are requested to state, that Mr. Clowes's Translation of the Work on "Conjugial Love," which has been some time out of print, is about to be put to press immediately; and, as that work, more than any other, has been made the ground of attack against the doctrines of the New Church, the Committee of the London Printing Society earnestly request their friends, and the readers in general, if they have observed in the Translation any error or

objectionable rendering from the origi nal, to make it known to their Secretary, at the Society's rooms, 12, Tooke's Court, Chancery Lane, by the middle of January, 1840.

The Committee wish it to be clearly understood, that any notice of errors detected in the works published by the Society, or any suggestion for extending the society's usefulness, will be at all times thankfully received. Dec. 19, 1839.

PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS ΤΟ THE REV. SAMUEL NOBLE.To the Editors, &c -Gentlemen,—I have the pleasure of communicating the following notice of the proceedings at the late social meeting of the Congregation of Cross Street Church, London, for the purpose of presenting an Address to their beloved pastor, the Rev. Samuel Noble. The meeting took place at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, on Tuesday the 3rd of December, 1839, where above one hundred and forty ladies and gentlemen assembled to tea at seven o'clock. On the conclusion of the repast, Cornelius Boyle, Esq. was unanimously called to the chair, who, after introducing the business of the meeting by some appropriate remarks, announced that the Secretary to the Committee of the Stewards, would read the Address to Mr. Noble, which had been prepared under their superintendence, embodying the sentiments entertained towards him by the Society and Congregation, on the circumstances which had given occasion for the meeting.

The Address, the tone of which, throughout, was that of pious thanksgiving for the benefits bestowed upon the congregation, and upon the New Church at large, through the medium of Mr. Noble's ministry, and other labors in the cause, commenced with an expression of this devout feeling. The particular occasions for the

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assembly and the Address were then enumerated, as afforded by the cir cumstances, that Mr. Noble has recently entered into the twentieth year of his ministry in the New Church, and over the Cross Street Society,― that he has not long since completed the new edition of his " Appeal," has just terminated the twenty-eighth year of gratuitous literary labor as Editor of the Intellectual Repository, and has lately given to the Church a new translation of the treatise on Heaven and Hell. Each of these occasions for thankfulness and rejoicing was then noticed in a more special manner. illustrating the first, the tribute of the Gold Cup, presented to their Minister by the Congregation in 1829*, was alluded to, (the cup itself having been placed on the table, opposite to the Chairman): the excellence of the discourses delivered by him from the pulpit, and the affecting solemnity of his performance of all his ministerial functions, were also severally recalled to the attention of the Congregation as now assembled. In reciting Mr. Noble's labors, as principal Editor of the Intellectual Repository, from the appearance of the second number, in April, 1812, to that concluding the volume preceding the present, in November, 1839, the ne

* See Intellectual Repository, Second Series, vol. iii. (1828 and 1829) p. 541.

cessarily peculiar character of the periodical literature of the New Church, was pointed out; and among the numerous contributions to the pages of the Repository, in which Mr. N.'s exertions as a correspondent have even exceeded his continued labors as Editor, the demonstrative truth of those which establish, after Swedenborg, the true New-Church Doctrine of the Incarnation and Glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ, was particularly noticed, as calling for the humble but fervent gratitude of the Church, to Him whose minister was now being addressed. The various requisites essential for the translation of the New-Church Writings from the original Latin, were then stated, in opening the subject of Mr. N.'s new version of the work, entitled, "Heaven and its wonders described, with an account of Hell;" and that version was characterized as presenting the first instance of the translation of any work of Swedenborg into pure and idiomatic English. The Address was now brought towards a conclusion, by an assurance of the grateful regard, the respectful, yet affectionate friendship, entertained by the Congregation for their Minister, and after expressing their hope-but with submission to the Divine Will, that he might be continued among them in the exercise of all his functions of use in the New Church, for many years,-until he should receive the Divine invitation, “Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord,"-it terminated, (in the language of Revelations iv. 8, 10; vii. 12), with devout thanksgiving, and the humble ascription of all glory and honor to the Lord alone.

The deep feelings of gratitude and joy excited in the assembly, had been expressed by their applause, as the various themes of the Address were entered upon; but all felt that the emotions called forth by the conclusion, were such as could not be expressed by any external manifestation. After a pause of “speaking silence," therefore, the Chairman proposed the adoption of the Address by the meeting as its own.

This proposition having been moved and seconded,with appropriate speeches, was unanimously agreed to. The Address having thus become that of the Meeting, Mr. Noble now rose, and addressed the assembly in a most dignified and affecting manner, worthy, in all respects, of the occasion and of himself. He began with acknowledging, with deep feeling and gratitude, the honor done him by the Address which had just been read, and which had been so warmly adopted by the meeting; but ascribing to the Lord alone, from whom all things good and true proceed, all the merit and all the honor. He then noticed various cir. cumstances connected with his reception of the New-Church doctrines, and his efforts for their promulgation, both before and after engaging in the Ministry. With respect to his discourses from the pulpit, he observed, having always been profoundly impressed with the distinguishing New-Church truths, that repentance is the first element of the church in man, and that genuine charity consists, in the first place, in the shunning of evil, and, in the second, in the doing of good, he had always labored to impress those truths upon his hearers. Mr. Noble, in allusion to his own course of life, remarked, "He could truly say, that, from his very, childhood, out of the Church and in it, he had lived free from reproach, and had always possessed, in a high degree, the good opinion of all who knew him;" and that, although with regard to the estimation of the Lord, on which all depends, he must "blush for his unworthiness, he still could humbly hope for a judgement of mercy; conscious that he had ever aimed at pursuing a course of straight forward integrity, regardless of the fear and of the favor of men ; and had striven in sincerity to set the Lord always before him." Mr. N. then terminated his reply with some appropriate reflections, derived from the consideration of his own time of

life, and made applicable to the eternal interests of all present.

The Gold Cup was then replenished, as at the meeting for its presentation in 1829, and after the Chairman had pledged Mr. Noble, and Mr. N. the assembly, it was passed round, and the health of Mr. Noble drunk by all present. During this interval several gentlemen addressed the meeting on various topics suggested by the occasion. The singing of the 501st hymn, the theme of which is, "Mutual Love," supplied an appropriate means by which all might give utterance and full expression to their feelings; and the proceedings thus terminating, the meeting broke up, shortly after eleven o'clock, deeply impressed with the sphere of heavenly joy and harmony, which had most sensibly pervaded every bosom.

I am, Gentlemen,
Yours, in the Good Cause,
E. W. B.

London, Dec. 18, 1839. BATH SOCIETY. - We have received a manuscript copy of the tenth Report of the Committee of this Society, read at their Anniversary Meeting, Wednesday, October 2, 1839. From this we are glad to perceive there is a progressive improvement in their finances, indicative, we trust, of a corresponding advancement in the states of the members individually. They have for some time had a building fund, which now amounts to 861.; it has been raised by small contributions, and is intended to provide the means for their removal from their present somewhat ineligible place of worship. This judicious step is characteristic of the proceedings of this society. We refrain from going into the particulars of the Report; but think the following concluding observations will be read with general pleasure.

"As the continual aim of the Lord, by his divine providence, is to join man to himself, and himself to man, that he may give him the felicities of eternal life; and as he hath himself assured us that the time shall come when there shall be one fold under

one shepherd,' it must be a most consolatory contemplation for every sincere Christian to trace, through all the vast improvements now making in the world, that sure and uncontrollable progress of divine truth, which, rooting up the prejudices and errors of mankind, is making a sure and permanent 'preparation for the complete establishment of our Lord's kingdom' upon earth. Every liberal and enlightened member of society, of whatever creed or political party he may be, may feel assured, that as truth moves on, and moral and intellectual advantages, through innumerable channels, are spreading in every direction with it, man by degrees will be valued at what he is, not by what he is called; and that a unity of spirit will more and more so blend the various professors of religion, that ultimately neither kingdoms nor creeds, no diversity of doctrine, nor difference in politics, shall sever the bonds of love in which the whole human family, as the children of one merciful Father, should worship Him as the only Lord of heaven and earth, and be affectionately united to. each other.

"When we consider, not only that the doctrines we profess (which we conscientiously believe to be the doctrines of the true Christian church) are spreading in France, America, Germany, Africa, and other parts of the globe, as well as in every direction in this kingdom, but consider the unexampled extension of education, the noble discoveries in science, the enlightened opinions which begin to prevail on theological and other subjects, where the most inveterate prejudices and the most pernicious errors were long entertained; when we consider further the wonderfully increasing advantages connected with the press,— that admirable invention whereby the improvements and discoveries of an individual are secured to the whole human race; and how rapidly the advantages enjoyed by one nation may now be communicated to another; when all these wonderful improve

ments are reflected on, and we know the mighty efforts which are making by every denomination of Christians for evangelizing the world, let us give to the Lord all the glory of his own great work, and, free from sectarian feeling, rejoice that the hour is come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall live;'-when millions of our fellow-creatures, emerging from the corruptions of their nature, and obeying the precepts of divine truth, shall rise to the life immortal, even from a death unto sin; to a new birth unto righteousness.' Let us never forget, while believing that our Lord, at his first coming, 'bowed the heavens and came down to reconcile the world unto himself;' to prepare man, by a willing obedience to the laws of divine order, for the eternal felicities of heaven, that the great end both of our Lord's first and second advent was the individual salvation of the whole human race. May each of us, therefore, deeply pondering on this consolatory truth, so big with mercy and with hope, let the holy Word come with great power and glory into our souls; that, with simplicity of faith, and singleness of purpose, we may adorn the doctrines we profess, and be continually advancing, by better lives, in the great work of regeneration. Above all things, knowing that faith working by love is the gospel spring of action, let us earnestly pray for that fervent charity, without which all our religious professions, fleeting as the breath that utters them, are like lamps without oil, useless and nothing worth. Charity indeed covereth a multitude of sins; not by atoning for transgressions, but because including every good affection, and consequent hatred of sin, it inclines us to throw a veil over the infirmities of our neighbour, to love him and to do him good; and binding us to each other and to all denominations of our fellow-creatures, it will yield us that serenity of mind which should ever mark the character of every consistent Christian.

If we

earnestly and constantly desire this heavenly spirit, it will conjoin us to

our Lord; who, ever more ready to grant than we to ask, will mercifully supply us with it; then, through all the needful trials and short-lived cares of this probationary state, the Lord will bless us and keep us; will make his face shine on us, and be gracious unto us; will lift up his countenance upon us, and give us his peace.' Bath.

D. B. CORRECTION OF AN ERROR IN "EXAMINER'S" REFUTATION OF ROEBUCK.*-To the Editors, &c.Gentlemen,-In my "Refutation of Mr. Roebuck," page 52, line 11 from the bottom, after quoting from him (John 5. 29,) "All that are in the graves," &c. I remark that "Mr. R.'s reading of this text is erroneous. It is grave, not graves, both in the original, and in our translation." I find that I was myself mistaken, being misled with respect to the English, by a false reading, a misprint, in the Bible that I used at that time; and with respect to the Greek by what must have been a most careless reference. The English Bible from which I quoted, containing the word in the singular, was published by the British and Foreign Bible Society, in 24mo. 1822.

Requesting that you will insert this in your next number, as an apology to Mr. Roebuck and the public, and an explanation of an apparent falsehood.

Nov. 25, 1839.

I remain, Gentlemen, Your constant reader, EXAMINER. P.S. In the Refutation, p. 64, line 17, Re 15, 20, should be Re 14, 20; p. 64, line 18, Re 5, 19; Re 5, 9.

NEW PUBLICATIONS." The Doctrine of the New Jerusalem concerning Charity." This is a translation of one of the works just issued by the Printing Society. The subject is confessedly a most important one, having a direct reference to practice and life. A careful perusal of it, while it cannot fail to give pleasure, will doubtless be at

* We had prepared a review of this work, and of the Rev. D. G. Goyder's on the same subject; but must defer it till next month.

tended with benefit to every one who is desirous of acting correctly in his daily avocations.

"A new Treatise on Redemption; shewing that our Lord Jesus Christ did not come as an humble Suppliant to obtain pardon for us, but as the great Physician of souls, to cure mankind of their evil dispositions." The writer of this pamphlet, although he

does not allude to them, is evidently acquainted with the doctrines of the New Church, and has in several instances placed the truth in a strong light. The work, however, we are sorry to observe, has blemishes, which might easily have been avoided, had the manuscript been revised by any judicious friend accustomed to write for the press.

DIED on the 29th of September, 1839, at his father's house, in the 18th year of his age, JOSEPH COOK, of St. Osyth, Essex. His death was, appears, occasioned by a slight wound on the left heel; which, not being soundly cured, brought on what is called a locked jaw, which terminated his bodily life in about two days. His steady, industrious disposition had been the means of his being employed at an early age, by a respectable gardener of St. Osyth, for whom he had worked from the age of ten years to within two days of his departure to a better world. His honest and faithful attention to his business, procured him the confidence and affection of his master; and his engaging disposition won the admiration of all who knew him; so that many tears were shed on hearing of his removal. His parents being mem bers of the New Church Society in St. Osyth, and constant attendants at their place of worship, had been instrumental in bringing him to the same place; where he used to be an active member of the Sunday school, and stored up many of the truths there endeavored to be infused into the minds of all who attended. It was there be had been taught from the Holy Word to worship the Lord Jesus Christ, and to keep His commandments. For a youth of his age, he was well acquainted with the doctrines of the New Church, and when occasion required would speak in their defence. On being told that he believed he should be a gardener in the other world, he replied, that we did not believe, as had been reported, that we should be

of the same trades in the other world as we had been in this; but that we should be in the same state of mind, and have the same dispositions there as we were in, and had when we left this world : if we were evil and wicked here, we should be so there; and if we were good and wise here, we should be there for the Scripture saith, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still and he that is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still and he that is holy, let him be holy still."

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During the short affliction of our young friend, he was patient and resigned, although suffering the most excruciating pain: he several times repeated the Lord's prayer, and, as a proof of his attention to the services of the Church, and of the impression they had made on his mind, he was heard to repeat the following words contained in the confession and supplication for the afternoon service: "O Lord God of Hosts, cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. Be thou our Teacher, Illuminator, and Guide." Many words of admonition were heard to come from his lips; which it is hoped will leave a lasting impression upon the surviving family. May the sudden removal of such a blooming youth be a means of awakening the young, to the necessity of making a timely preparation for a similar change!

May the Lord console the bereaved parents with hopes and assurances of their son's future happiness and prosperity in the heavens to eternity!

W. H. G.