston was kept busy. "I of the New Church; he hud lately been led to the New am entering a little on a western life," he wrote to a Church by Taylor, who had lent Carll a copy of the friend back east, Margaret Bailey, "row some, splash, True Christian Religion. As time went on, other men pull and push in both rivers—have become a pretty ex joined the society. One of them was a wealthy trades pert washer of my own clothes—have learnt likewise to man, William Schlatter, who made his business an in manage the needle." While he was not enthusiastic strument for the promotion of the New Church. about this country so bare of cows, dogs, and poultry, Schlatter and Taylor, at their own expense, published he did "by no means repent of coming to it." He closed thousands of copies of Swedenborgian books and tracts his letter with questions to be propounded to the young to be distributed gratuitously all over the country. Ac Indies of the Wednesday evening school, back in Phila cording to the account book of that highly respected delphia. In a postscript he sent a message to any ladies woman printer, Lydia It. Bailey, Johnston Taylor paid who might expect to live in the wilderness some day. for the printing of one thousand copies of "The Seal They should "learn to be good plain cooks and house upon the Lips of Unitarians, Trinitarians &c." The keepers" and have "a universal knowledge of needle total cost of that one order was $631.25. work" and medicine. Yet, in spite of his interests and successful school in Back in Philadelphia Johnston Taylor had been the Philadelphia we find Tuylor sailing away from it all, head of a classical school for boys. His methods of in down the Ohio, seeking a more independent way of life struction had been so popular that some of his patrons with the intention to buy a plantation owned by William voluntarily doubled his tuition fee to secure his services Schlatter in St. Charles County, on the Missouri River, exclusively for their sons. Taylor was a fine scholar in and found a Swedenborgian colony there. A few letters French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Though he had in the John H. James collection of manuscripts, like the studied medicine in his youth, he never practiced it. one to Margaret Bailey quoted above, reveal something Being a man of literary tastes, he had attended the Uni of this western venture. In spite of hardships, Taylor versity of Pennsylvania and had been graduated in 1803. was grateful for food and drink and the pleasant com Earlier he had received the New Church doctrines from pany of the Colletts. The party found the country some member of the Campbell family in the neighbor below Cincinnati and Louisville "barely sufficient to sup hood of Abingdon, Virginia, probably about 1795. port its extremely scattered population." Among the people there was no evidence of culture and religious In the early accounts of the organization of the New education. They did not seem "to exert themselves to Church in Philadelphia, the name of Johnston Taylor death in the way of work." invariably appears. A group of gentlemen met regu larly in his schoolroom on Beaver Court, near Cherry It was almost impossible to get milk and butter from Street above Fourth, in the second story of a building the settlers or in the little country stores. After lea»-

342 ing Pittsburgh, the Taylor party saw cheese only once. given Taylor as a parting gift by someone, in 1818, Butter, "through these woods," was "not a whit plentier when he left Philadelphia for the West. nor as plenty, even among the poor, as in the county Though homesick and discouraged, Johnston thought of Donegal [Taylor's birthplace] in Ireland" and prob his plantation was in "a pleasant country." He had ably "not near so good." Wherever "the human face bought a few Negroes, but he did not mention them in was to be seen," there was "filth and dirt in their poor, his letters. He remarked that "the prairies or natural open hurdly half-filled-in cabins where you would natu meadows of many miles in extent" were "very beautiful rally inquire how life could exist in winter." There was novelties to the eyes of a Philadelphian." Older resi plenty of fuel, but "the poor building [was] like a dents told him that "the prospect" would be exquisite lunthorn." "Some of the little country store goods" were in summer. To Margaret he confided that he dared not available in the little towns along the rivers, "but any "amplify on [the] plainness" of their living "the want flour, fowl, milk, potatoes, butter &c &c [was] gen of refinements and very many of the conveniences of erally out of the question." Above the mouth of the life." How could he ask Juliann to share such a life? Ohio, "a little parcel of butter was very good but it cost Mrs. Schlatter wrote to Margaret Bailey that Juliann twenty-five cents a pound." The people were sadly was a shining light among the young ladies in the afflicted with fever and ague, even in Cincinnati and Wednesday evening school. It was a taste of Heaven Louisville. to meet with these girls, she said, so delightful was their "sphere." There is a hint of romance in a half-jesting remark about "my old woman whom I intend coming for in due To a lonely Philadelphian St. Charles County was a time." The letters to Margaret Bailey indicate that he desolate place. Mails were infrequent, and Taylor might have been in love with a girl named Juliann, but missed the companionship of his New Church friends. as time went on he came to the conclusion that it would On March 8, 1820, William Schlatter anxiously wrote be a sin, even were it in his power, "to inveigle a to Margaret Bailey in Cincinnati that they had not heard Philada (sic) lady into such a moral and physical desert" from Johnston Taylor for three months, and that his as St. Charles County, Missouri Territory. He decided letter had contained the news that he was very ill. to leave the matter in the hands of the Lord. Juliann Schlatter and his friends feared that Taylor was "no never came to Missouri. Taylor married a Missouri more of this world." Two weeks later Maskell M. Carll girl, one who was accustomed to the hardships of the wrote to Miss Bailey that they had at last heard from frontier. "Mr. Taylor" and that he had finally recovered from his illness. "His situation," wrote Carll, "must be far Johnston Taylor remembered Philadelphia fondly as from amiable, but he says he cannot now retract." Carll "a focus" where much good could be done. He was was thinking of having the young ladies of the Wednes certain that Margaret Bailey, the daughter of one of day evening school to write "on some of their most America's first receivers of the teachings, would trans pleasing subjects" to be transmitted in the form of let form the New Church in Cincinnati into an organization ters to Taylor by private conveyance. like that in Philadelphia. The Bailey family left Phila delphia in 1818 to establish a new home in Cincinnati. Soon after the time of Taylor's last letter, he must In melancholy mood, Johnston declared in his letter that have married, for his only child, Theodore, was born on as for the New Church in St. Charles County, it was April 9, 1821. It is presumed that Taylor died while "like making a fire with a few wet green sticks." The his son was yet an infant. Theodore Taylor grew up Lord might yet sow precious seed there, lie said, for the on his father's plantation in what is now Warren County ground was "far from altogether bad." and married a relative of the Daniel Boones, a lively young girl who had danced at parties witli the Boone A beginning was made with the Gillet family with boys. A flood washed away a great part of the Taylor whom Taylor lived for a while. Gillet was the tenant plantation, and that loss might have influenced Theodore on the Schlatter plantation and Taylor entered into a in his decision to remove to Mount Hope, Wisconsin, partnership with him in the distilling business. Gillet some time after his marriage in 1842. Both Theodore and all his family were listening to and reading the and his wife were deeply religious. The language of writings of Swedenborg, having the intellect to under Sibillah Jane Taylor was that of the Bible. Theodore stand and the will to do. By 1819 the doctrines had was a very devout Methodist, travelling from church to spread beyond the household to other acquaintances. church to preach wherever he might be needed. His Among them were two women who were like Mrs. Carll grandchildren remember an extensive religious library of Philadelphia, though not "her equal." The elder which they think he inherited from his father, and yet Theodore probably read very little in his father's books. Mrs. Collett was Taylor's "best friend West of the The doctrines would not have agreed with his Metliodist Mississippi." He begged Margaret Bailey to write to principles. Among the numerous families founded by him all the New Church news of Philadelphia and Cin Theodore Taylor not one embraced the New Church cinnati, and urged her to help maintain "something like faith. Most of them have no acquaintance with Swe a telegraphic line of correspondence in the N[ew] denborg and the New Church. C[hurch] from Boston to St. Charles." Johnston Taylor's efforts in Missouri were not in Taylor had not liked St. Louis, but he liked the plan vain. A New Church society in St. Charles County tation which he bought from his friend Schlatter. Now made its first report to the General Convention in 1822. he looked forward to a few satisfying years on the land. The story of the New Church in Missouri will appear Books "particularly New-Church books" the improve in the Missouri Historical Bulletin next spring. ment of his plantation, "the care of domestick animals," and "the various labours and beauties of rural life" Perhaps this picture of pioneer life as glimpsed could not fail to bring happiness, he said. He must through Taylor's own letters will bring us back to the have been fond of music, too. One of his descendants days of hardship and discouragement which our fore has in her possession today "a piece of music beautifully fathers suffered in pushing back the frontiers for our written on vellum bound in green ribbon" which was country and our church.

343 EDITORIALS

Laymen's Sunday—Oct. 17 individual experimentation here. The "grinding down" action must take place.

3T IS hardly necessary to set aside one Sunday In the realm of thought greater freedom is pos for the purpose of honoring the laymen in order sible, but even here there is certain to be a "grind to call attention to the dependence of the church ing down" process. Culture tends to become com upon them. Unfortunately, it is too often true that mon to a large group; and customs, traditions and many members seem almost unaware of the fact even outright compulsion are used to bring about that much of the essential work of the church is at least a partial uniformity. Wide deviations of done by devoted men and women of the laiety. And thought are often hard to tolerate, for what may too often these devoted men and women come in for be mere opinion today may issue in action tomorrow. rather meager thanks. Indeed, one who is active in Our educational system is often charged with try the life of his church may risk being charged with ing to mass produce human beings, or to change the trying to dominate it. Parenthetically, it may be figure, to cast everyone in the same mold. There observed, that wherever there is such a thing as "the is some truth in this, of course, just as there is in running of the church" by one person or small the sneer, "College is the place where pebbles are clique, it is a sure symptom of an inactive laity. polished and diamonds are dimmed." Yet it is diffi When the laity is alert, eager to help, enthusiastic cult to sec how education could do other than bring for the welfare of the church, each one ready to help about a degree of uniformity and conformity to cer pull the load, there can never be any such thing as tain standards if it is to function usefully in the rule by the few or by one. matter of promoting order. Among the things we need to stress on Layman's Sunday is that the character of the church will be To some extent this must hold true in the realm to a large extent a reflection of the interest and of ideas. There are certain truths that are accepted enthusiasm of its members. And we need to stress as fully verified and hence beyond dispute. Toler that although working for the church does not bring ance towards those who refuse to accept them is material rewards, it can be productive of no little likely to be slight. In the civilized world the IQ of satisfaction and joy. When many or few work to one who did not believe that the world is round gether in a spirit of Christian fellowship, a sphere would get a rather low rating from most of his fel is created that is as wholesome and joyous as the lows. Almost anything that has been established laughter of little children on a morning in May. and has survived for a long time comes to be looked Church tasks should not be undertaken as a grudg upon as an eternal truth. At the university which ing concession to duty but as a means to spiritual we attended many years ago the doctrine of evolu growth. Helping with numerous chores that must tion was so generally accepted that an intellectual be performed in any healthy society, when done in climate of opinion resulted which acted very much the right spirit, is truly an act of worship. like a coercive force. Of course, there none dreamed of using legal machinery to enforce acceptance of the doctrine. In another section of the country, Order in Freedom however, a state legislature banned the teaching of evolution in state supported institutions. Fortu LIVER WENDELL HOLMES once said: "The nately, that move did not make much headway; also _ longer I live, the more I am satisfied of two fortunately, it is no longer regarded as a sign of things: first, that the truest lives are those that are illiteracy to declare that the entire concept of evo cut rose-diamond fashion, with many facets answer lution is in need of drastic revision. We mention ing to the man-planed aspects about them; secondly, this only as an example of how in a free society such that society is always trying in some way or other as ours compulsion of one kind or another to bring to grind us down to a single flat surface. It is hard about uniformity of thinking is resorted to. work to resist this grinding-down action." This quotation calls to our attention one of the Yet the dynamics of a free society depend upon most difficult problems of a free society. The in toleration for unpopular views. The problem always dividual is the cornerstone of the structure of such is how to establish enough uniformity to meet the a society, and, therefore, its aim must always be to requirements of justice and of order, and yet leave give him the maximum freedom of thought, expres plenty of room for freedom. Perhaps the answer sion and action. Nevertheless, the demands of order lies largely in the individual himself. He must de can never be ignored; and order calls for a certain velop so many facets of personality that he can ad conformity to established standards. These stan just to certain uniformities and yet remain free. dards may not be the highest realizeable but they "When the internal (of man) conquers, as it does must be adhered to until society adopts new ones. when it compels the external to compliance and acquies Soldiers must march in step; drivers on the highway cence, the Lord gives man liberty itself and rationality must all obey the same code. There is no room for itself." (Divine Providence 145)

344 LET US EXAMINE THE BOOK OF BOOKS by Ray L. Heddaeus

{A Lecture given before The Swedenborg Fellowship of Pittaburg, Pa.) sense will tell us that water in a vio lent destructive nature, would mean The Book I hold in my band is the Holy Bible. It should be handled just the opposite to water in the form reverently und given the best of care. Children especially should be taught to of a gentle brook or of a quiet gentle regard it as holy. It should have a special place in the home; nothing ever rain. should be placed on top of it. Most important of all a portion should be read We, of the New Church, believe that daily. It is the best seller of all times, and millions are printed and sold each Einanuel Swedenborg was prepared year. In all modern hotels, you will find it on the table by the bed, the last from childhood, through youth and old thing to meet your glance when you go — age, to revive that ancient knowledge to sleep, and the first to greet you in real meaning. For instance, the first of correspondences from the Golden the morning on awakening. eleven chapters of Genesis, which in- Age to the people of this modern age, A noted college professor, Wm. Lyon dude the story of creation, the garden so they can interpret aright that true Phelps, says, "I thoroughly believe in of Eden, Noah's Ark and the flood are internal sense of the Word of God. We a college education for men and women, not to be regarded as historical facts believe that is the meaning of the Sec but I believe a knowledge of the Bible but are written as a divine parable with ond Coming when the Lord declared without a college course is more valuable an inner or spiritual sense. Not until "Behold, I make all things new." For than a college course without the the time of Abraham, about 3000 B.C., tunately, the perception of a relation J3ible." does the actual history of the Jews between inward and outward things has Upon opening, the first line reads begin. By an internal or spiritual not been wholly lost in the world. "The Holy Bible." Since the word sense, we mean that the divinely in To illustrate further the kind of per "biblia" in Latin is plural and means spired Word of God was written ac ception upon which we have to build, library, we know at once that we have cording to what Swedenborg calls the take the varying expressions of the face. here not a single book, but a collection science of correspondences and repre Even the smallest children do not have of books. The second Hue reads, "con sentatives, a systematized knowledge of to be told that these natural expressions taining the old and the new testaments," the relation between spirit and matter. are manifestations, or correspondences which obviously means that there are These are related to each other as the of feelings and thoughts which are spir two main divisions, that there is a dif soul dwells in the body. Things and itual things. A child knows instinc ference in age, one group of books being objects in the natural world correspond tively that feelings of pleasure have more recent than the other. It is di to things in the spiritual. Clear pure caused his father's smile, or that sor vided into numbered chapters and water corresponds to natural truths; row has caused his tears. Even a baby verses which is rather an unusual way Joseph represents the Lord. For other differentiates between a word spoken in to present a book. However, these divi examples, — the bread in the Holy a gentle tone inspired by kindness, and sions were not made by the original Supper corresponds to the good of love one in a harsh tone by anger. Does a writers, but were inserted in 1551 by to the Lord, and the wine to the pure child have to be told that a certain mo a pious printer Mr. Robert Stephens, faith from the Lord; the water used in tion of the hands means to come, while who believed more people would read baptism corresponds to the natural another means to go? In other words, it if he made it easier to read. The truth by which the mind is cleansed the youngest child can perceive the cor King James version was printed in and fed. It is because of this internal respondence of the expressions of the 1671. sense that the Word is divinely inspired face, gestures of the hands and tones Not all of it is the divinely inspired and holy in every word. The angels of tlie voice. All this shows the rela Word of God. This may sound strange of Heaven understand it in no other tion between the body and the mind or to some, but only that portion which way. the natural and the spiritual. Further has an internal or spiritual meaning is The people of the Most Ancient more, we must remember, that the spir the Holy Word. The Books of the Church, or those of the Golden Age, had itual is always the cause of the natural, Word in the Old Testament are the five a knowledge of correspondences. The and not the reverse. This relation Books of Moses, Joshua, Judges, I and hieroglyphics of the Egyptians, as well always exists in correspondence, and is II Samuel, I and II Kings, the Psalms as the fables of most ancient times, most important to have distinctly in and the Prophets. In the New Testa were nothing but correspondences. The mind. ment, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and gods and goddesses of the ancient Let us take a few further examples Revelation. This leaves out, in the Greeks, in the form of serpents, calves, of the relation between the natural and Old Testament, the Chronicles Ruth, fish, etc., were derived from this knowl the spiritual. We often say it is a cold Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Proverbs, edge. Swedenborg tells us that the men day, which of course, is in the physical Ecclesiastes, Solomon's Song, and, in of the Most Ancient Church were so or natural sense. On the other hand, the New Testament, all the Epistles and celestial that they talked to the angels we say, we received a cold reception, the Acts of the Apostles. Although of Heaven by means of correspon which would be in the inner or spiritual these are all good writings, they are dences. Later after the fall of man, sense. In the same way we use the ex not part of the inspired Word, and are they became so wicked that this knowl pressions, a warm day or a warm heart, seldom used in the New Church. edge was lost. The flood described in a tender leaf or a tender feeling, a hard There are three different kinds of the early chapters of Genesis was not rock or a hard saying. The words high writing in the letter of the Word, a flood of natural waters, but a flood and low are good examples, as, a moun namely, the historical, doctrinal, and of evils and falsities which overcame tain is high, or our ambitions are high. prophetical. The early readers did not the human race at that time. You may The Lord said, "For as the Heavens realize this and concerned themselves wonder, remembering that I said earlier are higher than the earth, so are my with only the literal sense, but modern that water corresponded to truth, when ways higher than your ways and my man is coming more and more to under now I say it is falsity. It may sound thoughts than your thoughts." This is stand that he must look deeper for the like a direct contradiction, but common to be understood in a spiritual sense.

345 It docs not mean that the Heavens are All animals correspond to affections is in the cold, heavy, water instead of high ii]) in the air overhead, but that of some kind, good or evil. Let us think the heavenly, sunshiny air. The fish the lives of the angels arc so much of .serpents, which also mean atfections of the mind plainly teach a less spirit higher and nobler than ours on this of some kind. They have no legs, so ual kind of thought than the birds. The earth. How often we read of the Lord must crawl along the ground on their water in which they live corresponds, as and others going up to Jerusalem, or bellies. Would that suggest to you high, I mentioned before, to truths of a natu to a higher more exalted state. On the spiritual affections like the sheep? I ral kind, in other words, the truths of other hand, we read, "a certain man think not. Rather, they would suggest the natural sciences and industries of went down from Jerusalem to Jericho those affections which are in closest con the world, and truths from the letter or and fell among thieves," or to a low, tact with the world, or in direct con natural sense of the Word. worldly selfish state. All this may not trast to those of the sheep,—love of self Among the insects, the bee is the most be new to most of you here, but I am and the world, or, the most worldly ex interesting. "Busy bees," we say. trying to make it simple for those un ternal affections. Wasn't it the serpent Humming among the flowers, loading acquainted with this beautiful doctrine in the Garden of Eden that deceived themselves with pollen, they make a bee of the New Church called "correspon Eve? line to their hive, which is a highly or dence." Now let us think of the birds and ganized and systematic comb. They To show that this knowledge was their meaning. They fly through the hate idleness and sting to deatli the known at the time of the Lord's birth, air quickly, and have very sharp sight. drones. Contrasted to the beautiful let us think of the star which led the They suggest thoughts which flit butterflies, bees are built for work. So wise men to the manger. They knew through the mind. The eagle for in instead of thoughts of beauty and en that stars corresponded to heavenly stance, which corresponds to the most joyment, they correspond to thoughts knowledges, and that there were corres spiritual, penetrating power of human of order and practical usefulness. pondences to the gifts they presented— thought, and in a supreme sense the Trees, flowers, minerals of all kinds; gold (celestial good), frankincense Lord's omniscience and His ever watch the clouds, sun, moon and stars, the geo (spiritual good), and myrrh (natural ful care. What a beautiful symbol of graphical aspects of the Holy Land, good). From these three all worship Divine watchfulness—the stately bird and even our numerical system, all have proceeds. What more appropriate gifts soaring above the earth observing all their peculiar spiritual correspondence. could they have brought? that goes on below. In contrast to the How have we of the New Church How often we read in the Word about eagle, we have the raven, a black, learned all this? Because the Lord, in sheep and shepherds. We all know clumsy bird, which has no song, and His Divine Providence, prepared a man from a natural understanding, that feeds upon small harmless animals. from his birth in 1688, till his death 84 sheep are harmless, gentle creatures, Why should it not represent ignorant years later in 1772 to make this knowl never quarreling among themselves. thoughts of those who have no oppor edge known again to His children on They are fond of one another, feeding tunity to learn? But even these people earth. Enianuel Swedenborg was per together in a flock, their noses almost are taken care of by the Lord. Tlte mitted to see into the wonders of touching while they nibble the grass. simple, ignorant Gentiles are repre Heaven while still living in this natural They become strongly attached to their sented by the ravens which ministered world. He took no credit to himself, shepherds, and in the East, the shep unto Elija at the Brook Cherith. And it but always referred to himself and herds lived with them. How often we was the simple, common people, who signed his writings as "Servant of the refer to a little child as a lamb. It is received the Lord gladly at His coming, plainly natural that we should think of when the learned Pharisees rejected Lord Jesus Christ." We do not believe them as corresponding to innocent, gen Him. in the doctrine of correspondence be tle affections of love to the Lord. The Let us now think of spiritual sig cause Swedcnborg has revived it for our Lard told many parables using sheep or nificance of fishes. The fish swimming use, but because it has proved itself: lambs to be understood in this spiritual in the waters remind us also of the it is the key which opens up the true meaning. birds flying in the air, but their home internal sense of the Lord's Holv Word.

OUR LOSS ANOTHER'S GAIN "Rules of Life" Swedenborg's "Rules of Life," Whether fulfilling the exalted mission talents and his good heart to the needs handsomely lettered on an illu of preaching the Gospel or serving the of the city in other ways. Thus we find minated wall card, blue and gold, community in civic affairs, the Rev. Les him, for example, presiding at meetings 7 x 10, now available again, with lie Marshall, pastor of the New Jeru of the Greater Paterson Anti-Crime mailing envelope. salem Church (Swedenborgian) for the Committee, the work of which unques ALSO past 24 years, has been one of Pater- tionably was made the more effective by Markham's Swedenborg Poem son's outstanding citizens. Although we his calm and patient but no less ener Similar to above. Red and gold. rejoice in the recognition that has come getic direction. to him by appointment to a larger field The famous dedicatory poem be Their association with the Rev. Mr. of work, his departure tomorrow for St. ginning with the majestic lines, Marshall will be remembered by many Petersburg, Fla. is contemplated with "Out of the north, the great seer genuine regret. Patersonians, ourselves among them, rose to scan, the genesis and des with inspiration and pleasure. During tiny of man." In addition to ministering to the spir itual needs of the Swedenborgian So a quarter of a century he has left an en Purchase from your bookroom, ciety and attending to many other duties during mark for good upon the city. or send 15^ for each direct to the of his religious life, the Rev. Mr. Mar (Reprinted from the "Morning Call," SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION shall still found time to give of his good Aug. 25, Paterson, N. ,/.) SI East 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y.

346 tence on our own account but because THE LESSER COMMANDMENT RELIGION only by holding the faith that that is true can we feel that we are entered by John R. Swanton upon a worthwhile enterprise. Other wise there is no reason why we should There is a cult which teaches that conviction that he was quite capable cooperate in furthering life on earth, since the existence of God and of a post of taking care of them. Here we have and to bring other souls into it would mortem state are not directly known, the crude, but effective beginning of be a criminal act. Under this supposi Immunity and its improvement should that system of thought which today tion life having been imposed upon us be the central concern of religion and we call Humanism. Humanism starts through no desire and on account of no hence its adherents call themselves from a natural instinct." ("Humanism fault of our own it is indeed proper to Humanists. They feel that they are States Its Case," pp. 10-11.) live decently, but there is no fundamen justified in stopping short with the first Which shows in the first place that tal reason for doing so for saint and term in John's famous declaration: Dr. Auer knows little about primitive sinner will come to the same end and "He that loveth not his brother whom man and in the interest of Humanism their virtues and vices be ultimately he hath seen, how can he love God whom has fallen into the same blunder as forgotten. he hath not seen?" Itousseau who pictured man "in his in tegrity" as naturally perfect until cor Thus it is only the faith that death Spokesmen for this cult claim that rupted by civilization. The innocent does not end all that makes me feel I its adherents are more tolerant than in humanist primitive lives in a Garden of am engaged in an existence of positive dividuals belonging to other forms of Eden in which lie concerns himself value or enables me to have any sort faith because they may add to this pri merely with food, clothing, and shelter of religious belief. And if such a be mary thesis any other beliefs; and one —or at least food—until the serpent of lief is necessary, although of a charac of those whose writings I have consult religion effects an entrance and he falls ter which cannot ordinarily be directly ed fills nearly a page with the names into supernaturalism. Belief in gods in sensed, there is all the more reason to of such supplementary attitudes. For the formal sense of the term did not accept that other equally ancient prin instance, a humanist may also believe indeed exist at the time indicated but ciple of faith, God. Beliefs in the in God and in a spiritual world. But there is no sharp line between gods and Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood when the boundaries of a cult are so spirits except for those spirits which of Man have been associated almost al widely extended why belong to it? It were souls of the dead. But there is ways, and particularly in the faith of may become a name for tolerance but reason to believe that personal survival Christians. As belief in life after death one ought to be tolerant anyhow. There is a vital part of my love of man and was an element in the minds of men as is implied also a misunderstanding of I cannot know beyond any doubt that far back at least as the Neanderthal what belief really means. Belief does period, and we have no proof that the it exists, I combine with it also the not consist in a willingness to regard germs of belief in survival and in other love of which John speaks, love all things as possible. One doesn't have spirits greater than man are not as old of that God whom I have not seen. to sign up with any special body to There are plenty of additional reasons as man himself. Any anthropologist affirm that. Belief properly means that could inform a humanist that the "eco for maintaining that belief such as its one has certain positive convictions, practical universality and the fact that nomic man" assumed by him has never open to revision, to additions or sub there is an order of nature and in na been found. There is, in short, no evi tractions, of course, as bis faith de ture. Humanism seeks to render belief dence of a humanist period in the his velops. If he earnestly believes that in God unreal by interpreting the tory of the race. there is a God and a spiritual world, it Theistic conception of the Deity as that So far as survival is concerned, how is quite useless to join a professedly of a Being far off in the heavens. How ever, not only is there strong evidence religious organization which holds such ever, that is not the idea which Chris for it on other grounds, but unless it is beliefs to be unnecessary. Refusal to tians hold. Auer says: "God never true, mundane life ceases to be worthy do so is not a mark of narrowness but was a man, moreover He is quite dif of any kind of religion and mundane of common sense provided one does not ferent from men, how then can He teach existence is nothing but a horrible jest deny the right of others to become men to live as men should?" But how being played upon mankind whether by humanists if they so wish. if "God is Very Man," and did live as evolution or by gods. Human life a man among men on earth? If we may follow the argument of would then be reduced to a tragic pro Dr. Johanes A. C. F. Auer who is, or cession out of and into the dark. I In this connection another assertion has been, on the staffs of the Harvard have read statements by some of those by spokesmen for liberal Christianity and Tufts theological schools human who think otherwise, who face up to may be contested, the claim that Jesus was not raised to the rank of Deity ism is the most ancient form of faith the tragedy of ultimate extinction as while belief in God and in a spiritual in the order of things, believe that it until the Council of Nicaea did so in 325 A.D. The fact is that a status dis world are later introductions and, it calls for the highest form of courage, would seem, corruptions. He writes: and think that the only fame one should tinctly above the mere human is clearly implied and to all intents and purposes "Early man did believe himself equal look for and the only accomplishments affirmed in the Gospels and the epistles to the defense of his own interests. he should seek are in the necessarily of Paul and beyond reasonable question Indeed, he had only himself upon whom temporary regard of his fellows and a in the Fourth Gospel. The Council of to depend. He could not have relied possible, if somewhat evanescent, Utopia Nicaea merely asserted that Christ's upon the gods, for at the very first he in the historical future. Such men relation to the Father was one of knew no gods; they had not yet claim that their virtue is greater and equality; his Deity had already been emerged. A belief in spirits came their unselfishness more in evidence acknowledged. earlier, it is true; but even that had than is the case with those who look not yet developed when man first rose forward to a continuance of life because Summary above the lower levels of animal life. they have no expectation of any perma Spokesmen for Humanism claim a The very first phase of human existence nent future reward. But. speaking for scientific basis for their faith but their must have been characterized by a su myself and, I am sure, for millions of theory of religious evolution in primi preme interest on the part of man in others, I would reply that we do not tive times is not borne out by the best his own affairs, together with a strong believe in a post mortem state of exis (Continued on page 350)

347 Book Review and students of psychology will also self does not claim to solve the prob find this a most illuminating work." lem. It lives with us. It asserts that The Doctor's Case Book in the Light of man cannot penetrate God's secrets." the Bible. By Paul 1'ournier. SCM The author conceives of the medical But one thing is a certainty for the au Press, Ltd., London, England. $3.00. profession as one that is engaged in the task of freeing man, as far as this lies thor, namely, Life through Jesus Christ. The author of this book is a physi in its power, from suffering, from lone He writes, ". . . life is contact with cian of Geneva and since 1944 has been liness, a depressed state of mind, a God, and death is separation from an active member of the international sense of guilt and even from his rebel Him." Part 4 places before us The meetings held at the Ecumenical Insti liousness and everything that handicaps Choice, with a chapter on Life or Death tute, Bossey. These meetings are de him in attaining a full and happy life. and one on The Highest Good. voted to Christian faith and medical In other words, the author would have The writer apparently has been much practice. the doctor add the functions of the influenced by Dr. Karl Barth as shown Dr. Tournier uses in his work not priest and the minister to those of a by the emphasis he puts on the need only the usual tools and techniques of surgeon and a dispenser of prescrip for a personal encounter with Jesu.s a well trained orthodox physician; he tions. This is somewhat the reverse of Christ. The contact with God is now also uses spiritual means. His concep what the practice was in the ancient maintained through the living person, tion of God stresses that God is life; world. Then the priest took on the job Jesus Christ. "In Him God comes to that all life whether manifesting itself of therapy, but his priestly status came us, instead of waiting for us to go to as physical vitality, mental energy or first. Him, as soon as we dare to acknowl spiritual life comes from God. Often edge that we are incapable of doing so. his statements on this subject remind But no one will object to the descrip the reader familiar with Swedenborg of tion of the physician as a fellow-worker God Himself, in Christ, restoring the the doctrine of influx. with God. The words which a surgeon contact." The paper jacket advises: "The au had inscribed in large letters above the How much of what is superficial or thor writes that this book, written at door of his office "I dress the wounds merely vague in what the doctor has to the request of his colleagues is the re but only God heals," state the case ade say on this subject, could have been flection of those conferences in which quately. Healing of disease, whenever rich with meaning if written with a depicted in the Bible, always represents were examined in the light of the Bible thorough understanding of the concep a victory for God, Dr. Tournier says. each of the problems which doctors have tion of the Divine Humanity. to face: the person, life and death, dis The book is divided into four parts. ease and sin, the meaning and aim of Part 1, The Biblical Perspective with medicine, the gift of healing, relations ten chapters that search into the Bible with the patient, the team spirit, social and science, medicine and nature. I PERRY medicine, love, marriage and celibacy, Somewhat metaphysical, as these chap * KINDERGARTEN NORMAL the laws of health, and so on. It is an ters seem to us, they make for profitable SCHOOL attempt to show that for the doctor the reading. Part 2 is The Problem of study of the Bible is as valuable as the Magic. This is not an easy subject to ESTABLISHED 1898 study of science: that disease has a handle in a field that bristles with ideas Students upon graduation at the meaning and plays a definite role in the based on acceptance of magic. Much •. end of three years' training are pre destiny of the patient. .. . He puts the is offered and much is left unanswered. pared for leaching in nursery school, practice of medicine in the true context Part 3 is Life, Death, Disease and kindergarten and primary grades. of the Gospel, not arbitrarily or credu Healing. The discussion here is thought Graduates of Perry Normal may lously but with the weight of great med provoking, but as the author acknowl obtain their B.S. degree in Educa ical experience combined with a lively edges later, he discovers no final an tion through College credits allowed faith. The book is full of vivid insights swers. "I have not tried to hide from springing from this double concern. He and attendance at College sumnu-r the reader," he says, "that in spite of school sessions. writes in the first place for medical all the light thrown upon it by the practitioners but the book does not re Bible, the problem of pain, sickness and Send for catalog quire technical knowledge in order to death remains for us an impenetrable, Mrs. H. H. Jones, Principal he appreciated. Ministers of religion overwhelming mystery. The Bible it- F. Gardiner Perry, Manager , 815 Boylston Street, Room M «£ Boston 16, Man. 4 Ohio Association To Meet

According to an announcement by the Mr. Levan, and a number of other pres 444444444444444444444444444* Rev. Leon C. LeVan, the date of the entations by prepared speakers. On the THE meeting of the Ohio Association has following evening there will be an open SERMON been changed from October 22-24 to forum on the same theme in which all on the November 5-7. The meeting will be in may participate. MOUNT the New Church, Sandusky at Park- The Rev. Franklin Blackmer, presi Rev. Richard H. Teed hurst Street, Pittsburg, Pa. The theme dent of Convention, will be present and of the gathering will center around will preach the sermon on Sunday, No Acacia Press Melbourne "The New Church in Christianity." vember 7. Officers of the Association 90 pages Price — $1.00 There will be an effort to examine the are: Rev. Henry Giunta, general pas problem of the relationship of the New tor; Rev. Bjorn Johannson, president; MASSACHUSETTS Church to the Christian Church in gen Rev. Albert Diephuis, vice-president; NEW CHURCH UNION eral. On Friday, November 5, this Rev. Leon C. LeVan, secretary, and 134 Bowdoin St.. Boston 8. Mais. theme will be introduced by the Rev. H. Brown McGill, treasurer. • I

348 LETTERS ttSe EDITOR like to have? Do you feel that this If it is true that angels and good understanding is available to you to use spirits arc able to draw closer to us in your personal life and its daily prob and devils and evil spirits are repelled How Can I Better Serve My Church? lems? Do you feel that you can suc while we read or repeat from memory On Saturday, October 30, there will cessfully -impart this knowledge and any part of the Word, then I can see be a meeting of the Maryland Associa understanding you have to your chil that the device of saying repeatedly the tion at the Wilmington Church. At that dren, your friends and associates who Lord's Prayer might well work as a meeting we are going to discuss the ask you questions, who perhaps come to relief measure which could be felt in question: How Can I Better Serve My you with a perplexing problem? There the physical body. But is not this an Church? are three aspects of churchmanship; abuse of prayer? It seems to me a certainly three vital aspects of life to clear case of the age-old question of Arc you interested? You will have those of us who believe that the New whether or not the end justifies the an opportunity to think with others, to Church has something unique to con means. express your ideas, to listen to the ideas tribute, that it is in fact a new way of of others. We will not find all the an I don't know how many people read life. Would not growth in these three swers, we will not find easy answers. the little paragraph of small print on areas of our own lives strengthen our We may not agree on the methods best the inside front cover of The Mes- entire church, our usefulness, our New suited for putting ideas into practice. senoer about the fact that the opinions Churchmanship? How shall we go But if a genuine effort is made to think of contributors do not necessarily re about this? and not to theorize, to think and not flect the views of the editor or repre More details concerning the program merely to recite a favorite opinion, if sent the position of the Church, but will reach you soon. Plan now to be an effort is made to listen, to discipline my personal feeling is that I'd like to present. Nothing should interfere with our thoughts and our words — then see some good old editorial footnotes your being there. We, who are planning something will be gained from the ex on such things as the above. this, look forward to seeing you on that perience. And we may make a very day. Next, I should like to bring in ques small dent in this very large question: Very sincerely yours, tion some statements found in the Sep How Can I Better Serve My Church? Marion B. Phiestnal, tember 4, 1954, issue in an article by This question is often in our minds Chairman, Program Committee, the Rev. Leon C. LeVan. I find some and hearts. The answers to it can be Maryland Association. rather dogmatic statements which, in found, and indeed must be found. Mis or out of context, I should like very takenly, we arc inclined to look for the much to have explained or supported. solution to our problems as though it In the seventh paragraph it says, "If there is evil in our heredity, our bodies could be found outside ourselves. We Bodily Healing By Spiritual Means offer answers like these: we must have suffer." "In the case of the good, the To the Editor : smaller churches, suburban churches, Lord permits their evils to emerge (so uniquely designed churches, a more en Rightly or wrongly, I am quite upset that they may be banished) and as those ergetic clergy, a more scholarly clergy, about two articles which have appeared evils appear they reproduce themselves more social activity, more activity of in recent issues of The Messenger. in our physical bodies." The writer any kind, more advertising, etc. These One was under the former editorship, has previously denounced the old He are comfortingly vague, generalized, the other under the new management. brew theory that physical ills are a direct rcsuit of evil in the individual. and remote answers. They demand lit Unfortunately I cannot seem to put^ But do not the above statements give tle of the individual, of you and me, my hands on the issue containing the the impression that exactly the oppo right now—today. Yet they seem to be first article, but I believe I can recall site is the truth? And is not this as answers, and if not closely examined, it accurately enough to criticize fairly. dangerous a theory as the former? We they lead us to believe that we are doing It was a reprint from another publica read, "For the imperfect body may be something to meet the need even if we tion, telling of the writer's experience the noblest badge of your regeneration." only talk about these things. That is in investigating the work in physical According to my understanding that the danger. healing (strangely enough called spir should read, "may or may not," for I We can, therefore, put off until an itual healing) being done by the Epis have always thought that it was ex other time the disquieting thought that copal Church. In one case, an afflicted tremely dangerous to try to draw any perhaps some of the difficulty lies with person was instructed, by a clergyman sort of parallel between physical and us, within the bounds of what we do, I believe, to say the Lord's Prayer re spiritual conditions either in ourselves what we say, how we meet our personal peatedly. This was intended as a or in others. problems, what we are as individuals. therapeutic measure. This is a disquieting thought, yet when Further on the article says, "To the Now I fully realize that there is once it has been faced, it offers some extent that your bodily infirmities are power in the prayer. Swedenborg tes thing definite to take I'old of, and it the results of your own mental and spir tifies (Arcana Coelestia 6476), "When offers the only genuine opportunity that itual disorders, they can he decre-ised you and I have to attack the problem. ever I have been reading the Lord's through the healing of your soul. Those And we can begin today. We do not Prayer, I have perceived an elevation that result from heredity can only be have to wait for others to act; we do toward the Lord which was like an at helped by medical practitioners or sur not hare to deceive ourselves with the traction . . . ." But it is the business gical operations—if at all." "You can thought that someone else is going to of saying it repeatedly, as a means to not heal ailments by spiritual means produce a magic, quick, easy formula to physical relief, that distresses me. In that do not come from your own moral faults." Now these statements may be remedy all our ills. Matthews 6— italics mine — we read, true. If so, then it means that a host We can start now, as individuals. "But when ye pray, use not vain repe of people who are engaged in so-called Are you completely satisfied with your titions, as the heathen do: for they think spiritual healing—and many of them do own religious life? Do you feel that that they shall be heard for their much so, I believe, in all good faith—are tam you hare all the knowledge and under speaking. . . ." And then, of course, pering with the laws of the universe. standing of your religion that you would follows the Lord's Prayer. My own feelings on the matter are

349 largely unresolved, and I should cer Wayfarer's Chapel On TV have been no influx from hell to account tainly appreciate some documentation to To the EmTon: for their existence, as the Writings support the above assertions. While watching the program "Water state. Was this earth the only earth Further on I read, "Illnesses should front" featuring Preston Foster on the in the universe? The Writings say that not be looked upon as unmitigated evils. Dumont network last night at 0 P.M. there are other earths—many of them. They may be 'blessings in disguise.' we were taken unawares by seeing the Was this the earth, the first of Crea They may be 'angels of mercy' leading actor go into and come out of the Way tion? We have no proof that it was. farers Chapel at Pnlos Vcrdes, Calif. us over the hard road of human life Is it not conceivable that, prior to this G. T. Heddaeus where our evils may be more resolutely earth, other human beings were created cast off, our false beliefs more thor on other earths, in a perfect environ oughly rejected." How does this ment? That the desire to be led of square with Divine Providence 142 Evil From Other Worlds? themselves, differently from the Lord's which begins, "No one is reformed in a To the EDiTon: state of bodily disease, because the rea leading, begun the hells? Then would The article treating of the "Evil in son is not then in a free state . . ."? not the Creative influx, flowing through Nature" in a recent issue of The Mes this Evil, "begin" and "continue" to Nowhere do I find a statement of senger, seems to me not to, have been flow thus to all time? Is it conceivable what to me should be the cornerstone written from a New Church standpoint. that Swedenborg, the scientist, could of New Church attitude in regard to If it were frankly Old Church, and had relief from physical infirmity: that it been published for its interest, one have overlooked this, in making such a should be sought for the sole purpose could understand the purpose. As it is, statement, even if Swedenborg, the seer, of freeing the mind from the obstruc after giving a concept from the Writ is not to be credited ? At any rate, be tions which an unhealthy body place in ings, in an effort at explaining the ex fore his spiritual-natural assertion is the way of regeneration. Divine Provi istence of things in the three kingdoms thus treated, should not his great mes dence 142 says it much better than I of nature that nre hurtful to man, the sage be searched until what it does say can. Writings arc not allowed to speak fur is known, and if it is reported, should Wm. R. Wookenden ther. Their interpretations, of the not the report be accurate? Written Word, are ignored. The "Gar Clara MacCoy DePriest den eastward in Eden," the "man" put (Evidently the article referred to is into the "Garden," the "tilling and keeping" of it, are given purely natural Dr. John li. Swanton's "What of the Endorses Chadwiek Article interpretations, in which no gleam from 'Evil' in Nature?", Aug. 21, 195J,.) To the Editor: the true paradise falls upon us. The The article by Frederick Chadwick responsibility, as it were, of the first Money For Your Treasury entitled "1757—1857—1957" is to my hand creatjon of Evil is clearly implied. OVER 1.500.000 way of thinking outstanding; the best Save for the one concept taken from SUNFLOWER DISH CLOTHS I have read in a long time. It cer Divine Love and Wisdom, the Writings Were sold in 1953 by members of Sunday Schools. I-adies" Aids. Younit Peoples tainly started me thinking and it will arc silent in the discussion; and this Groups, etc. They enable you to earn furnish food for thought and study for concept is apparently contradicted by a money for your treasury, and make friends for your organization. a long time. Congratulations to The fact taught by the geology of our planet, Sample Fkee to an Official Messenger for printing it. i.e., that there were things in the three SANGAMON MILLS A. W. Spink natural kingdoms hurtful to man before Established 1915 Cohoes, N. Y. Warsaw, N. Y. he was created, therefore, there could

The Lesser Commandment has accepted the belief that "God is in 1918, for it was the publication of Verv Man." this book which initiated the sequence." {Continued from page 347) anthropological authority. They claim a peculiarly liberal attitude but it is a Parapsychology and Toltsvig's Book Diaconoff Honored liberalism so diffuse as to be worthless. The following paragraph from the The Los Angeles Society initiated a They claim to entertain an optimistic "Parapsychology Bulletin" for August surprise party on Sunday, September outlook on life but fail to realize that in contains a kind of backhanded compli 12. for their pastor Andre Diaconoff, questioning the existence of a continu ment to the influence of Swedenborg: celebrating his twenty years of service ing state beyond death they encourage "Another 'first' [in services to para to the parish. It was a happy occasion an outlook on all life which is hope psychology] may he credited to the recalling the years in which he bad less and indeed horrible. They carica Yale University Press (Mr. Eugene grown in their love, and appreciation of ture theism by supposing that its ad Davidson, Director), for their series of his devoted labors in their behalf, and herents consider God a Being aloof who books on parapsychology, boldly under also taken his place in the religious life can have no sympathy with human life taken as a matter of policy a few years of the city. because he has never experienced it. ago. They have already published As a recognition of their affection Christianity docs not think of an aloof Whately Carington's Matter, Mind, and they presented him with a gold watch Deity, and holds that in the person of Meaning (in 1949) and arc now about and band to register future happy and Christ He had direct contact with to bring out Batcman and Soal's Mod useful hours, and a handsome pin and human life and a most profound experi ern Experiments in Telepathy. It corsage to Evelyn, his wife. The crown ence of it. would not be stretching terms too ing touch was a delicious anniversary Humanism is neither scientific, nor far to say that the series actually began cake which was enjoyed by all. liberal, nor comforting. It is not even with the scholarly and interesting work "Well done, good and faithful ser just in its appraisal of theism, and in on Swedenborg (Emanuel Sxcedenhorg, vant; enter thou into the jov of thy particular that form of theism which Scientist and Mystic) by Signe Toksvig Lord."

350 and Mr. Bray were married by him in the Boston church. Following their Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Engagements, marriage, she worked with Mr. Bray in the pastorates of Portland, Maine; Marriages, Memorials Indianapolis, I ml.; St. Paul, Minn.; and Cambridge, Mass. Between the pastorates of Portland and Indianapo BIRTHS h\ ffltmav'vtm lis, the Brays, because of Mr. Bray's Pkkm.es. — Born to Dr. and Mrs. ill health, moved to Florida for one Thomas Chalmers Peebles, June 4, a Ks. — George Hughes, long a year. Here Mrs. Bray found satisfac son, Douglas Cutler Peebles. member of the Cincinnati Society, tion and joy in their work with a Cuban passed away at his home, September 7. mission. • Resurrection services for him were held One of Mrs, Bray's outstanding qual Sullivan. — Born to Mr. and Mrs. September 10 by the Rev. Bjorn ities was her love for the young. All Wintlirop Sullivan (Caroline Hotson) Johannson. Mr. Hughes was born in young people who had the opportunity on September 6, a son, Wintlirop £. Florida, Murch 13, 1876. Later, he to really know her, loved her, and found Sullivan III. He is their second child came nortli and was active in business in her a warm, affectionate and sympa and first son. in Pittsburg and in Cincinnati. He is thetic friend. Her love for infants and • survived by his wife, Ida Ackhart, two young children was deep and beauti sons and seven daughters. Mr. Hughes Gkis.—Mr. and Mrs. Albert Geis of fully tender, and her greatest joys were was a man of many talents but his in realized in the life of their beloved the New York Society announce the clinations always ran to the artistic. birth, September 14, of a daughter, daughter Betty, whom the Lord so won- He was a warm-hearted, lovable per drously gave into their home. Donna Lee. sonality who made friends readily, and who enjoyed the esteem of those who Mrs. Bray's strength of character, BAPTISMS knew him. her lively spirit and undaunted per sonality carried her through trials and Hawkins. — James Stanley, infant disappointments which would have de son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clarence Wklls. — Albert David Wells, Cin feated many others. She knew the suf Hawkins (Jean May Schneider), Deep cinnati, Ohio, passed from this life ferings of others and had a sympathetic River, Ont., was baptized, September September 17. Resurrection services love and * understanding for all those 12, in tlic Church of the Good Shep for him were held September 21, the less fortunate than herself. Many times herd, Kitchener, Ont., by the Rev. Rev. Bjorn Johannson officiating. Mr. I have been privileged to witness the David P. Johnson. Wells was born in Cincinnati, May 17, expression of this love, pouring out of 1866. He was in the drug business for her heart in forms of thoughtful tokens, many years and later in the insurance ENGAGED uplifting words and expressions of en business. He is survived by two daugh Batkman-Gutkkldt. — The engage couragement. ters and two grandsons. Air. Wells was ment of Betty Rac Bateman, Berkeley, known to his friends and business asso A keen sense of justice was one of Calif., to Horand Karl Gutfeldt, Cam ciates as a man of high intelligence and Mrs. Bray's outstanding qualities, ap bridge, Mass., has been announced. The sterling integrity. He was a family parent on'y to those who knew and betrothal of the young couple was man and intensely devoted to his family. understood her. At times this quality blessed in the El Cerrito Hillside made her inwardly critical of people • Church, September 15, by the Rev. and situations. This keen sense of per Biiay. — Mrs. Orah Hutchins Bray, Franklin H. Blackmer. Mr. Gutfeldt is ception was, however, subdued by her beloved wife of the Rev. Everett K. a student in the New Church Theologi staunch sense of duty which was strong Bray, passed into the spiritual life cal School. enough to enable her to hide even from August 21, 1954. The transition came those near and dear to her the toll that during Mrs. Bray's attendance at the ill health was taking through many MARRIED Fryeburg New Church Assembly in years. Wohck8tkii-Lon«. — Miss Rebecca Frycburg, Maine, where for a number Billings Worcester was married Sep of years in succession Mr. Bray has During the early years of her work tember 11 to David Foster Long in the participated in the lecture program of with the Cambridge Society, Mrs. Bray Piety Corner Chapel, Boston, Mass., the Assembly. was active in church affairs especially the Rev. Antony Regamey officiating. as a participating member of the Ladies Mrs. Long is the great-great-grand Mrs. Bray was born in South Eliot, Aid. Later, as her health began to fail, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Worces Maine, on June 18, 1875. and during she withdrew from these activities, pre ter, first pastor of the Boston society. her early years the family resided in ferring to give her strength and atten Portland, Maine, but little Orah spent tion to being a devoted wife and mother. her summers with her grandparents Her continued love for t'-e church, how back in South Eliot, on the banks of NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ever, was manifest in her regular at the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth. tendance at f'e worship services in the ASSOCIATION Born and brought up on the coast of Cambridge Chapel. This New Church Association (in Maine, she grew to love the salt water, Mrs. Bray loved the "wide open corporated in 1907), is planning to and love for the ocean was almost a spaces," and restraint was for her a develop new activities, probably in the passion with her throughout her life. Boston area. Our former work in heavy burden. In later years, together with her hus Lynn has been taken over by a group If it had been hers to choose, she band and daughter, she spent 17 sum in that city chartered in 1947 as Gregg could not have chosen an environment Neighborhood House Association. Inc. mers on Peak Island, in Casco Bay. and conditions nearer to the hope she We are contributing to this work. Maine. had for the transition when it should Edwina Warrkn Wise, President Wii.i.iam C. Mokgan, Treasurer, Mrs. Bray was confirmed into the come. She had been so much in poor 27 Whitcomb St., Belmont 79. Matt. New Church in 1908 by the Rev. James health in recent years that she had Reed; and the same year, June 29, she dreaded the transition from fear that it

351 352 THE NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER OCTOBER 16. 1954 might be by way of a lingering and New Church Service In Connecticut bodies on funeral pyres, but where the helpless illness. Her prayer and fre On October 3, New Church people idea of church federation, of church quently expressed wish was that she and others gathered in a big white unity, of social service are interlinked, might "die in the harness," and go sud house across from a public library and as yet like dreams, but growing daily denly at the end. We are profoundly bearing the address of 9 Bedford Road, clearer into the awakening conscious thankful that this wish was so wonder Katonah, N. Y. The occasion was a ness of a world starting out of sleep. fully granted. The setting in the Frye- service of worship conducted by the And I hear the voice that led me to burg Assembly for the last two weeks Rev. William R. Woofenden, pastor of the Hill of Vision the first time, speak the New York Society; and the owners of her life in this world was almost again and I turn mine eyes to the West. ideal. The fact that in June of this of the beautiful home, which now be The old Heavens, lurid with the fires year Mrs. Bray had a very happy Con came a place for formal worship, are of cataclysmic strife, part and are vention week, together with her hus Mr. and Mrs. C. Hartley Grattan. rolled away, as an old scroll is rolled band, in New York, and later one very Those attending came largely from Con up and set aside. For I am looking into happy week at Fryeburg, is a great necticut. This is not the first service a new world of thought that is displac comfort to those closest to her. These held there, and, as we understand it, ing the old. Flashes of internationalism were for her like oases in months of these services will be held regularly at gleam athwart a background on which barren journeying. Her ability to get 3:30 the first Sunday of every month is written a "Union of Nations"; out of the apartment and around was from October to June. an International Supreme Court; the slowly decreasing. She had made a adjustment of misunderstandings by a strong effort to conserve her strength Court of Arbitration and a Council of for Fryeburg, and was blessed by a The New Immortality Conciliation; disarmament and world- gratifying degree of success. She en (Abstract of lecture by the late Rev. police; pitiless publicity and no more joyed the ride up there, drinking in, as Dr. Adolph Roeder.) secret treaties; a new Brotherhood of she put it, the beauty of every tree and I stand upon the Hill of Vision and Man, because of the discovery of re every hill, and for six days was happy look to the North. At the foot of the cent years of a New Fatherhood of God. in the fellowship among loving friends. empurpled hills lies, battle-scarred, an A new thought-heaven in which men There could not have been a more lov old earth—an earth of serfdom and of think that they must substitute coopera ing setting for the transition. * slavery; of militarism and feudalism; tion for competition; sense and effi She suffered only one week of full of candles and stage coaches; of home ciency for brute force and disciplinary incapacity, and then out of an oxygen steads and seldom sailed seas; an earth punishment. And a wonderful new tent, while having her noon meal, with over which waves of conquest have thought-heaven it is. out warning the pulse stopped and con swept again and again. And out of the And a third time I hear the voice sciousness left this world. haze that lies lurid above this old earth that spake to me and led me twice to emerges a new earth: an earth of sky the Hill of Vision. It repeats the same Besides her loving husband, Rev. scrapers and teeming cities; of tele sentence. For a third time it repeats Everett K. Bray, Mrs. Bray leaves her phones and radios; of autos and aero the words: "Behold, I make all things beloved daughter Elizabeth, her son-in- planes; of crumbling thrones and new." And I gaze to the South. Over law Raphael Guiu, three grandchildren, hesitant democracies; of swift and silent the ensanguined earth, stained with the Cecilia, Christina and Gloria, and a changes, that take women where men blood of thousands of our bravest and brother, Mr. Edward Hutchins, of Port were wont to be and take men into new our best, hovers the disappearing land, Maine. and unfamiliar territory, into untried tasks and untrodden paths.' It is a shadow of the "Old Death," and be Knowing her love for life, it has not yond the sleeping hills rises the moon "New World," and within the shell and been difficult to think of Mrs. Bray's lit splendor of the "New Death." The crust of its outer marvels, I see a new great gain in freedom from a body that old death, a skeleton rider on a pale home—for the old homestead has passed was increasingly more resistant to her horse, has been overthrown, and the fine, strong spirit; and devote our away and the apartment house has come to take its place; a new family, which panoply in which he has been trapped thoughts to her entrance upon a life of lies shattered about him. "Death is the gathers seldom about the hearth-fire, fulfillment. We are sure she is very wages of sin"; death is an infliction of because all its members nrc out in the happy in the great change. — Stella the Divine Wrath of an angered God; Tiiakode bustling world, concerned in work, grandfather and grandmother knew death is a visitation of Providence nothing of; a new school where children searching the seat of sin; these have learn and have opportunities such as been thrown aside and in their place the angel of the New Death speaks St. Louis Campaigns For Members never came to us in our youth; a new quietly: "Death is an orderly step in The St. Louis Society in an effort to society in which the old prison, which increase its membership nnd its atten ground out convicts, has been replaced life." Death is the birth of the soul dance at church and Sunday school has by the reformatory, which tries to re into the spiritual world, the world of reality. Death for your boys in battle recently launched a campaign of visita store men to their manhood. Yes, I slain is promotion from the fields of tion. Trained laymen and laywomen see a new society where labor and capi will make calls on prospective members tal no longer are facing one another as valor to the realms of spiritual achieve with a view to putting before the latter enemies but are beginning to fraternize ment. Death is commencement and the value of the church and the oppor along the old battle fronts; where the graduation when the school of life has tunity it offers for participating in old idea of "battle for conquest" has trained its pupils into the acquisition building a better society nnd perform faded out before the glare of a new of True Manhood. Death is Resur rection." ing a service for mankind. The min sun, emblazoned with a new motto: ister of the St. Louis Society is the Rev. "Self determination for smaller na And the Voice of Him that sitteth David J. Garrett, who was ordained at tions"; a "new church" where men no upon the throne said: "Behold, I make the last Convention. longer burn one another's books and all things new." NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER

October 30, 1954

James N. Taylor

Ophia D. Smith

Glory of the Lord

R. J. Strong

Fryeburg New Church

F. Gardiner Perry

In The Beauty of Holiness

Leslie Marshall

Worship, Study and Play at Almont

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354 THE GLORY OF THE LORD-HOW SEEN by R. J. Strong

ITH what fine words the 19th Psalm opens: one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, "The heavens declare the glory of God, and and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth the firmament showeth His handywork. Day unto from another star in glory." (/. Cor. 15:41) day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth Paul is here comparing the splendor, the shining, knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where the brightness of the celestial bodies. But do all the voice is not heard." people see the glory of the Lord in nature? Many The psalms ars spiritual songs. The word psalm speak of the glory of nature and make no mention is from the Latin "psallere," to sing praise. The of the Lord. Psalms were set to music and were sung with in The glory of the Lord is not a mere thing of this strumental accompaniment. world. It is not mere brightness and shining. The In the New Church in America, in the Boston glory of the Lord is goodness and truth, love and Society, one of the early organists wrote special wisdom. It is the heavens of the Spirit, the "in chants for each Psalm. They used the Psalms in ternal" heavens that declare this glory. The Psalm place of hymns. In fact the whole service with the tells us that the Divine Truth will go forth in every exception of the sermon, was made up of passages direction. The glory in which the Lord comes is the from the Word. light of truth and this is the spiritual sense of the It is said that the great Swedish singer, Jenny Word, or the sense which has relation to spiritual Lind, once attended service at the church and wept tilings. Da}' and night in this world teach us about with pleasure at the singing, which she said sounded day and night in the spiritual world, and in our own like the singing of angels. minds. That is, they can teach us about the dark ness of evil and ignorance, and the brightness of Power of Music knowledge and of truth. The mention of the sun Swedenborg mentions that the speech of spirits tells us of the Lord's love, the source of spiritual is a species of song, being terminated in a similar warmth and love. The sun stands for love. In his way to the Psalms. It is poetic. reference to this Psalm, Swedenborg says: "By the The power of music to cheer and brighten and sun is here understood Divine love, because the Lord soothe the human spirit is well known. dwells in the good of His own love in the Heavens. Rhythm, or measured movement is much talked The tabernacle here stands for the Lord's heaven of at the present time. Its use is very old, but that from the good of love." does not take away anything from its value. We in New Zealand love to see the Maori people per The Invisible Made Visible form their native dances, and sing their songs, and Grasping the idea that all the apparent reference we are impressed with the power that comes from to the outward world really tells us of inner things the united action of large companies. —things of the heart and mind—we can understand The poet Pope wrote: why the Psalm changes, steps up as it were, in the "For dear to gods and men is sacred song. familiar words: Self-taught I sing; by Heaven, by Heaven "The law of the Lord is perfect, converting alone the soul. The genuine seeds of poesy are sown." The testimony of the Lord is sure, making And there are the well-known words of Shake wise the simple." speare— These words should find their resting-place in "The man that hath no music in himself, your heart and mind. They should give us new Nor is not moved with concord of sweet strength, hope in darkness and doubt, blessing in sounds, every state. Testimonies and commandments teach Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils;. such things as have relation to daily life. The motions of his spirit are dull as night, The law and precepts are the things of doctrine; And his affections dark as Erebus. the statutes and judgments are connected with Let no such man be trusted." rituals. The whole Psalm is about the Lord and the glory Not Nature's Glory Alone of the spiritual world. But do the Heavens declare the glory of God? The invisible things are made known by the visible Does the contemplation of the sky, the sun, the moon things by correspondence. We must, each one, and the stars call forth praises from the lips of meditate upon these things from the knowledge of men, to the Lord our Heavenly Father? Why then correspondences if we are to get the full benefit and are there atheists? Why are there unbelievers? blessing the Lord provides in His Word. What is the Lord's glory? The Apostle Paul said: "There are also celestial bodies, and there are bodies Showing Forth Love terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one and Why does the sun correspond to love? Because, the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is as the sun is the source of heat and light and life

355 in this world, the Divine Love is the source of our ceive and live our measure of Love, Wisdom and love and enlightenment in the soul. So, when we Power from the Lord. read of the sun we think of the Lord. For development into the image and likeness of the Lord, we have an inner organism, a heart to Recall another Psalm, the 8th, and the words: receive and give forth love, and an understanding "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy to receive and utter wisdom, with the liberty and fingers, the moon and the stars which thou hast power to act therefrom. ordained; What is man that thou art mindful of The handmaid of the understanding is observa him, or the son of man that thou visitest him? For tion, the master of the house is reason—the power to thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, gather ideas and draw conclusions. and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou To this handmaid the universe unfolds itself, in madest him to have dominion over the work of Thy which, as in a mirror, may be seen the Divine pur hands; thou hast put all things under his feet. poses. These the wise man strives to fulfill. And "All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the his prayer is set forth in the concluding words of field, the fowl of the air and the fish of the sea, and the 19th Psalm: whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my the earth." strength and my Redeemer." Our creation into the image and likeness of God Let us pray that our eyes may see the glory of means that we have the form and capacity to re the Coming of the Lord—in His Word.

James N. Taylor, Pioneer of the New Church by Ophia D. Smith

AMES N. TAYLOR was one of the earliest New Migrates West 31 Churchmen of our nation's capital, but it is In 1818 Taylor went West to find a suitable home as a pioneer of the New Church in Indiana that he for his growing family. Eleanor Dunlap had died, is considered here. He was a brother of Johnston leaving four children. Now, at the age of forty- Taylor, the distinguished New Churchman of Phila four, James had a second wife (Rebecca Pitman delphia. Both James and Johnston were born in Cox), and a second family. He looked over the County Donegal, Ireland. James never liked to be town of Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana, and the called an Irishman, because, he said, he was of Eng country around it, and decided that Switzerland lish and Scottish ancestry. The Taylors had mi County was the place for him. He built a large grated from northern England to Ulster, Ireland, stone house in Craig Township and brought his after its conquest by Oliver Cromwell. His mother's family out from Philadelphia to the Indiana wilder people, the Johnstons, had migrated to Ireland from ness. Vevay had been founded by the four Dufour Scotland. His father, Allen Taylor, was a merchant brothers who came from Canton Vaud, Switzerland. of Donegal County. His mother's father, George They secured a grant of twenty-four thousand acres Johnston, was a wealthy tanner in Letterkenny, of land from Congress, on an extended credit, with Ireland. Two of his mother's brothers were bleach the understanding that they would introduce grape ers of linen on a very large scale. James and his culture. They named their vast acreage Switzerland younger brother, Johnston, were the only children County. Here they and their Swiss colonists of Allen Taylor to emigrate to America. planted vineyards and made Switzerland County famous for its fine wines. Service With the Government Eleanor Johnson Taylor, the daughter of James James came to Philadelphia about 1795. He N. and Eleanor Dunlap Taylor, married the young entered into an apprenticeship with McClanahan and est of the four Dufour brothers. Like her father, Moore, a prosperous firm in the Irish trade. Later, Eleanor was a staunch Swedenborgian and a very on his own account, he engaged in the shipping trade intelligent person. She could draw up a contract between New Orleans and Kingston, Jamaica. In that no lawyer could break. She was a facile writer, 1801, when he married Eleanor Dunlap of Philadel her articles appearing under the signature of "E.D." phia, he was in the grocery business. He went to in Philadelphia and Cincinnati newspapers. Her Washington, D. C, in 1809 as a clerk in the United husband respected her religion. He often said that States Treasury Department under Albert Gallatin. if he could accept any religion at all, he would be He remained to serve under Secretaries Dallas, come a Swedenborgian. Campbell, and Crawford. Taylor was a competent linguist, speaking several Helps to Spread Teachings languages fluently; he was especially proficient in French. In politics he was an ardent Whig. After In the new stone house in Craig Township, James the Whig party dissolved, he joined the Republican and Rebecca Taylor organized and conducted the first New-Church Sunday School in southeastern In- party.

356 diana. From this house flowed out the doctrines of "the man homo." Every married man, he said, Emanuel Swedenborg to any who would hear. should have two votes, for only married men were Earnest inquirers went there for guidance, and New- "full and true men." He reported seven children Church missionaries always found a welcome there. under sixteen years of age in his family. Taylor The Taylors and their neighbors met frequently was the father of fifteen children, eleven by his second together in each other's homes to study the works wife. of Swedenborg. The name of James N. Taylor, Founds a Library Moorfield, Indiana, appeared frequently in New- Church records as a correspondent of the Western In December 1853, "the venerable" James N. and General Conventions. His son, James Dunlap Taylor, almost eighty years old, gave his theological Taylor, became editor of the Cincinnati Times. library to a group of New Churchmen in Madison, Both father and son had extensive New-Church libra Indiana. He owned an almost complete set of Swe- ries. One of James N. Taylor's grandsons, W. R. denborg's theological writings, the most of which he Taylor, was an honor student at the Urbana Uni had imported from England before American edi versity at Urbana, Ohio. tions were available. These books were expected to become the nucleus of "a library of respectable mag nitude." In his will, Taylor gave two thousand "In a Moral Wilderness" dollars to the Madison New Jerusalem Society, for In 1938 James N. Taylor wrote to the General the publication of theological works of Swedenborg. Convention on behalf of the New Jerusalem Society At the time of his death, February 28, 1862, a of Walnut Ridge, Indiana. After congratulating Cincinnati newspaper remarked that James N. Tay the Convention on their approaching annual meet lor "was for many years among the first members ing he said: "Whilst so many assemblies are held of the New Jerusalem Society in America." "When in our times and country for transient, party, or in the vigor of life he was a man of extraordinary selfish purposes—spreading their ignes fatui ovrr abilities. He was a warm friend of internal improve our land, it has pleased the Lord to grant to his ments, and he wrote the first essay upon the subject church a visible appearance, a sphere of union and in early manhood. He was the companion and friend intelligence from which general benefit may be de of many of the old fathers of our country." rived." Taylor saw the world lying in wickedness, Taylor's wife, Rebecca Pitman Cox, lived to be the signs of the times mournful. "We find ourselves," eighty-seven years old. She was "born into the he wrote, "in our journey to the heavenly Canaan, in spiritual world" on January 15, 1880, at the old the frightful moral wilderness of this world." By Taylor homestead, near Moorfield, Indiana. One of charity and faith, however, there was hope that evil her children paid her this tribute: "Never will the might be conquered "through Him who hath loved doctrines of the New Church, which she so dearly us." He suggested that the church, hitherto under loved, receive a higher tribute than did they in the the rule of "the man mr," might better be ruled by life which she devoted to them."

IN THE BEAUTY OF HOLINESS by Leslie Marshall

0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear Church. They soon found, as Robert Hindmarsh before him, aU the earth.—Psalm 96:9. tells us in his "Rise and Progress of the New 73THESE words from the 96th Psalm become in- Church," that this would not do; it needed public w creasingly precious to us as we come together worship to keep people together, if nothing else, again for public worship. We have had our private for the understanding and uses of the true Christian worship and prayers during the recess, but there is religion. something especially different between this and the The exhortation—as the Psalm's superscription coming before the Lord one with another. puts it—particularly is to worship the Lord "in the In fact, the words of the Psalmist seem to exhort beauty of holiness." Yes, true holiness does have us to public worship or at least to turn our thought beauty, both externally and internally. To some it to the need of group reverence as well as individual might be found in a huge tent with its aspiring homage. Indeed there is something dwelling in us evangelist and enthusiastic audience; to another per which impells the desire of going on our knees to haps only the proud beauty of some vast cathedral gether, and particularly with those of like religious reflects that which can be associated with holiness. thought. With others the admonition, or reminder, "where At the founding of our Church, those who estab two or three are gathered together . . ." is sufficient. lished it nearly 170 years ago felt that public wor Some years ago, when connected with The New ship, that is church services, would not be necessary. Church Messenger, I published on its cover the The people could read the Word in the light of picture of a chaplain conducting a service on a Swedenborg's writings and discuss and digest them battlefield using oil drums for his altar and gun in group meetings while remaining in the Established carriages for the pews. Reverent as was the wor-

357 ship, surely to that degree was there holiness in it. and save mankind. However, Scripture uses words with a special It is helpful to notice that this verse begins with purpose, of course, and whether we here say "in the the name of the Lord and ends by referring to the beauty of holiness" or "in holy array," as the re earth. As we enter more deeply into a knowledge vised versions have it, we easily see the emphasis is of the things of faith, as the New Church teaches on beauty, harmony, peace. Beauty is that which is now a possibility, we shall more and more realize charms, is full of grace, symmetry and all 'round how continually the Word is telling us about the satisfaction. Socrates thought of beauty as that life of the Lord. No wonder He informed the which is moral and useful. Perhaps nearer to the disciples that all things in Moses, the Prophets and absolute, or eternal meaning, rather than the rela the Psalms concerned Him. tive or temporal, is the definition given by Plotinus: He is both Alpha and Omega. He is the Celestial "the triumph of form over matter," that is of the or Highest One and also the Human or Lowest One. soul over the body. Not low, of course, in a profane sense, even in His Obviously then, it is when the spirit is calm, the natural body, but in the meaning of reaching down conscience clear and the faith strong that there is to us, of being with us, if only we will walk with beauty in holiness and holiness in beauty no matter Him. Thus He said through Micah: It is required what may be outer circumstances, such as whether of thee . . . "to walk humbly," lowly, painfully, with we are in church or not in church; looking toward suffering, "with thy God." a magnificent array of stained glass windows, or Again how expressive is the phrase "looking up" to someone! We look up to our parents and teach facing a tiny crucifix in a garret. ers ; we look up to or give an orchid, as the saying It is such a concept of true worship which the goes, to the individual who has risked his life to Psalmist evidently desires us to have that leads to save another's, how much more then shall we look the concluding words of the passage: "Fear (or up to or reverence, Him who teaches and guides us tremble) before him all the earth." Children and all and Who has saved us all, so that we can work myriads of adults who have and perhaps still read out our own salvation, with that very "fear and or hear those words without giving them much trembling" the Psalmist requires. thought, may have a mind's eye vision of men and "Freedom of Worship" was chosen as one of the women cringing before a mighty king, fearful of Five Freedoms, but in a sense it is all five in itself, his displeasure. But that is not what the Word for essentially it is Freedom to Think. Given that, would have us think, as Scripture so often assures the mind soars out in wonder, in satisfaction, in good us. intention, and in so doing a certain awe enters the Remarkably, this passage is the only one in the mind, and we may repeat mentally that other golden entire Word where the Hebrew word chula is used phrase used in our service of worship, "0 Come Let and then translated as "fear." Precisely, it means us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the "pain," this introducing the important principle that Lord our Maker! For he is our God, and we are whereas the heart necessarily must deservedly be the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand." happy in true worship, the body and certainly merely natural, external thinking, may suffer many things {Preached for the St. Petersburg, Fla., Society before the Lord, the afflicted laying them at His at its opening service, and Mr. Marshall's first feet, as did so many when He came to earth to heal sermon there, follortnng its svmmer recess.)

Better To Have The Pulpit Vacant We, therefore, know the absolutely primary impor tance of theological education. In the liberal ministry {Another in our series of reprints from contemporaries) this is not less but more urgent than in orthodox circles. Whatever their dooma the Scotch have always been Unless we train ministers skilled to serve the needs led by able and well trained ministers. This did not of men and women, all our service programs will fail. come about by chance nor because the Scotch (and we Unless we continue to train men and women as skilled do love them dearly) are superior to other people. The educators our religious education program will fail us. training of Scottish scholars and church leaders was the What this comes down to is that the Universalist result of deliberate policy resting on firm conviction of Church must spare no effort to secure the best kind of the supreme importance of the job. men and women for our ministry and then must give Four hundred years ago the first Book of Discipline them the best possible kind of education for their of the Scottish Church declared: profession. Neither for rarity of men, necessity of teachers, "The Universalist Leader." nor for any corruption of time, should unable per sons be admitted to the ministry. Better it is to Swedenborg's Writings have the pulpit vacant, than to have unqualified men to the scandal of the ministry and the hurt To new readers, 10 cents; regularly, 25 cents each: of the church. Heaven and Hell If all of Protestantism had consistently maintained Divine Love and Wisdom this rigorous stand on the qualifications for the min Divine Providence istry, this would be a far better world today. The Four Doctrines Every sane man in the ministry today knows how Swedenborg Foundation Incorporated very exacting are the demands of his profession. Every one of us labors under a sense of inadequacy in learn 51 East 42nd St. New York 17, N. Y. ings or skills.

358 EDITORIALS

Elections and Campaigns truth in campaigning, not the mere elimination of personal attacks. |N NOVEMBER 2 the American people will go By the same token, truth should be the criteria to the polls to register by means of the ballot in evaluating discussions about issues. Oftentimes their wishes in matters political. Elections are the the voter who seeks to view without bias the merits democratic substitute for revolutions, and as such of proposals upon which he must pass judgment is they make for stability. They are also a bulwark appalled by the charges and counter-charges, claims of liberty because they give as good an assurance and counter-claims which are made. Somewheres, as the human mind has yet devised that the people someone is departing widely from the truth. The will not be deprived of a voice in their government. same is true when he reads what the rival parties Preceding any free election there is a strenuous ef point to with pride or view with alarm. Unfortu fort on the part of many to influence voters and to nately or not, political campaigns are not symposia win their approval. Without the right to make conducted by open minds eagerly seeking to discover such an effort, elections would not be free. the truth. The political spellbinder is an advocate All Americans agree that these two, elections and trying to persuade others to accept the views he the political campaigns that precede them, are a expouses. Probably this will remain true for a long priceless heritage which must not be corrupted or time. The voter who does not believe all he hears sullied. They disapprove, in theory at least, of or reads is wise. anything that seems unfair or unsportsmanlike in electioneering tactics. Many laws are on the statute book meant to promote an equal chance for all par It's You and I ties and all candidates. Recently a group of A RURAL physician in a pioneer community of six nationally-known religious leaders joined in the West was pressed to pay up the $7,000 sending an appeal to both the Republican Party and mortgage on his house and equipment. "This has the Democratic Party urging them to adopt a been a bad year," he explained. "My patients are "Declaration of Fair Election Practices," and to nearly all farmers and were hard hit by the drought. set up the needed machinery to implement these fair They have been able to pay me very little." "Turn practices. Among other things the appeal called your bills over to me," answered the holder of the for the elimination of religious and racial prejudices. mortgage. "I'll collect every one if I have to take As might have been predicted, the chairmen of both the last calf that any of these farmers have." parties responded favorably. The physician refused. Instead he wrote a kind Certainly, it would be desirable if an election cam letter to all his patients who had not paid, cancell paign consisted of a calm appraisal of the fitness ing his bills and expressing s}rmpathy because they of a candidate to hold the office he seeks, and an had been so badly hurt by the drought. A few days equally calm weighing of the pros and cons of the later, the community was rudely awakened by the issues before the electorate. But politics being what news that foreclosure proceedings had been started they are and human nature being what it is, a cynic against the doctor. will likely retort, "Huh, in other words, no cam "It is our fault—yours and mine," people began paign." Politicians have never been known to re to say to one another. "We should have paid our frain from appeals to prejudice if this promised an doctor bills. We must not let this happen." advantage. There is also the matter of freedom for In some way or other, nearly everyone managed the individual voter to use whatever standards he to raise enough money to pay what he owed the chooses in evaluating candidates and parties. Some physician. Only one man was heard to say, "It people may feel very strongly that a man's religion can't make any difference so far as that mortgage is relevant in evaluating his fitness to hold office. is concerned, whether I pay or not the few dollars And there are instances of religious organizations the doctor has coming to him from me." All the striving to promote certain political programs; and others realized that they had an individual respon that may mean for a given candidate that his re sibility. The result was that the mortgage was ligious affiliation is not wholly a private matter. paid off. And what about other features of the private It is upon this sense of individual responsibility life of one who offers himself for office? Certainly, that a free society must rest. No one can escape it is quite irrelevant whether he is tall or short, bald this. Whether we have a moral and ethical society, or bushy haired. But if a candidate for a position which is also free, depends upon how much each one of public trust has been convicted for mishandling is willing to contribute to this end. A community money entrusted to him, the voters have a right to or a society in which reliance is placed exclusively know this. When a man enters politics, he must upon the law, and no one feels an obligation to do be prepared to see the area of what is his private more than the law requires, is headed for tyranny. life shrink. Falsehoods, distortions and unfair in No one has the right to say that his contribution terpretations of events when used against men in is so small that it cannot matter whether he makes public life are, of course, -to be condemned. Char it or not. To the good of the whole every individual acter assassination is despicable, regardless of who can make some contribution, and his contribution, is the victim. Fair election practices must aim at however small, counts.

3S9 The Story of the Fryeburg New-Church Assembly

by F. Gardiner Perry

J5THE plan for New-Church instruction in the set- continuing help of Miss Cary Bradley who for years w ting of a summer camp was not new when, in has put three rooms in her interesting old home at 1921, the first session of the Fryeburg New-Church the disposal of the Assembly, and in addition each Assembly was held. Some of its sponsors had had year divides the proceeds of the annual auction of practical experience at the Almont Summer School, her paintings between the Assembly and the Frye started some years earlier by the New Church people burg Church. of Michigan. Therefore, when Rev. Louis A. Dole The Assembly is indebted also to many New became minister of the Fryeburg Society the time Church people, not residents of Fryeburg, who ap seemed right to start a second summer camp in the preciated the work that was being done there. East, at Fryeburg, Maine. Among them Messrs. Henry L. Kunhardt and Fred Among the prime movers in the founding of the H. Burdett of the Boston Society gave financial and Assembly were Rev. Louis Dole, and Rev. John other help while living; and Mr. Frederick W. Faxon, Whitehead who had been a summer resident of Frye Mrs. Emily Taft, and during this last year, Miss burg for some years and had been interested with Florence Belles, of Vineland, N. J., have made con Rev. Messrs. Warren and Small in an earlier effort tributions through bequests in their wills. at Lovell, Maine. It was in fact the Taft bequest which enabled the The objective of the Assembly, then as now, was Assembly to buy the adjoining wooded tract bounded to bring together in a beautiful setting, New Church by the Saco River, the New Hampshire State line people, old and young, for instruction in the doc and Route 302, the main road from Portland, Maine trines of the New Jerusalem and their bearing on to the White Mountains. This gave the Assembly a the problems of our modern life, and for the happy total of 22 acres, ample for future development and association with other New Church people from protection for our spring located at the extreme edge many different places. of the first purchase, which gives a supply of pure Meeting during these early years in the Fryeburg water at 45°, ample for unlimited expansion of the Church buildings, without grounds and buildings of plant. their own, the need of a larger and more permanent The young people sleep in tent colonies, the boys home was soon felt; so in 1928 the Fryeburg New- on one side and the girls on the other of the main Church Assembly was incorporated as a non-profit building. A special recreation hall for their use educational and religious organization. This same was erected by Mrs. Chalmers, of Vineland, N. J., in year a site of about 12 acres of partially-wooded memory of her daughter who had spent happy weeks land on the Saco River and overlooking the White at the Assembly. Mountains became available and through the gener The need for additional quarters on the grounds ous contributions of many interested people, both for older people has been met in part by the build from Fryeburg and elsewhere, the land was pur ing of cabins, either by individuals who have the use chased. of them during their lifetime, or by the Assembly The Assembly is indebted to a number of individ itself in memory of those who have had the Assembly uals, some of them now in the spiritual world, for the close to their heart. The first cabin was built by development of the grounds and the plant at this the Asa Goddards, the second by Mr. Faxon, and time. Our good friend, Donald Robb, then of the now there arc also the Euenzli, Claxton, Bellows, and Newtonville Society and of the firm of Frohman, Murdoch cabins built by individuals, as well as the Robb and Little, architects for the Washington Taft and Twitchell cabins which the Assembly has Cathedral, designed the buildings. The first one, built. The latter is in memory of Miss Francis now the service wing of the proposed plant, was Twitchell, for many years the treasurer of the As erected in 1929. The second section, now used as sembly. lecture room, living room and dining hall, with bed Funds are now being raised for an additional cabin rooms on the second floor, was built the following to be called the Bray Cabin as a memorial to Mrs.

year. Everett K. Bray who passed into the higher life Among others, natives of Fryeburg should be men during the Assembly session last summer. tioned Mr. John L. Osgood who supplied the granite We have been considering mainly the physical for the cord-wood-sized fire places and chimney. One plant about which the camp life centers, but the more fire place is in the living room around which we important "assets" of the Fryeburg New-Church gather on cool evenings. The other, completely Assembly are on a different plane. They include the built, is ready for the proposed lounge to be con faculty, a goodly number of devoted ministers and nected to the present building. The bequest in the laymen who from time to time through the years will of Miss Mary L. Gordon came at a time when have given so much of spiritual help in the lectures funds were sorely needed, and the assistance of Mr. and the following discussions, and in the classes for Walter A. Robinson, also a native of Fryeburg, Young People and children. They include also the but a teacher in the Boston Public Schools, was of joy of living together as a larger family, with the great value as one of the early sponsors of the As same high ideals; New Church men and women, sembly. Special mention must also be made of the young and old, putting principles into practice.

360 368 THE NEW-CHURCH MESSENGER OCTOBER. 30. 1954 sented to the couple by the Woman's Schroeder.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. CONFIRMED Alliance and the Couple's Club. In Donald Schroeder, Texas City, Texas, Wiens, Sawatzky.—A confirmation addition Mr. Tobisch was given a tele- Oct. 5, a son, Paul Allen. Little Paul ceremony took place at Roblin, Mani photo lens and adapter and a check for is a direct descendant on his father's toba, on Sept 19 when Arlene Eliza eighty dollars. The Couple's Club side of Cincinnati's colorful first New beth Wiens, and Llewellyn John Sa served sandwiches, coffee, and cake cut Church minister, Adam Hurdus. watzky, both of Boggy Creek, Manitoba, by Mrs. Tobisch. To add to the feli were received into New Church mem city of all a large group journeyed from BAPTIZED bership. Rev. Henry Reddekopp of El Cerrito to be present for this occa Friesen. — Sherry Dawn, infant Saskatoon, Sask., officiated. sion. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frie sen, Patricia Emily, infant daughter of MARRIED Mr. and Mrs. Edward Friesen, and Inspiration Brown-Martin. — On August 5th Brian Burton and Donald Henry, in Little plant upon my windowsill Louise Marie Brown, daughter of Mrs. fant sons of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Frie I view you from my couch of pain Henry Swanton, was married to John sen, all of Roblin, Manitoba, were bap My greatest inspiration. Martin of Yuma, Ariz., in San Diego, tized at Roblin on Sept. 19th. Rev. Cared for or neglected, Calif. Henry Reddekopp of Saskatoon, Sask., Good your soil or barren officiated. Always you do the best you can Bible Reading Giving back to God again Theoman.—John Edgar, infant son The life He gives to you. of Eugene M. and La Etta Thorington Hazel Baker Clark. Theuman, Lynbrook, Long Island, both For Love members of the Brooklyn New Church Dear God, I pray for my own heart Society, was baptized Aug. 28 in Cam That grieves at petty things. bridge, Mass., at the home of Rev. and So if the needs that I impart Mrs. William F. Wunsch, the Rev. Mr. Form selfish links of pride, Wunsch officiating. Have patience with my utterings, Dear God, lay them aside. Give peaceful blessing now tonight, A Prayer For needs more great than mine, Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, Still cloud your vision with their might, unto whom all hearts are open, all de Reach greater heights above, sires known, and from whom no secrets For these an answer God, divine. are hid, take now the veil from our Let nations war for love. insincerities and enable us to worship Neil Kinder. in spirit and in truth. Grant us the gift of genuine grief for our many misdoings; may we see with Kansas Association Meets sobering clarity the hideousness of all Read Daily Because The Kansas Association held its an sin and be shocked into sincere re I nual meeting in Pawnee Rock on Oct. pentance by recognizing sin in our own The Holy Scriptures "are able to 24. More details concerning this gath lives. Forgive us, we beseech Thee, make thee wise unto salvation through ering will be given later. Officers of for making liabilities of our assets and faith which is in Christ Jesus." (II the Kansas Association are: President, for not making assets of our liabilities. Timothy 8:15) Rev. E. J. Zacharias, Pretty Prairie; Forgive us, O God, for not expecting II any great things of Thee or of ourselves, A vague intention to read the Bible Vice-President, Rev. Julian Kendig, for consigning our dreams to premature drifts into nothingness until you really Pawnee Rock; Secretary, Al Kroeker, graves and for allowing our legacy of make a day by day beginning. Great Bend; Treasurer, Otto Unruh, childlike wonder to slip through our Ill Larned. fingers. Mercifully grant us pardon Reading the Bible daily and devoutly for our uncertainty concerning Thy helps to develop a happy and useful BIRTHS existence and Thy love for us; for our life. Woofenden. — Born to Rev. and rushing to and fro in frantic self-im IV Mrs. William Woofenden (Louise portance ; for our intolerance, pride and We would lose our way without the uncharitableness. May we now con Dole), New York City, Oct. 11, a faith and truth proclaimed in the writ front Thy holiness and have restored daughter, Laura Jeanne. ten Word of God. unto us the peace that the world can Tucker.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. neither give nor take away. V Wayne Tucker, Montezuma, Kan., Sep. Purposeful reading of these selections 2, a daughter, Donna Elaine. each day has been found highly effec Money For Your Treasury tive by millions of people of all ages. • OVER 1,500.000 VI Funk.—Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ron SUNFLOWER DISH CLOTHS The more faithfully you read God's ald Funk, Swift Current, Sask., Sept. Were told in 19S3 by members of Sunday Schools, Ladies' Aids, Young Peoples Word, the more you will learn to treas 13, a son, Russel Ronald. Groups, etc. The? enable you to earn money for your treasury, and make friends ure it and the greater will be the influ for your organization. • ence of its transforming teaching on Reddekopp.—Born to Rev. and Mrs. Sample Fue to an your life. SANGAMON MILLS Erwin Reddekopp, Edmonton, Alta., {From a leaflet issued by the Ameri Established 1915 Cohoes, N. Y. Sept. 16, a son, Brian Frederick. can Bible Society.) The Fisherman Goes West By Jcdoe Simon Ross Charity Unites: Doctrines Divide

Say not that He died, that they buried In the Christian world it is doctrinal matters which distinguish Him, but rather sag that we saw Him churches, called Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinistic, Reformed, Evan waving a cheery farewell from the brow gelical, and others. It is from doctrines ALONE, that they are so called. of the hill, as He turned and went down This would never be if they made LOVE TO THE LORD and love toward the setting sun. to the neighbor (charity) the first of their faith! Doctrinal matters He came down the gradual slope of then would be merely varieties of opinion concerning the mysteries of the hill to the place he knew so well. faith, which truly Christian men would leave every one to hold in ac Strange that he did not notice this slope cordance with his conscience, and would say in their hearts: A man is which had never been there before. All truly Christian if he lives as a Christian or as the Lord teaches. else was as it always had been. He Thus from all the differing churches there would become one church; went to the dock, pulled in his boat, and all the dissensions which exist from doctrine alone would vanish; cast off and swung smoothly out into yea, the hatreds against one another would be dissipated in a moment, the river. The motor purred sweetly, and the Lord's kingdom would come upon earth. The Ancient Church smoother and more powerful than ever just after the flood, although spread through many kingdoms, still was before, and yet this seemed perfectly such; that is, men differed much among themselves as to doctrinals, but natural, just as it should be. The sun still made charity the principal thing; and they looked upon worship, was low in the west, just the time of not from doctrinals which are of faith, but from charity which is of day when the fish always would bite the life. (Arcana Coelestia 1799:4) best, the tide too was just right. All was perfect and he felt that same old peace and contentment that always hung just past the top. He stood a nified by the encampment of the tribes came when things went as they should. little, knowing that he was to wait. And of Israel. Soon he was at his favorite spot. He then he saw her swinging along with 4256. The relationship between caught about his usual catch, not too her accustomed step, coming up the truth and good. Truth cannot see from many which would spoil the sport, but slope, out of the fog and into his wait itself whether or not it is truth: truth one or two now and then. They gave ing arms. A week, a year, five years, is seen only from good. him the usual thrill as they fought neither knew. It was as if only she 4279. On the internal senses of the against the hook. Again he did not had been off for the day on some ac Word—whom they are for, and that notice that the hour stood steady and customed task, and at eventide they had something of them can be communicated all that was necessary for perfect peace met again. Arms about each other they to men. remained static. He watched the fleecy strolled down the hill. Now all was clouds drift by, felt the gentle breeze at peace again with no haunting some passing through the palms and pines, To Conduct Services For Temple City thing that was to come. And so .... and as always marvelled at the mirrored Jack Odey, Pasadena, will conduct (Judge Ross, author of the forego glory of the whole scene in the water. services for the Temple City (Calif.) ing poetic portrayal of the transition It came to him what a wonderful day New Church Society, now that the Rev. into the future life, is one of Ohio's this would be on the bay. Thomas Reed has left for the New distinguished jurists whose scholarly Church Theological School, according He was trolling along the channel opinions are listened to with respect to information received from one of this markers where he knew the fish lurked by the lawyers of this country. Tie is group's most active members, Mrs. Her- about the rocks around their support. of New Church ancestry and was mine Cough ran. He had a strike or two and boated a brought up in the Nexo Church. He few good ones. How perfect a day. never hesitates to acknowledge with Dois Safely Home One in a million. He went smoothly deep gratitude his indebtedness to the A letter from the Rev. Yonezo Doi on to a particular place he knew along influence of that church.) the channel, dropped his anchor, and informs us that he and his wife have arrived in Tokyo after a pleasant cross it was not long until the big one for which he had so often tried was in The Swedenborg Student ing, despite a typhoon which made a brief visit toward the end of the jour the live box. Although it was still (Continued from page 361) ney. They want to thank all their early, he felt that the day's catch was Notes enough and he turned toward home. friends in the United States for the 42] I2. Those who say that they be kindness and hospitality extended to All the time he was cleaning his fish lieve in a Supreme Being and make no them. Also, the letter informs us that on the dock, there at his wharf he felt account of the Lord have no definite their daughter, Teruka, is to be married, that there was something he should do. beliefs and really worship nature. Nov. 23, to an architect named Yuh. There was an appointment to keep. 4214. No one is in enlightenment Mrs. Doi says she bought the wedding But that was tomorrow. But that who is not in good. dress while in this country, and, when tomorrow he felt was today—now. 4220. On the great change which she showed it to her daughter the latter An absence, a something missing, after death comes to those who trust was literally speechless with delight. which had vaguely flitted across his in themselves and in their own intelli mind as he spent the happy hours, now gence. Party In Honor Of Tobisch became much more definite. He finished 4227. On the methods of the evil in The twenty-fifth anniversary of the preparing his catch, put away his tools, opposing the upright. ministry of the Rev. Othmar Tobisch took the cleaned fish to their accustomed 4231. There is an increase of this and his wife in the San Francisco place, and then turned toward the hill "good of the natural" in the world to Church of the New Jerusalem, was that had never been there but was so day. People and governments are more made the occasion for a celebration in perfectly natural. As he swung along concerned witli the welfare of the un the Parish House shortly after the ser even the unwonted freedom and strength fortunate and the general improvement vice, Sept. 19. A huge cake bearing of his stride went unnoticed. Soon he of external conditions than ever before. the inscription, "Our love and grati reached the brow and was not surprised 4236 ff. On the power of truths and tude to Rev. Mr. Tobisch for twenty- at the fog which on this clearest of days goods when marshaled in order, as sig five years of devoted service'" was pre-

367 LETTERS tth°e EDITOR Leadership Training Unrealistic Healing Ideas To the Editor: To the Editor: During the last week of the New- Interest the Laymen It seems that the articles on healing Church Assembly in Fryeburg, a series are increasing. Some opinions are ex of conferences was held to plan a Lead To the Editor: pressed in such a misleading way as to ership Training program for the young lead the stranger to believe that the It lias long been apparent that there people for next year. is a lamentable lack of lay leadership opinions expressed are those of Swed- Fryeburg is a delightful success as enborg. There is conflict in such in the New Church. Too often in the a family camp—all ages are welcome, history of a society a single member opinions. This is not understood by the and all ages do attend—babies, little stranger. Is it not proper to suggest has carried the full burden of steward children, older children, young people, ship and at his inevitable passing the that the Messenger, be careful to see and all ages of older people. There are that all such matter is presented in church has closed its doors and entered classes for everyone every morning ex the ranks of "former societies." such a way as to not mislead the reader cept Outing Day and Sunday. Morn as to its origin? As a means of developing a stronger ing Service at the Fryeburg church and It would be helpful if everything leadership among her lay members, a an Evening Service at the camp is the published on this subject is first tested definite program is evolving in the Bal Sunday program. to see whether it is realistic. For in timore Society which may be of interest Nearly all the young people have stance, does it consider hell the origin to other church groups. duties about serving the meals, washing of such diseased conditions as that form dishes, caring for the tents, and so on. For the first time in many years, of mold which we know as penicillin? The young people attend one class in perhaps for the first time in the history Also, is the discussion limited to the morning with all the rest of us, and of the Baltimore Society, services of human ills or does it also include the then have also a class of their own, worship were held on every Sunday ills of other animals and of plant life? which was taught this year by Mrs. throughout the entire year. In the ab Does it explain the fatal cases of pneu Gwynne Mack. sence of the minister these services monia contracted by a wee infant? What the Leadership Training pro were conducted by lay members of the Does it consider pneumonia in animals, gram wants to establish is some relig Society. Nine laymen each took one such as dogs? Does it consider the ious activity carried out by, for, and service. Eight of these leaders are blight on plants? with the young people themselves. young men with professional training. Let me explain in this way: I think One of the delights of Fryeburg to Two are lawyers, three hold university it is harmful to explain human ills and those of us who are homemakers is the degrees in engineering, one is a reporter their cures by theories which do not pleasure of sitting down to meal after on the Baltimore Sun, one is in the re also explain the ills and cures of ani meal that we did not have to plan, cook tail jewelry business, one is a salesman mals and plants, as by reference to the or serve, but probably none of us would of office equipment, and the senior mem functioning of the spiritual mind, with care to give up the pleasure and satis ber of the group is George Pausch, vice- out explaining how the same reasoning faction of serving good meals at home. president of Convention. applies to lower animals and to plants, We also delight in the "spiritual or explaining that it does not apply to This program was exceedingly well meals" served to us by the lectures or other animals and to plants. received by the members of the Balti classes each morning. But the young We must realize that there is a dif more Society, especially in the form of people in particular need to have some ference between expressing ourselves good attendance, in spite of the tradi of the joy that goes into preparing a on such a subject in a group of friends, tionally torrid temperatures of a Mary spiritual feast for others. and expressing ourselves in print in a land summer. During the discussion of the Leader magazine which is used for missionary ship Training plans, one of the young Another phase of this leadership purposes and is carefully scrutinized people told how easy she found it to training program is the rotation of the by the stranger to see what kind of sit down and read her Bible and the superintendence' of the Sunday School. people we are, and whether we can Writings ivhen she was among others This September, after completing three think straight. who were doing the same thing. A years of service, the superintendent Gordon C. Mack, Akron, Ohio. stepped aside to give experience to young man told, if I report correctly, another layman. At the last annual of eight-hour discussions of religion meeting of the Society a trustee refused among students met for a "conference." PERRY Another young man thought that Frye renomination so that another young man KINDERGARTEN NORMAL could serve on this board. burg;—as a church camp—asked far too little of its young people in study and SCHOOL The value of such a program is al discussion of what the Church wants to ESTABLISHED 1898 ready being felt in the Society. All of give them. these laymen, with perhaps one excep Ordinary "education" gives nothing Students upon graduation at the tion, are at present active in the work in the way of information on what the end of three years' training are pre of the Baltimore Society, and serve on New Church teaches. Fryeburg classes pared for teaching in nursery school, one or more committees. spread a ricli feast of the results of kindergarten and primary grades. This brief report would not be com study of its most able adults. What Graduates of Perry Normal may plete without expressing a word of the Leadership Training program hopes obtain their B.S. degree in Educa gratitude to the following members of to establish is an opportunity for study, tion through College credits allowed the Baltimore New Church who are discussion and "results" by the young and attendance at College summer participating in this program: Messrs. people themselves, under the leadership school sessions. George Pausch, Milton Honemann, and in companionship with other young Send for catalog people, including, of course, young men James Spamer, Henry Diener, Wilbur Mrs. H. H. Jones, Principal in training for the New-Church min Preston, Herbert Brandt, Daniel Hone istry. F. Gardiner Perry, Manager mann and Alfred Spamer. Sincerely, 815 Boylston Street, Room M Clayton Priestnal, Cornelia H. Hotson. Boston 16, Masi. Baltimore, Md. Beth Ayres, Pa.

366 "You see what you have done," scolded his grandmother. But William was not taken aback. Two Musicians Rachmaninoff smiled and replied, "I Keeping his eyes fixed on Rachmanin by Antoni Gronowics don't know." off, he said, "I want to be a pianist and It was a day in early spring. The "Oh yes, you are," the lad replied. a composer. I want to stay here with Mr. Rachmaninoff as long as possible. sun was shining brightly on the roof "I even remember your name. I've I want to learn the secrets of music tops of New York City, and the air was been at your concerts several times. I from him. Is there anything wrong clean and fragrant. Sergei Rachmanin play, too, and I want to be a pianist. about that? I love his music. And off entered Central Park for an after Your name is Sergei Rachmaninoff." now that I have met him, I love him, noon stroll and relaxation, after hours Embarrassed, he felt he had made a too." of work at the piano. There were more precious discovery, and kept looking than the usual number of pigeons, and excitedly at the famous man. This display of boyish admiration fewer than the usual number of people "Perhaps," responded the composer pleased and amused the great composer. in the park, for it was a week-day. modestly, but with his amused smile he They started out in search of peanuts He sat down on an empty bench in confirmed the boy's recognition. for the pigeons: the grandmother, the the shadow of the green branches and boy, and Rachmaninoff. William prac The grandmother looked up from her looked out upon the lake in which tically dancing with joy as he walked knitting. "You are being rude, Wil ducks swam contentedly. As he watched along. He would now have something liam," she said. them gliding through the water so si exciting to tell his music school friends. But, carried away by his discovery, lently with their heads proudly cocked And each recital of his story would end the boy continued in breathless excite in the air, the thought came to him that up with these words: ment, "I play too, but not as beauti they must have learned this technique fully as you do. I like your Second "Mr. Rachmaninoff not only talked from the swans. The scene brought Concerto for Piano best of all—the one with me about music and my future. back to Sergei vivid memories of his you played at Carnegie Hall. I We even fed the pigeons together in youth: Russia—fishing—swimming— thought that Schumann's Carnival, Central Park." his kindhearted grandmother. Chopin's Sonata in B flat minor, and Suddenly a flock of pigeons descended Beethoven's compositions, and Liszt's with a great whir of wings, and alighted Sonata in B minor were wonderful." on the pavement between him and the Talks On Second Coming He was proud of his knowledge of edge of the lake. They were of many "Our Lord's Second Coming" is the music. colors: white, gray, brown, silvery; and subject for a series of three lectures they walked tamely around his bench His grandmother and Rachmaninoff to be given by the Rev. William F. in search of bread crumbs, nuts, or any exchanged smiles. Then the composer Wunsch, pastor of the National Church, other bits of food they could find. Sud said, "An unusual child. He even re Washington, D. C, in the vestry of the denly a young boy appeared carrying members what I played." Church of the New Jerusalem, Boston. a paper filled with bread crumbs. He "All he remembers is music, it is his The dates for these lectures are No was about eleven years old, red- one interest," she replied. A moment vember 2, 9, and 16. cheeked, smiling. ' With him was an later she added with a smile, "Oh, he elderly lady, apparently his grand also likes to feed the birds, as you notice." mother. The boy took handfuls of "The sure foundations of the state The boy brushed his hair back from bread crumbs from the bag and scat are laid in knowledge, not in ignorance. his forehead and said, "That's all right, tered them among the pigeons. Like Every sneer at education, at culture, at isn't it?" ballerinas, the birds tripped eagerly book learning — which is the recorded and gaily about, pecking at the crumbs. "What is your name?" the composer wisdom of the experience of mankind— When the boy had distributed all the asked. is the demagogue's sneer at intelligent crumbs in the bag, he began pulling his "William—William Kapell." liberty, inviting national degeneracy companion toward the bencli on which "And mine is Sergei—Sergei Rach and ruin."—George William Cuiitis" Rachmaninoff was sitting. Playfully maninoff." shaping the bag into a hat for his head, William's grandmother stared at the the boy said, "It's funny, that I should musician in awed admiration. They be be feeding pigeons, isn't it, Grandma?" gan talking about art. And during the "Why?" she asked, smiling at his "Rules of Life" course of the conversation, she told Swedenborg's "Rules of Life," antics. She sat down at the opposite him, that she had come from Russia handsomely lettered on an illu end of the bench, took some yarn from years before. William kept interrupt her hand bag and began to knit. minated wall card, blue and gold, ing them and asked endless questions. 7 x 10, now available again, with "Only old people or silly girls feed In an effort to stem the flow of boyish the birds and squirrels." mailing envelope. curiosity and enthusiasm, the grand After delivering that observation, he mother finally said, "William, here is ALSO looked up at Rachmaninoff and fixed a ten cents, go and buy peanuts for the Markham's Swedenborg Poem long and scrutinizing gaze on the un pigeons." Similar to above. Red and gold. known man of distinguished appear "Now?" asked the boy in surprise. The famous dedicatory poem be ance. Rachmaninoff smiled kindly at ginning with the majestic lines, "Of course, now," she replied. him, and the boy turned in sudden "Out of the north, the great seer eagerness to his grandmother and mur "You can do anything to me, but you rose to scan, the genesis and des mured something excitedly to her. She can't do that. I won't go, and that's tiny of man." glanced discreetly at the park bench all! I won't go even if you give me a neighbor and nodded quietly. The boy hundred dollars!" Purchase from your bookroom, or send 16^ for each direct to the coughed and said, with a blush, "Ex "In that case, we shall go together," cuse me, but aren't you the famous Rus Rachmaninoff said, rising from his SWEDENBORG FOUNDATION sian composer?" bench. 51 East 42nd St., N. Y. 17, N. Y.

365 l&tuitettt be no conjunction of heaven, thus no been born to Jacob by his wives and conjunction of the Lord, with man; their handmaids, and he had acquired Arcana Class I — November, 1954 and if there were no conjunction, the large flocks and herds and many ser Volume XI. 9350-9406 human race on this earth would utterly vants. perish." Truth and love from the Lord Esau had come to control a consider November 1 - 7 9350 — 9376 are ultimated in light and heat in the able territory. Jacob had to pass 8-14 9377 —9391* material world. And just as the ex through this territory on his way back 15-21 93917— 9395 ternal man needs light and heat, the to the land of Canaan and when Esau 22 - 30 9396 — 9406 internal man needs truth and love. sent four hundred armed men to meet The reading for this month deals "And therefore, without this light and him, Jacob, conscious of the wrong he with the first half of the twenty-fourth heat, the internal man would become had done his brother, "feared exceed chapter of Exodus. The Israelites are blind and cold, and would die, just as ingly and was distressed," and sent a still at Sinai. The ten commandments the external man would die if deprived large gift to Esau of sheep, cattle, had been given, and now preparation of the heat and light of the sun." camels, and asses, and even divided his for further instruction is being made. (9400*) household and servants into two camps The literal story describes an important Notes so that if one should be smitten the event in the history of the Jewish 9358. The Lord was born on this other might escape. people. In its letter this portion of earth that the Word might be written, Spiritually this is the story of the Scripture seems out of date, irrelevant published, and preserved for all pos temptation which comes with a change to the purposes of modern life, and terity, that it might not be perverted of state, when man ceases to be gov doubtless many would find little inter or limited by individual idiosyncrasies, erned by his love of truth and begins est in it. This is true of large portions and that it might remain in its integrity to be governed by his love of good. The of the Old Testament; yet when some forever. words "Thus shall ye say to my lord thing of its internal meaning is known, 93G3 ff. On the necessity of believ Esau" signify this acknowledgment that the story takes on a new glory. ing those things which the Word teaches good holds the higher place. At first, "The subject treated of in the in and living according to them. because we have to learn what is true ternal sense is the Word given by the 9373. The obscurity in which the before we can live it, truth apparently Lord through heaven; what is the na world was when the Lord came, so that has first place. But when we have ture of it; that it is Divine in both it did not recognize or receive Him. come to live the truth from affection, senses, the internal and the external; There is much of this obscurity today. it becomes good, and then good assumes and that through it there is conjunc 9378. "And Moses alone, shall come its rightful first place. This change tion of heaven with man." (9370) near unto Jehovah." Moses represents in relationship is expressed in the terms The short discourses which precede the Word, or the Lord. Actually no "truth from good" and "truth from this chapter, "The reasons why the man can of himself come near to the which is good." The truths from which Lord willed to be born on our earth, Lord, or conjoin himself with Him, but is good are the truths one learns before and not on another" and "The doctrine the Lord comes near to man and draws regeneration. After regeneration truths of charity and faith," both have to do him to Himself. are perceived from good. with the Word and belief in it and form 9380. On the necessity of knowing It has been noted that this change a fitting introduction. something of the internal sense of the involves temptation. These are inward The Word has its natural history— Word. conflicts, having to do with our motives how it was given to men and spread 9382. We should go to the Word and desires. It is interesting to note throughout the world—and it is a mar for the sake of learning the truth that that very little is said in the Gospels velous and inspiring one; but its spirit it may be applied to the amendment of of the Lord's temptations. The forty ual history is even more marvelous. life; otherwise we get no enlightenment. days' temptation in the wilderness, the The Word was given by the Lord Him 9386. On the two memories, the ex temptation at Gethsemane, and the suf self and is the only means of conjunc terior and the interior. What is writ fering on the cross are the only ones tion between the Lord and mankind. ten on the interior memory remains to mentioned. Yet His whole life was The Word is the Divine Truth accom all eternity and is never blotted out. one of temptation and victory. Most modated to reception by men. The The interior memory is man's "book of of His temptations did not come under Gospel of John declares, "In the be life." human observation. And so it is with ginning was the Word, and the Word 9391. This is important for its cor us. They are inner struggles which was with God, and the Word was God." respondences and definitions; e.g., no one sees. The Word inmostly expresses His af "hired men" are those who do what is Regeneration is a life work. But fections and thoughts, His love and good for the sake of profit. we should know that the Lord is with wisdom. Just as man's affections and 93969. When the Word is received, us and will overcome in us all that thoughts are the man himself, so the the Lord Himself is received. stands in our way if we will let Him. affections and thoughts that are in the 9405. Those who look to themselves Jacob's fears were unwarranted. Esau Word are the Lord. The Word tells for light cannot understand the Word received him gladly. There is no loss of His relation to the world, His Provi nor see the Lord in it. when we pass from a lower to a higher dence over men and His operation in state of life. On the contrary all that history. Arcana Class II — November, 1954 is good is made more living than be By the Word men are conjoined to Volume V, 4209-Volume VI, 4281 fore, and we enter into greater enjoy heaven and to the Lord and He is pres ment even of the things of the world. November 1-7 4209 -r- 4224 ent with them, for when the Word is At this stage of the Bible story in its received, the Lord is received. 8-14 4225 — 4236 inner meaning truth and good were not Nothing exists in itself or from itself 15-21 4287 — 4254 as yet completely conjoined. This was except the Lord. Man's body is formed 21-30 4255 — 4281 pictured by the fact that Jacob's thigh by and lives from its soul, and the soul, Twenty years had passed since Jacob was thrown out of joint when he which is the internal man, has its life had cheated Esau out of his birthright wrestled with the angel. And with from the Lord. We read (94002), "A and the blessing due him as the first Jacob's actual posterity there was to sane conclusion from this is that with born. During that time both Jacob and be complete lack of this conjunction. out the Word on this earth there would Esau had prospered. Eleven sons had (Continued on page 367)

364 Split Mountain Camp-1954 Advance Guard are busy days. There and I were standing on the edge of is a lot of work just plain digging Camp talking, when the campers gath A Silver Jubilee called for to set up a "primitive camp." ered for their first class in this year's by Andre Diaconoff "Frisky" (Tom Buck) and "Crusoe" course on The Beginning of Wisdom. (Peter Diaconoff) came with "Plato" The Krentzes' little daughter, Nancy, Dalley's Rivernook Ranch has a wide (undersigned) and "Robin," his wife came running to us: "Don't talk so loud and welcoming gate with an old cotton- (Mrs. Andre Diaconoff), to be on Ad .. . the class has started. They are wood tree growing beside it. To one vance Guard. We know that many "old having Wisdom!" side is a weathered barn, to the other timers" were there witli us in spirit, an orchard, and beyond a garden gate, who could not be there in bodily pres

with the coolness and the color of a ence. well-tended garden about it, stands the Congratulations, Mrs. Rogers This twenty-fifth session was held house. This could be just another well- A stalwart of the New Church, Mrs. where Camp has met both before and rooted Western ranch, but it is very Kate Byrne Rogers, will celebrate her after the war. Driving beyond the "special" to us who know Split Moun ninetieth birthday, Nov. 3. Mrs. Rogers ranch yard through the pasture ... look tain Camp. When our cars enter the is now living with her son-in-law and there, ahead of you, the line of cotton gate into the ranch yard, we are prac her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth woods and willows marks the river. tically on the threshold of Camp. Marchant, Bradford, Pa. Just across rise the slopes of Split Coming from San Diego, you drive Mountain dotted with hardy, thirsty Mrs. Rogers was born in London, about three hundred miles and from Los pine trees. And the memories of past England, and came to Canada with her Angeles, one hundred and eighty or so, years come to you at the sight. Do you parents at the age of three. Until her mostly North across the Mojave desert. remember the sessions of recent years? marriage to the late Frank R. Rogers Coming from the San Francisco Bay The directors who led them? "Pepper," of Toronto, Ontario, she lived with her area, you travel three hundred miles whose "city-name" is now Doctor family in Hamilton, Ontario. It was down the Central Valley of California, George Lee Walker, "Phil" (Duane after her marriage that her husband's then fifty miles more up the Kern River Lundberg) better known as Philzey mother made her acquainted with the Canyon from Bakersfield, the road of (good, old Philzey), Mrs. Robert writings of Swedenborg. Later she the three hundred and sixty-five turns— Knierim, Esther Bateman Knierim, of moved to Buffalo, N. Y., where she count them for yourself, brother. Sacramento, and "Bul-Bul," (Merle raised her family of six children, all of The sun is hot and bright; the air Lundberg) the 1953 director, who came whom were baptized into the New smells good of meadow and mountain. with his wife "Jockey" to help with Church by the late missionary minister, You are glad to be alive. Campers the start of the 1954 session. "Ark" the Rev. Bowers, Toronto, Ontario, came from the North and the South, (for^ Archimedes), Rev. Robert L. and all of whom attended the New twenty-four strong, to the 1954 session. Young for any who wish a formal in Church Sunday School. It was the twenty-fifth session of Split troduction, and his wife, "Prunes" Mrs. Rogers spends much of her Mountain Camp, and was held from (Mrs. Betsy Schellenberg Young) were ' time in reading the books of Sweden August 15 to 29. Its theme was, The there in spirit, as were "Socrates" Rev. borg and never misses an opportunity Beginning of Wisdom, "Chico," (Philip Othmar Tobisch, and his wife, Tippy to speak of her religion to friends and (for "Xantippe" .. . but, oh how she Diaconoff), and his wife "Penny," acquaintances. She has also been an (Catherine Winslow Diaconoff), were has improved in the past twenty-five interested reader of the New-Church director and co-director, assisted by hundred years). Messenger for all these years. She a splendid staff of six. Members This Jubilee session opened, as Split makes her home with her daughters and of the staff were: the 1954 "Camp Mountain Camp always opens, with the son, dividing her time, since most of Minister," "Leo," (short for Gal- first campfire. The flames rise in the them have moved from Buffalo. Mrs. lileo, which in turn is short for Rev. dark of the Sunday evening; they light Herbert G. Fawcett resides in Lake Owen T. Turley), the Camp Father the faces of the campers sitting in two land, Fla.; Mrs. Arthur Palmer in Las "Brace," (Mr. Walter Krentz, of El semi-circles: those "who have been be Vegas, Nev.; Albert B. Rogers in Clar Cerrito); his wife, whose Camp name fore" and "the new ones"; and the glow ence, N. Y.; Mrs. Kenneth Marchant is "Bits," was there for the opening of of the fire reveals the upper boughs of in Bradford, Pa.; and Mrs. George Leib the session; the Camp Mother "Teka" the big cottonwood and is reflected in in Buffalo, N. Y. Mrs. Rogers has sis (Mrs. Boughton, of El Cerrito); the Kern. Now comes the ceremony of grandchildren and the same number of "Meda" (for Andromeda, Mrs. Wallace the pine-cone. The director holds it in great-grandchildren. Many of the mem Hebberd, of Santa Barbara) the Camp his hand. He calls out the "city name" bers of the family plan to gather in her nurse and an enthusiastic naturalist of new campers, one by one, and as honor on her birthday. and artist; the Junior Counsellor they come forward he tells them their "Deet," for Detour, (Charles Boericke, new names, the names they will have Jr., of Berkeley) and the Camp Cook, from now on in the Camp. (Many of THE "Epi" (for Epicure, Mrs. Samantha the campers use it in their city life Post, of Los Angeles). after that.) The new camper is then SERMON Some days before Split Mountain given a scale from the pine cone and on the Camp is scheduled to open, a group of asked to speak a wish for Split Moun MOUNT old timers gathers to plan and to set tain Camp as he throws the scale into * up Camp, under the trees, and the the campfire. Then he is seated in the Rev. Richard H. Teed open sky, by the deep, swift flowing circle of "the initiated," that is, those Acacia Press Melbourne who have S. M. C. names for years stream. The venerable wood-burning 90 pages Price —$1.00 \\ stove, the table and shelves in the before. So begins for him the life in kitchen, the dining room, and the dormi "the heavenly society" of Split Moun tories must all have attention. This tain Camp. "All for one and one for MASSACHUSETTS group is known as the Advance Guard all." NEW CHURCH UNION of S. M. C, and they have traditions We of the 1954 Advance Guard left 134 Bowdoin St., Boston 8, Mot. and plans of their own. The days of on Monday morning. "Bits," "Robin"

363 A Rewarding Vacation Maine, enlightened us with a scries of River, north of the Bay of San Fran at Fryeburg talks on the History of Christianity. cisco, combines a great many advan We were also fortunate in having tages for camps. The climate is favor by Mns. Clark S. Nichols two of our prominent laymen, Mrs. able; never too hot nor too cold, never David Mack, New York, and Dr. Roy any rain in the summer, always sun Swedenborg wrote in his Heavenly Swanton, Newtonville, Massachusetts, shine, always a cool shade under the Doctrine that: "There are two loves speak to us. trees, always the opportunity to go from which all truth and good come: Any of the above mentioned lectures, swimming in the river, and nature al ways calling for new explorations. A love to the Lord and to the neighbor." tape recorded at the time they were Evidence of this was seen not only in given, may be obtained by writing to real jungle fills the valley, and only word but in deed during the 29th An Rev. William Woofenden at New York. small trails connect the camp sites un nual New Church Assembly in Frye Outside of these interesting lectures der the branches of vines and colossal burg, Maine. given by New Church ministers and trees. The air is fragrant of wild mint That Swedenborg's writings give prominent laymen, emphasis was again and laurel, with rare butterflies tum comfort and assurance in time of trouble given to the question panel box, which bling around. Even if you were of was shown by the Rev. Everett K. offered everyone a better opportunity fered a house or a tent — you would Bray. Although his earthly loss in the to gain more knowledge of the True prefer to sleep in the open, with the passing into the Heavenly World on Religion. birds flying overhead coming quite close; some even nesting within the August 21st of his dearly beloved wife There were two new additions to the area of the dormitory. They often was great, he gave understanding and program this year. The New Church filled the morning with songs such as help to all at the Assembly. Theological School sponsored the at I have never heard before. If the day One of the most spontaneous acts of tendance during the first week of pro got warm towards noon, the children love of the Lord and the neighbor was spective students for the ministry. jumped into the water, and their joy shown when those present contributed During the last week a group, including in swimming under the branches of the some $500 toward the construction of a Mr. Horan Gutfeldt and the Rev. David trees had no end. The last camp ar duplex cabin to be built near the main Garrett, met to consider a youth lead ranged a water-circus with contests in building, overlooking the Saco River. ership program. The Assembly is of stone-skipping, races on rafts, swim This will be called "The Bray Cabin" fering to cooperate with the Convention ming, diving, and horseback games. A in memory of Orah H. Bray, who by next year in a leadership training pro "Father Neptune" was director of these her cheerful presence contributed much gram provided that the leadership work activities, until he himself could not to many sessions of the Assembly. does not interfere witli the regular pro resist jumping into the water. For three full weeks, the Assembly gram of the Assembly. had interwoven into it all the thrills of It fills one's heart with a deep joy As has been past practice, we enjoyed meeting old and new New-Church to be able to contribute to the happi a weekly outing day. Our most inter friends from at least ten states, besides ness of the little crowd, and still more esting and entertaining was spent at having the comforts and loves learned to know that the camps mean not only Lake Sunapee at the gracious invitation from the Teachings, all in a vacation fun and relaxation, but an opportunity of Mr. and Mrs. John Seekamp. We atmosphere in one of the country's most to bring the Bible and the teachings of would all like to thank the Seekamps the Church to a new life. Several Bible beautiful sections. again for showing us such a grand time. Mr. F. Gardiner Perry of Needham, stories were dramatized by the children. Many thanks go to Miss Anne Carey Mass., his family; Richard and Donald (The lions in the scene of Daniel in Bradley for her generous donation to Foster of Philadelphia, and Mr. Joseph their den were really dangerous!) Mrs. the Assembly, realized from the auction Caldwell of the Theological School had Roy Bateman has a special ability to held annually of her many fine paint inspire enthusiasm for these stories. the tremendous task of readying the ings. twenty-two acres of Assembly grounds Several groups studied them and dis Everyone will be interested to know for the opening date on Aug. 7. The played them before the whole camp, in that the Assembly suffered no damage many chores involved in securing the an original and creative way. during "Hurricane Carol." grounds after closing date on Aug. 29 And beyond this, what united all, was were completed with the good help of a feeling of harmony, of mutual respect, Phil Lawrence and Don Foster, and the of integration into a solitary group, use of a Dodge truck contributed by From the Youngest Camp This will be an unforgettable experi Joe Byron of Fryeburg. ence for all the campers who were by HoitAND Gutfeldt Proof of the fact told by Rev. Bray there. It has happened that some in of the great need of properly trained Outside of California, few people quired about the next camp the day and ordained men to serve in the min know about the Oneonta Camp and the they arrived at home. It needs to be istry were exemplified in the lectures Harmony-Hide-Out Camp. Both are noted that many campers did not be offered by the Rev. William Woofenden young, vigorous and full of promise. long to the New Church, and yet they of the New York Society and the Rev. They can be ranked as the more pros will never forget what they have ex Ernest Martin of the Wilmington, Del perous of the enterprises of our church. perienced while in these camps. We aware, Society, two young and energetic During the last summer nearly a hun readily got help from people who do ministers. Rev. Mr. Woofenden's dis dred children of ages between 5 and 13 not even belong to our Church. These cussion of the agenda of the meeting years stayed in these camps. The staff gave their energy and their time for of the World Council of Churches was numbered over thirty, if everybody who this plan. Among others, a member of of great interest to all of us. worked is counted. These figures do the General Church served as a coun Rev. Mr. Bray's lectures will always not include those for the Split Moun selor in the last camp. he turned to by New Churchmen every tain Camp. The children came from all These camps are helping to train a where. The Rev. William Beales, De over the West Coast—from Tacoma, generation to know the doctrines of our troit, Mich., helped to bolster the Wash., to Los Angeles—an area of church not as mere theory but as the strength and understanding of the New 900 miles in length. peace and the happiness which they Church by his series of dynamic lec The site of these camps is ideal for have experienced in fellowship with tures. The Rev. Louis Dole of Bath, outdoor life. The valley of the Napa others in the great outdoors.

362 Worship, Study and Play at the Almont Summer School

by Helen Hathaway

The 1954 session of the Almont Sum Blackmer for the first week of the defatigable worker the week before the mer School, extending from July 25th session. Mr. Blackmer talked with us session and was the real spark plug of through August 8th, was fully up to about the problems of the Church in all the activities. the standard; in fact was an unusually general. Mrs. Blackmer gave us a The program consisted of the Almont successful one. searching talk on "The Goal of Chris Newspaper, Twenty Questions, singing From the physical standpoint, it was tian Women." There were also present around the big bonfire, the treasure evident to all upon arrival that the through the session, the Rev. Henry C. hunt; the scavenger hunt; swimming "Cleaning Bee" held the previous week Giunta of Cleveland, and the Rev. Im- trips, and an all-day picnic for young had done efficient work in cleaning up manuel Tafel of Chicago. The Rev. and old at Norton's Park near Romeo. the grounds and getting the buildings and Mrs. Leon C. LeVan of Pittsburgh, There were the usual evenings of games in shape. The outstanding achievement Pa., and the Rev. and Mrs. William H. and square dances; and, of course, the was the re-decorating of our loved Beales of Detroit were there the last masquerade or costume party. chapel. This had been needed for a week. The Rev. and Mrs. Louis A. Dole There were two afternoon meetings long time, but the wherewithal had not of Maine paid us a visit the last Sun of the Almont Auxiliary, at which the been forthcoming until this session day. Mr. LeVan was unable to give his president, Mrs. Edith Chalmers, pre when funds were made available through scheduled lectures because of back in sided. The Treasurer, Mrs. Edith Brink, the generous gift from a loyal friend juries. He did give several talks about presented an excellent report of the fi and supporter of the work. This gift "Space Ships." Dr. Giunta's lectures nancial status. The Auxiliary is a was given in memory of this woman's were on "The Lord's Prayer." Mr. member of the National Alliance. This mother and sister who were among the Tafel's general topic was "The Philos group is responsible for much of the early attendants at Almont ophy of Swedenborg." Mr. Beales gave improvement at camp. A report of the The walls with their fresh coat of us two excellent lectures. Mr. Tafel National Alliance meeting at Conven pale green and the ceiling in bone white, conducted the class of young people tion was given. were a delight to the eye and added to and older children. Mrs. Earl Parker In summing up the whole session, the enjoyment of the services. New of Lansing and Mrs. John Locke of the story is not complete without men white shades were purchased. Another Detroit were the other teachers. Miss tioning two or three features which legacy made possible the purchase of Dorothea Pfister of Cleveland, better might be taken for granted, but which carpeting for the floor of the chancel known as "Aunty Dora" to the children, added much to the health, comfort, de and a runner for the aisle. One of our is our loved Superintendent. velopment and pleasure of all con young men from Grand Rapids, Otto It is a great pleasure to report that cerned. There was the excellent food Voss, did the painting. The attend the young missionary, Mr. Horand Gut- so capably provided by the cooks, and ance was quite up to the mark. The feldt from Germany, at present a stu also the many gorgeous flowers graci number registered at the start was fifty dent for the ministry at the Cambridge ously supplied by Mrs. Fred Smith of and ranged up to seventy-five at flag- Theological School, was at Almont the Birmingham, Mich, and Mrs. Harry raising and lowering, with one hundred last week. The young people were Wilcox of Almont. forty-four staying for dinner on the very happy in working with him. Be It is also pleasant and inspiring to middle Sunday. sides assisting in conducting the chapel recall one of the last chapel services, As the group joined hands and services, he entertained the group with at which the children showed the Bible circled around the flag-pole, they espe slides showing the work of some of the pictures which they had carefully cially enjoyed seeing unfurled, the other New Church camps. He also pasted illustrating the subjects they beautiful flags which were presented to showed views of the Cathedral at Bryn had studied, and the Scripture verses the school a year ago by Mrs. Alice Athyn and of the Palos Verdes Chapel. they recited. Gustafson in memory of her husband, Mr. Frank Hamilton of Almont pre We left feeling that the 1954 session the late Donald C. Gustafson who was sented slides showing the New Church had been a truly happy and successful for many years Superintendent of the Center at St. Petersburg, Florida. The one. This was due to the enthusiastic school. It was also our pleasure to youth work was well planned and car and earnest work of everyone: the min have Mrs. Gustafson with us through ried on by Marilyn Lau of Detroit. isters, the faculty and those in attend out the session this year. Marilyn is president of the newly- ance from the youngest to the oldest. We were indeed fortunate to have formed. Detroit League. All at camp These ages ranged from two to ninety- with us the Rev. and Mrs. Franklin H. this summer are agreed that this was three. "Marilyn's session." She was an in- We send a cordial invitation to all who read this to be with us in 1955. COLLECT STAMPS? Help Your Missions Too NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE Try our Famous Mission Mixtures ASSOCIATION Worldwide accumulations. Only two GOWNS This New Church Association (in kinds. U. S. only, $1.00; All-World, corporated in 1907), is planning to $1.00. Postpaid. Rich in old, new, Satisfaction in Every Stitch since 1912 develop new activities, probably in the comments., airs, etc. Large lots, oflf- Boston area. Our former work in on paper. Big variety. QUALITY FABRICS Lynn has been taken over by a group LASTING BEAUTY in that city chartered in 1947 as Gregg MISSIONS STAMP OUTLET Wrilt For Catalog** Rl Neighborhood House Association, Inc. We are contributing to this work. Rev. Leslie Marshall, mgr. BENTLEY & SIMON Box 386, St. Petersburg I, Ha. Edwina Warren Wise, President 7 WEST 36 ST • NEW YORK 18, N.Y. William C. Morgan, Treasurer, 27 Whifeomb St., Belmont 79. Matt.

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