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MORNING LIGHT.

should jealously guard against even the appearance of
intimidation. By so doing a moral strength hitherto
unattained would soon be acquired.
is his own property, and should be disposed of by him in
Every man's skill
the way he thinks fit, so long as he does not interfere
with the rights and liberties of others. The safest rule
for regulating the labour question is THE GOLDen Rule.

There are a few practices, said to be very prevalent,
that can scarcely be said to come up to the standard of
Christianity. We allude to the habit of doing work in
a slovenly and imperfect manner, the tendency of loitering
during working hours, the efforts put forth to prevent
men doing as much work as they are willing to perform
for their pay.
These practices are not only repre-
hensible, but dishonest; they involve a robbing, not only
of employers, but also of the general public.
bricklayer buys a coat only half-made, he blames the
If a
tailor; and if the tailor finds the rain coming through the
wall of his dwelling, he blames the bricklayer. Thus it
is right through; we are so dependent upon one another
that we ought, if only for our own sakes, to do our work
faithfully.

Our everyday labour presents a fine field for displaying the beauty and reality of our religious convictions. The master who takes advantage of the temporary necessities of his workmen to reduce their wages, and the workman who takes advantage of his master's absence to throw down his tools and waste his time in drinking, or smoking, or lolling about, are both in the wrong. Though their profession be ever so demonstrative, though they are regular in the performance of acts of external devotion; though they pay their pew-rents regularly, and give liberally to the collection, they are but as sounding brass and tinkling cymbals, devoid of the inspiring and elevating principles of judgment and justice.

CHRISTIAN CHARITY.

(Continued from page 102.)

SEDAN.

ET us
now proceed to confirm the truth of this
principle by its application to a few of the many
pursuits of life.

We may, for convenience, view the common good as physical, mental, and spiritual, and take examples from those callings which are directly promotive of each.

Let us first consider the physical welfare. This is subserved by providing well for the body, for its nourishment, shelter, protection by clothing, exercise, restoration in sickness, and also by rearing and providing for those lower animals which contribute to our physical comfort and wellbeing. In the various trades, employments, and professions which are directly tributary to our physical welfare, the larger portion of mankind are engaged. And we would just here remark that, as the body exists for the spirit-is the spirit's dwelling-place during the earthly life-whatever is done for the sustenance and comfort of the body may also benefit the spirit. Thus every use promotive of our physical wellbeing may be, no less than others, a high and noble use. Among the various callings directly promotive of our bodily needs let us select that of the shoemaker. choice and adoption of that trade make it his especial His duty to provide for the comfortable, durable, and shapely clothing of the feet. By common consent the protection of this part of the human body is delegated to him. If every one attempted to provide his own shoes they must be of very rude workmanship, for none could give much time to learning the trade, nor would any have

large opportunity for practice. But by giving up this
department of industry to a few in the community, these
can have time for acquiring the art, and by constant
practice they will gain skill, and by study and observa-
which, with an equal amount of time and effort, a greater
tion will be led to make frequent improvements, by
number of boots and shoes can be produced, and, at the
clothed.
same time, the feet more comfortably and economically

and since a certain portion of the community have Now, since it is needful that we have boots and shoes, adopted this as their especial use, and prepared themselves for it, it follows that, if they faithfully do that work, the common good, as far as boots and shoes are concerned, is provided for. But if the makers of boots and shoes do not faithfully do their work, then the common good in that respect is not provided for. Nor is it possible for the good of the community, as a whole, to be perfectly subserved while this class are unfaithful. If every other class of artificers were faithful it would not make up for the unfaithfulness of this class. dustry has been left to the class of persons known as For, as was said, by common consent this branch of inshoemakers, and if they neglect it, or are unfaithful in it, no other class can at once assume their duties, and so the entire community suffers.

Charity of the shoemaker, that is, his love for the neighIs it not perfectly evident, then, that the Christian bour, his regard for the good of his fellow-creatures, should be evinced in his trade or calling, and that thus, and thus only, the common good can be subserved? him in his own calling, neglects that, and, without any Suppose, for a moment, that he, having plenty to occupy immediate preparation therefor, gives much of his time, and still more of his thought and affection, to the communicating of spiritual instruction, the promoting of some moral or political reform, or the accomplishment of some other extraneous good, which may be otherwise provided for, thinking that thus he will be more useful than by earnestly and conscientiously working at his own trade; is it not plain that he makes a great mistake? His affections, his thoughts, and his time are all divided. Instead of wholly filling one place he partially fills two or three, and so prevents any of them from being comimperfectly subserved. pletely filled. The common good is in this way but very

application of this principle, due allowance must be And here we would remark that, in the practical made for the disordered condition of society. times indispensably necessary that a single person should It is someit may be better that several uses be imperfectly done engage, for a time at least, in more than one calling, for than that some should be entirely neglected. does not at all invalidate the principle which we are But this illustrating. It should rather stimulate us to renew our efforts for the removal, as far and as fast as possible, of those obstacles which prevent the principle from having a free and perfect operation.

Nor would we forget what has been already suggested, that some do not find the pursuit to which they are especially adapted except after repeated trials. It does not follow from the principle which is here enunciated although time may demonstrate his greater fitness for that the shoemaker must always remain a shoemaker, some other calling; but it does follow that, while he regiven to that calling. mains a shoemaker, his first and best energies should be

Neither should we regard this principle as operating to from, or independent of, his calling, provided there be prevent one from engaging in many useful works aside

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time and energy sufficient therefor. Thus one may converse with his neighbours upon religious subjects, may instruct in a Sunday school, may serve on a School Board, may help forward social and moral reforms, may cultivate a garden, may do many other things, providing only that all these be kept subordinate to the duties of his calling. In the statement respecting Christian Charity quoted from Swedenborg we find ample provision made for all these exercises. He utters no condemnation of them. He only says, "Other works are not properly works of charity, but are either its signs, its benefactions, or its debts." These works may be done, but they do not rest imperatively upon us as do our works of charity, the duties of our calling. These are to hold the primary place in our affections, our time, and our energies. May we not safely, then, lay down this proposition, that, would the shoemaker live a life of Christian Charity, he must, inspired by a true desire of helping his neighbour, give his best efforts to the making of suitable and comfortable boots and shoes. And if he neglects this, no matter how much extraneous, so-called good he may do, he is not living a life of Christian Charity.

We can easily apply for ourselves the same principle to every other artificer or mechanic. To the merchant or tradesman, also, whose duty it is to bring the fruits of industry and commerce within easy reach of his neighbours. To the physician, whose use it is to alleviate the pains of the sick and suffering, and, if possible, restore them to health. To the lawyer, whose place it is to study the law, and to aid in applying it for the protection of the lives, the liberty, and the property of individual members of the community. In all these cases it can be as plainly shown that Christian Charity is to be evinced, and the common good provided for, by each one's doing faithfully the duties pertaining to his special calling. W. H. MAYHEW.

(To be continued.)

DR. PUSEY'S NEW WORK ON CONFESSION.

TH

HIS is an abridged and adapted translation of a French "Manual for Confessors," with a long preface by Dr. Pusey. The Evangelicals condemn it in no measured terms, and the Dr.'s High Church friends seem very shy of it. The Church Times even looks coldly upon this latest defence of the practice of auricular confession, as not being sufficiently robust in tone nor properly adapted to English habits of life and modern modes of thought; it goes so far as to question the necessity for producing the book, saying: "While there is a great deal of sensible advice on the Commandments— and much disappointment awaiting those who seek with prurient eyes for suggestions of evil-the whole tone is Continental and not English, and albeit human nature has close affinities everywhere, there is quite divergence enough to lead a clergyman who should trust implicitly to the work before us into mistakes which might occasionally be very serious. In truth, we fail to discover any satisfactory reason for producing the book in the present form at all. It is more costly, to begin with, than the French original; it has not any special merits of its own, apart from the useful preface, to make it superior to that original; and we believe that a clergyman too illiterate to read Gaume's exceedingly and even studiously easy French is not a person of sufficient intelligence or education to be intrusted with the difficult and delicate task of guiding souls."

The real fact of the matter is that the nation has become disgusted with these efforts to teach the clergy

how to acquire power over men's souls, and though it may be necessary for a "priest" to be able to read French ere he is fit" to be intrusted with the difficult and delicate task of guiding souls" in the direction of Rome, intelligent men are coming round to the conclusion that a more diligent study of the Word of God would be a better preparation to enable clergy and people alike to be guided towards heaven.

THE NEW CHURCH IN DENMARK.

HE following most interesting account of the progress and present state of the Church in Copenhagen will be read with pleasure by the New Church friends in England. It is extracted from a letter written by one of the members :

'It is known to you that in the spring of 1877 the Rev. A. T. Boyesen received a call to Stockholm; and his moving thither was about leaving us without a leader able to keep the small body of earnest New Church people together, when unexpectedly we had the pleasure, perhaps a month before the departure of Mr. Boyesen, to find a gentleman in our midst, Mr. Hellemann, returned from a tour in the United States, where he had become acquainted with the doctrines of the New Church; and to that extent taken with them, that, in spite of his many relations, who, his father included, are ordained ministers of the Danish State Church, he declined to follow them, but studied with Pastor Boyesen till he left, was then recommended by him to the Society as its leader, in which capacity he has since worked with his whole heart. He is a student and a scholar, and has with untiring energy worked in the interest of the Society, which without him would have had but a poor chance, as all the members have to attend to business, and mind and body are for the six days of the week so well taken up, that on the day of rest they are but fit to listen to what has been prepared for them, and this task is what Mr. Hellemann with the most untiring sacrifice has done: first, in organizing the Society as such, to have rules discussed and printed, officers elected, etc. etc.; secondly, in starting a monthly Danish New Church Journal, containing translations of the most interesting articles of the leading English and German New Church periodicals, and from Swedenborg's Arcana Calestia; thirdly, in getting for the Society the use of a church in Copenhagen, the former English High Church of Copenhagen, Rev. Dr. Ellis; fourthly, in translating or preparing sermons for the Sunday services; and fifthly, in teaching the young, among whom we have some very promising adherents to the heavenly doctrines of the New Church.

"This is the work of Mr. Hellemann, and done by him without compensation, yes, I dare say, with even an outlay of his own modest means. To defray his personal expenses he is teaching mathematics, though but little time is left him; and if, as he desires, he is going to study Swedenborg in the original language for ordination, his time will be fully taken up for the church alone. "The Annual Meeting on the 4th of February was opened by the Treasurer, Mr. O. K. Weedfald, who, on behalf of the Committee, proposed Mr. Hellemann as President of the meeting. He, after taking the chair, gave the assembly a report of the progress of the Society during the past year, and in an able address presented the doctrines of the New Church as the means which, by selfsacrifice and interest in the welfare of our fellow-men, would prepare our hearts for the reception of the Lord's blessings. The statistical reports give for the year 6 adults as new members, 2 infants baptized, and 3 young persons confirmed. One couple were married, and I adult departed this life.

"Since the year 1871 the total number of persons in Copenhagen and Aalborg who have joined the New Jerusalem Church has been 45, and in the same two places 35 children have been baptized. At the close of 1877 had departed to the spiritual world 3 adults and 4 children. Of the remaining 42 adults and 31 children there remain 22 adults and 12 children in Copenhagen, 5 adults and 7 children in Aalborg, the rest have moved to other places in Denmark, or to Stockholm, Gottenburg, and Skoane.

"Since the new chapel, which will seat 200 persons, was secured, and since the leading journals contain the subjects of the services in the New Jerusalem Church, the public interest has been somewhat aroused. It was not until we could invite the public to this new place of worship that the eloquent sermons of the Rev. Mr. Boyesen drew a more than ordinary audience, people in general objecting to attend meeting in a less public locality.

"The report having been given, the Treasurer gave a statement of the accounts for 1877 and the budget for 1878, after which the leader announced the names of the elected members of the Committee, six in all, five of whom were re-elected from last year. The elected are M. Brynjulffson, O. K. Weedfald, N. P. Larsen, C. Lerche, Otto Weedfald, H. Dirckinck Holmfeld. R. Jórgensen and C. Magnussen were re-elected auditors."

ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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The Missionary and Tract Society of the New Church has issued a circular to a large number of hotels offering a volume explanatory of the New Church teachings. The only condition affixed is that the volume be accessible to all frequenters of the Commercial Room. Different works will be sent to different towns, so that commercial travellers will have a chance of seeing several of our books. considerable number has already accepted the offer. One in replying said, "I have read your tract, Who are these New Church People?' I do not hold the views therein expressed, but if it is your wish to send a copy of the book referred to, every care shall be taken." The proprietor of a large hotel in Birmingham, in accepting the volume, says about the above explanatory tract by Dr. Bayley, which accompanied each offer, "Send also a dozen of the tract-book showing outline of its general principles. I shall have much pleasure in distributing them."

Together with a contribution to our columns the Editor received a few days ago a letter, the following extract from which he thinks will be generally acceptable: "Kindly accept the sincerest wishes of success from one who, though now a 'local' preacher in a Methodist body, would long ago have been lost in the blackness of atheism had it not been for the light of the New Church, and the volumes published by the Swedenborg Society. I may add that as frequently as possible I attend the New Church, and claim

membership with the good folks there, where also I have had the pleasure of interviews with the Rev. R. Storry," and with other preachers.

An interesting little pamphlet of eight pages has been printed, which gives a brief description of some of the Artistic Decorations presented to the Birmingham New Church. The object in writing and publishing it is that a copy may be handed to any visitor who may desire more complete information thereon than can be given orally. The scope of the brochure is given in its title: "Notes descriptive of the Stained Glass Windows, Sculptured Stone Pulpit and Font, Embroidered Cover for Communion-Table, and other Artistic Decorations, presented to the New Church, Wretham Road, Soho Hill, Birmingham, 1876." It will be useful to the visitor while inspecting the church, and will help to recall its various features afterwards; and it may also, who knows, be useful in the compilation of some future "Handbook to the Remarkable New Churches of England."

In the current number of the Neukirchenblätter, the German New Church periodical published by Mr. J. G. Mittnacht, at Zürich, we notice with pleasure the opening portion of a German translation by Mr. Eduard Zahn of that deservedly popular sketch, "Emanuel Swedenborg, the Spiritual Columbus.” We trust that it will by-and-by be issued separately. In book-form it would likely be of great service to many as a cheap, concise, and most readable introduction to the life and works of Swedenborg.

"The Nature of Spirit, and of Man as a Spiritual Being," by the Rev. Chauncey Giles, which has met with such a large sale in America, and a still larger sale in England, has now been translated into three other languages, namely, Swedish, French, and German. The translation into the last of these languages has just appeared as a volume, and we hope it may be widely circulated and do much good. The translation, which is spoken of most highly, was made by Dr. Blöde, of Brooklyn, New York.

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In New York the publication of a work has been undertaken by the Messrs. "G. P. Putnam's Sons," entitled "Pulpit Teachings on Great Subjects: a series of discourses by representative Protestant preachers on themes connected with Christian doctrine. general subject selected for the first volume, which is planned to consist of twelve sermons, is "The Nature or Work of Christ." The contributors to the first volume are well-known preachers, Dr. Llewellyn D. Bevan, Dr. Bellows, Dr. Chapin, and some others, among whom we find the name of the Rev. Chauncey Giles. Mr. Giles has written on the subject "Who was Jesus Christ?" for the first volume. The sermons are supplied separately to the members of the several congregations and to the public. The first volume, which forms a very important contribution to the religious and theological literature of the time, has recently been published.

During the present month Centenary Services are being celebrated in Derby in connection with Victoria St. Congregational Church. On Sunday the 10th, the Rev. R. W. Dale, M.A., was the preacher. In the course of his sermon on the "Rise and Progress of Nonconformity in Derby," he said "that a great change had come upon the Independent Churches of England since this church was founded, a change in some respects for the better, and in some respects for the worse. The education of Independent ministers in the last century

was probably higher than at the present time. The people were, like their ministers, studious, meditative, and strong men, not easily kindled to much excitement. They had a clear understanding of their own theological creed, and of their own ecclesiastical polity, and they were very resolute in maintaining them both." But from this condition he thought there had been a decline, and what he regarded as most serious "for some time past congregational influ ence has had little to do with moulding the thought and life of the members of Congregational Churches. This he attributed to the lack of brotherly sympathy with each other. In illustration of this he said, "Among the most powerful agencies by which the intellectual and religious life is developed and cherished, literature holds nearly the highest place, but we Congregationalists persistently refuse to read anything written by our own people." This conduct he contrasted with that of other communities, among them citing the "Swedenborgians" as a people who read the literature of their own Church. We trust this may ever be a characteristic of New Churchmen, who possess a literature rich in heavenly wisdom, and luminous with the holiest truths, "The pastures are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered over with corn."

An American contemporary has the following striking testimony on behalf of the view that a man's character is what his life has made it :

Not long since a Congregationalist clergyman, who had been for forty-one years in the ministry, said in our hearing: "I have never, in all my experience as a pastor, known of a single instance in which a repentance on what was supposed to be a deathbed proved to be of any value whatever after the person recovered." This was strong language. We involuntarily exclaimed, “Have you known many such cases?"

"More than I dare to remember."

“And as many more, perhaps, where the person died?" "Yes, fully as many more."

"Then did not the bitter failure of these deathbed repentances to bear the test of time shake your confidence in their value under the test of eternity?"

"It did-it does," replied the clergyman.

The value of belief and its proper place in both theoretical and practical religion have found correct and beautiful expression in the following passage, by Dr. Thomas of Chicago :

"The value of any belief is to be determined by its influence upon the heart and life. A belief is a living belief only as it is thus taken into and becomes a part of our being and a controlling power in our actions. The heresy that one should dread most is not in mere forms of words, but that conception, or rather that misconcep tion, of truth that tends to lessen the sense of obligation to God and man, or to weaken one's hold on virtue and practical righteousness. The orthodoxy that one should most covet is that which brings the soul into peace and purity, and the life into a loving conformity to all the laws of God. If one so apprehends Jesus Christ as to be won over to His service, and transformed into the beauty of His life and the sweetness of His spirit, that is a saving faith.

SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSONS.

THE BARREN FIG-TREE.

March 31, Morning. In the morning, as the Lord returned into the city, He hungered, signifies the beginning of a new state, the Lord's advent into the Church, and His longing with a spiritual hunger to find its members bring forth righteousness. Trees are often employed to typify men, and the individual man to typify the Church. The fig-tree represented the Jewish Church; the condition in which He found it, the condition of that Church when He came into the world; and His judgment upon it and its withering away, the judgment upon and passing away of the Jewish Church. The fig tree represents natural good, but the absence of fruit from it an absence of natural good. The abundance of leaves only signifies barren knowledges, or the profession without the practice of religion. This was the condition of the Jewish Church then; and when judged by the Lord and revealed in its true colours, such also is the spiritual appearance of all those who have lived or are now living in a similar state; of those, therefore, who have the leaves of knowledge-of profession only-to show, and none of the fruits of a good life. The saying applied to the fig-tree may also be applied to them, when they are spiritually seen and their whole character is exposed, and their luxuriant foliage, which has existed to no end but to cover their barrenness, becomes dry, withered, and lifeless.

March 31, Afternoon.-Catechism.

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