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tiful edition, prepared expressly for sale at a marvellously low cost, at our public lectures, &c. These are labours in which we rejoice to co-operate with you, and in which the success of each is the success and triumph of us both.

With renewed expressions of the most cordial fraternal regard, and earnestly praying that in both our countries we may be enabled worthily to labour for the Divine Lord of the harvest, I am, dear brethren, on behalf of the General Conference, your faithful friend and brother,

JOHN PRESLAND.

SCANDINAVIAN MISSION.-The following report to the Committee of Foreign and Colonial Missions, was received from Rev. Mr. Boyesen, the agent of the above mission:

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"I am happy to be able to give the Committee a short report of a missionary visit to Sweden, and I hope that it will be as gratifying to our noble friends as it has been satisfactory to our brethren. According to the wish of the New Church friends in Stockholm, I went thither in the middle of the month of April, and lectured twice a week until about the middle of May. During this time we had public worship every Sunday, and a very good audience, the hearers seeming to take great interest in the new doctrines. Very warm expressions of approval were given by many, and the results have been of a very satisfactory nature. Several new members have been added to the New Church Society in Stockholm, and of their number we now count a Dr. of Philosophy, with his wife. Even a Jewish merchant and his aged mother have become receivers of the heavenly doctrines. spoke very often with the merchant himself, and before I left Stockholm he asked me what he had to do in order to become a member of the Society. While I was in the Swedish capital, three farmers from the neighbourhood of Sala, in Westmanland, came to hear the lectures. They attended one Sunday service and one lecture, and when they went home again they asked me to come and lecture in their county or 'Socken.'

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"Accordingly, I went with great pleasure from Stockholm to Tärna Socken,' about twelve Swedish or seventy-two English miles from the capital, and lectured the first evening at Tingvastbo,

the farm of one of the peasants who invited me to come thither. A large hall and two lesser adjoining rooms were quite crowded, more than 200 persons being present. Among the hearers were two ministers, of whom the one felt it to be his duty to warn against the doctrine advocated by the Swedenborgian speaker, that Christ had not suffered the penalty of sin in our place, and that we are not justified only by believing in His vicarious sufferings,' &c. When I had answered his objections, he would speak again, but he was silenced by some of the hearers. The other Lutheran pastor was of quite another opinion. He asked to get some tracts, and said to a friend of his who asked him what he thought of the lecture: 'I am very much pleased indeed; I have never learnt so much of true Christian religion in so short a time.' Two other lectures were delivered at another farm, and the attendance was from 200 to 250 persons, of whom many expressed in obliging terms their satisfaction, and asked me to come back again as soon as possible.

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'Having got an invitation to lecture at Christianstad, in Skane, I went thither before leaving Sweden and delivered three lectures, the first of which was attended by about 100 persons. One told me that the reason why there were not more hearers was that people in general thought I was speaking Danish, but when they heard that I lectured in the Swedish language the number was doubled. The last time more than 200 persons were present, and among these the State Governor and many other officers of rank. The meeting was greatly interested, so much so that at the close the Governor and his wife, together with many others, expressed their satisfaction. Favourable accounts of the lectures were printed in Nya Christianstadsbladet ' and in 'Nya Skanska Posten.' As it probably will interest our brethren to know what publishers in Sweden think of the 'Swedenborgianism,' I will translate a couple of these accounts. The first runs thus:

"Pastor A. Boyesen's lecture on Swedenborgianism yesterday evening at the Masonic Hall was attended by about 100 persons, both gentlemen and ladies. The subject was the first part of Matt. chap. v., which he explained according to the doctrinal system of E. Sweden

borg. The attendance listened intently there are who hunger and thirst for some

to the fluent discourse, and the satisfaction seemed to be general.

"Mr. Boyesen, who does not make use of any other concept than his Bible, is a talented speaker, and in that degree so master of his subject that irresistibly he carries his hearers with himself.'

"The other runs thus :

"Pastor Boyesen held "New Church lectures" to a pretty large audience last Sunday and yesterday. The lectures were very affecting' (tilltalande ').

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Considering that Christianstad has only 8000 inhabitants, the result there seems to be better than in Stockholm.

"In the first part of June I returned to Copenhagen, where also some new members and receivers have been added to our New Church Society, not only in the capital itself but also in different parts of the country. We have had public lectures every week and regular Sunday services, so that here in Copenhagen there is good occasion to be acquainted with the New Church. Whenever a new hearer is present at any of our meetings he gets a tract if he will receive it. But I am sorry that we have not the means to print suitable new tracts. Although our little Society has increased in number, it has not increased in wealth. We are all poor, both here and in Stockholm. Everything being so dear, and even getting dearer and dearer, the members of our Society cannot at present afford to support the mission with more than about £2 a month or about £24 yearly. They do their utmost to pay the rent for a place of worship, and some other necessary expenses. We would not even have been able to do this if some of our ladies had not raised a little sum yearly through bazaars; but their warmhearted interest has enabled us to pay the debts which the Society has incurred every year.

"Since the last report to the Committee one adult has been confirmed, one wedding has taken place, and the Holy Supper has been administered four times. "I am happy to tell our dear friends that the first volume of 'The True Christian Religion' has now left the press, so that this important work can go out into the world and impart its heavenly truths to men.

"Allow me, in conclusion, to remark that I have noticed with joy how many

better spiritual food and drink than what commonly they receive. There is a large field for missionary work in Scandinavia, but it is a great pity that there is so great a want both of money and of labourers to carry out the important work in the Lord's vineyard. When I think of all those warm-hearted thanks I have heard, both of persons here and in Sweden, I am filled with thankfulness to the Lord and to those noble friends who enable me to make the heavenly doctrines of the New Jerusalem known, both through translating and preaching, even in Sweden, where the great Apostle of the New Church lived and worked, and where it pleased the Lord to again appear, in order 'to save that which was lost.'

"In the name of all our brethren in Scandinavia, I thank our friends in England for all they have so kindly done for us, and in the name of the Great Father of all His New Church children we appeal to all friends and brethren of His New Church who are doing so much towards spreading the truths amongst those less favoured, not to faint in their charitable endeavours, but kindly to assist us until we are able to help ourselves.

"May the Lord Jesus Christ, our Father and Saviour, be with the Committee, with the General Conference of the New Church in Great Britain, with us all, and we with Him to make His glorious Name known unto all men, and blessed by all.

"I am, on behalf of the New Church Societies in Stockholm and in Copenhagen, yours faithfully and affectionately, "A. T. BOYESEN.

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Copenhagen, 12th June 1875. "Enighedsvei, No. 10."

PARIS.-We publish with much pleasure the following letter of our beloved brother M. Harlé, addressed to Rev. W. Bruce :-"Dear and Reverend brother,

Last year, our esteemed friend Mr. Bateman, having, in the company of Mrs. Bateman, favoured our little New Church group in Paris with a kind and friendly visit, highly pleasing to every member of it, gave you, with testimonies of great good feeling to us, an account of our meetings on that occasion.

"Mr. Bateman was well situated

for comparing the elements of the New celebrated the presence of our brethren Church foundation with us at different from abroad by the reading of Ps. epochs, having been in his youth a cxxxiii., from the beautiful series, cxx. student in our Quartier Latin, at a time, -cxxxiv., entitled in the Masoretic the end of la Restauration, when he Hebrew editions 'Canticles of Ascensions,' found no other receiver of the new that is, of ascensions to Jerusalem and doctrine than Mr. Oegger, the former her Temple, to unite in worship and refirst Vicar of Notre Dame. joice together after the hard times of dispersion in exile and captivity.

"Some twelve years later, I recollect having been present when Mr. Bateman visited the little meeting at Mr. Hartel's in the Rue du Mail. He attended also the meetings held afterwards at M. Minot's in different places where he lodged, from 1849 to 1870.

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Now, this year once more, Mr. and Mrs. Bateman visited our réunion, and I feel it a duty to express how gratifying it is to us to enjoy the presence of such respectable and friendly members of the New Church in England, which we rightly consider as a mother Church to us, by spiritual advance and power in works, and the kind and generous assistance the New Church work here received from our English brethren at different times, particularly in the little beginnings of the great work of publications accomplished by our regretted Le Boys des Guays.

"Mr. Bateman gave you last year an exact statement of our present situation in respect to religious liberty. We live in the hope only of future better times, when professed principles shall become practical realities. Till now we must content ourselves with private instructions. The situation, we see, is the same for Old Catholics, as not being a Culte reconnu (recognized body).

"On Sunday, 15th of August last, when Mr. and Mrs. Bateman first came to the meeting, I was absent, living as is usual in summer here, at some distance from Paris. But, being informed of the expected presence of our friends for the next Sunday, 22nd, I came to town for that réunion, as I am glad to do when informed of the presence of known friends. Teaching on John xiii. 1-17, I had occasion to refer to your views on the subject, and to bear, once more, testimony to the value of your commentaries, which I also read before teaching my brethren on the same subject, as Mr. Giles says he does; because I am always sure to collect from them 'something' very excellent, truth highly spiritual.

"As you did in Manchester, so we also

As to my personal labours, I have long finished the textual printing of the Latin Psalmi, with the spiritual sense from Swedenborg, commenced with Le Boys des Guays on the same plan as our Esaias, and terminated also the printing of the French translation of the Psalms in a form like our New Testament. But wishing very anxiously to add to these books some notice of the light I perceive by the relation between the historical and the spiritual sense, I deferred the publication, and was pursuing my studies to that end, when the complete exhaustion of our French edition of the True Christian Religion came urging the necessity of preparing a new one.

"A careful revision of the translation being in my opinion the first condition for the right fulfilment of that important task, I am now fully engaged in it. Having been a fellow-labourer on the former (Le Boys des Guays's) edition of 1852, I make every effort in my power to put in use the benefit of experience acquired since that time. I have to thank the Lord in my turn for the help of an intelligent assistant.

"You have given notice of an interesting addition to our French series of introductory works by Mrs. K.'s translation of Mr. Giles's book on the Nature of Spirit and Man as a Spiritual Being.

Mr. Chévrier has filled up a long regretted lacune by publishing just now 'EMANUEL SWEDENBORG; Notice biographique et bibliographique, par un Ami de la Nouvelle Eglise,' 176 pages, in which many points are treated with new light, interesting to every one of us who are disciples of our Author, and the work, I hope, will prove its usefulness for the introduction of new readers.

"Returning from the Manchester Conference, Mr. Chévrier was called back home on some public business, and was therefore absent from our réunion with Mr. and Mrs. Bateman.

"Mr. Giles, whom we expected, and would have been so glad to see, and welcome among us on that same occasion,

has not yet appeared, nor given us any notice of his passage through Paris. Believe me, dear and reverend brother, always truly and heartily yours in our Lord and Saviour, AUG. HARLE."

BRISBANE, Queensland.-Mr. Silvester Diggles writes to Mr. Charles H. Allen, as follows, under date Brisbane, May 1875, respecting the progress of the New Church in Queensland :

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"We hold a Sunday Service in the Town Hall, both morning and evening. The former is attended by from twenty to thirty persons, the latter by from fifty to sixty. The New Church truths are spreading. We are adding to our numbers a few honest Deists. The truths of the new dispensation have vanquished them, and they now believe that we have a God, who condescends to take cognizance of His creatures. A sermon by the Rev. J. Hyde, called Tyndal reviewed,' which appeared in the Liverpool Mercury, and which was forwarded to me by an old friend from Birkenhead, was handed by me to the editor of the Queenslander. It was accepted by him and is now sent broadcast over the Colony. Mr. Giles' beautiful little work which you sent to me through the post, I am lending freely to persons likely to be interested in the subject. We have lately held our anniversary tea-meeting, which was well attended. I had the honour to occupy the chair and to make the first speech, the subject being, The leaven of the New Church, and how it was gradually but surely acting upon the Christian World.'"

LINCOLNSHIRE NEW CHURCH ASSOCIATION. The ninth annual meeting of this Association was held on August 5th at Louth, when a tolerable number of friends assembled at dinner. The meeting was opened by Mr. Gunton, he having kindly came to Louth for the occasion; the 145th Psalm was read, followed by the Lord's Prayer, after which the President, Mr. E. Dawson, gave a brief address, dwelling upon the origin, uses, and aims of the association; for which he received the thanks of the members present. The Secretary, Mr. T. W. Bogg, then read his report, from which it appeared that in spite of diminished subscriptions, the work done in Lincolnshire had been larger than ever before. Seven towns had been

visited by the national missionary-R. Gunton, Esq.; nineteen lectures and fifteen sermons delivered, and three hundred and fifty "Silent Missionaries" sold. The attendance at the lectures ranged from forty to one hundred and fifty; at Grimsby, thirty-two shillings, and at Bourne, eighteen shillings was contributed at the doors, and several reports appeared in the county and local newspapers. At Bourne there had been some opposition, but elsewhere a fair amount of interest appeared to have been excited. The income, including the balance in hand last August, had been £20, 28., and the expenditure £21, 15s. 10d.; of which £8 had been devoted to Horncastle, and £4 each to Spalding, Gainsboro', and Grimsby. The remaining expenses of the lectures were kindly defrayed by the Missionary and Tract Society, and National Missionary Institution, to both of which bodies, after adopting the report, a cordial vote of thanks was unanimously given, and likewise one to Mr. Gunton.

Mr. T. W. Bogg was then elected president for the ensuing year, and Mr. J. S. Bogg re-appointed secretary. It was decided to request Mr. Gunton to lecture at Gainsboro', Grimsby, and Holbeach during the ensuing winter, and to ask the Rev. Mr. Presland to visit Bourne and Horncastle; a small donation being agreed upon towards the expenses of lectures at any additional Lincolnshire towns. The next meeting was fixed to be held at Horncastle in the week previous to the Conference in 1876.

JERSEY.-In a former communication to the Intellectual Repository, I mentioned that Mr. Pulsford, the minister of our Society, had commenced a course of Sunday afternoon lectures at the picturesque little town of St. Aubin's. Indications are not wanting to show that these discourses produced a considerable impression. The congregations went on increasing, and at the close several gentlemen of the neighbourhood came forward and expressed themselves highly gratified, at the same time requesting Mr. Pulsford to deliver another course in the adjoining parish. Accordingly, it was arranged that Mr. Pulsford should lecture in the Good Templars' Hall, St. Peter's, about two miles from St. Aubin's, during July and August. These lectures also drew large audiences. At the conclusion of each service, re

marks and questions were invited. No opposition whatever was manifested till the close of the last lecture, when Mr. Le Feuvre, a gentleman of mark in the parish, who had for some time been its deputy in the States of Jersey, rose and challenged Mr. Pulsford to a public discussion with him on the doctrine of the Trinity. The challenge was promptly accepted, and the disputants met at the Parish Hall, St. Peter's, September 7th. Great courtesy and good feeling were shown on both sides, and the most rapt attention was shown by the large audience of about six hundred who crowded the room. After Mr. Pulsford's eloquent and forcible exposition of the New Church views on the

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subject in debate, Mr. Le Feuvre, instead of attempting to confute the ments advanced by his opponent, proceeded to read, with hardly any comment, texts of Scripture which, as the chair. man pointed out at the close, only confirmed the New Church doctrine of the Divinity of our Saviour; with the exception, however, of two or three passages from the Old Testament-as, for instance, Jacob's wrestling with the angel, and the captain of the Lord's host fighting for Israel, in which Mr. Le Feuvre seemed to fancy there was some allusion to a second person in the Trinity. This was the most numerously attended meeting that has ever taken place in Jersey in connection with the New Church cause. A desire to hear the discussion, and the attractions of a drive of about five miles along the seashore and up a charming valley, induced a considerable number of the friends from St. Helier's to accompany Mr. Pulsford. With regard to the regular services at St. Helier's, it is satisfactory to note the constantly increasing number of strangers who attend them.

I cannot conclude these remarks without alluding to the treat the Society enjoyed in June, when the Rev. J. Presland, who was spending a portion of his holidays in Jersey, preached two most able and eloquent sermons, which, we doubt not, have sowed the good seed in many a heart adapted to receive it. Well may the Church in England enjoy the reputation here of possessing numerous able exponents of the doctrines; the inference being drawn from the number of able and zealous ministers who visit us from time to time. A pic-nic was

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BARNOLDSWICK.-On Monday and Tuesday evenings, August 30th and 31st, two lectures were delivered in Anderson's Assembly Rooms, by Mr. Cameron, the Agent of the Yorkshire Missionary and Colportage Association.

Subjects: "The Trinity,” and “The Atonement." The attendance at the first lecture was small but very attentive. About double the number attended the second lecture, and the attention of the audience was equally siderable agitation in the town, and good. The lectures have created conseveral parties have declared themselves pleased with the able and satisfactory manner in which the lectures were delivered. There are as yet a very limited number of receivers of the New Church doctrines here; but it is confidently hoped that a few courses of lectures, similar to the above, would win over a fair number of members to the New Church.

DALTON, near Huddersfield.—A series of special services have been held in this Society, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of their place of worship. These services were commenced on Sunday, August 8th, the preacher being the Rev. E. Whitehead, the resident minister, who discoursed in the morning on "The Jubilee," and in the evening, "If God is love why is there a hell?

Sunday, August 15th, the Rev. W. Westall, of Salford, preached in the morning, on "The call to bearers of good tidings, to get up into the high mountain and lift up their voice with strength," and in the evening, "On the Lord now appearing in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory." On Sunday, August 22nd, the Rev. P. Ramage, of Kersley, preached in the morning "On the Prodigal Son," and in the evening, on "Shall we know our friends in the future life?" On Tuesday evening, August 24th, a lecture was delivered by Rev. R. Storry, of Heywood, on "The Mission of the New Church: How will it be accomplished?" On Wednesday evening, August 25th, a

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