his end, conversed cheerfully and confidently of his passage from this world to the world of realities. What anxiety he did evince, was on account of those he was about to leave behind; but especially for his dear partner, to whose care, under Providence, he has left a family of seven children. A few minutes before his death, he gave a most cordial response to the observation of his friend, that the passage from this world was only a step in the progress of the Christian nearer to his Maker and Saviour, saying, faintly but emphatically, Yes, that is the truth." He then calmly turned upon his side, apparently to sleep; and sleeping, ceased to breathe. Thus, at the age of forty-six, left us, one of the most zealous members of the New Church. He was for many years one of the Society under the pastoral care of the Rev. E. Madeley, at Birmingham, where he formerly resided; but, ever active for the welfare of the New Church, a few months ago he with drew himself from membership with the friends at Birmingham, to join and strengthen a newly organized Society in his own neighbourhood, at Longton. Constantly vigilant in the duties of this world, and careful of his association with the eternal world and his one Divine Human Saviour, his comparatively short earthly career assures the writer of this, that he was one of those of whom it may truly be said, that "while his dwelling was in Jacob his inheritance was in Israel." J. B. On the 24th of February, in the sixtysixth year of her age, Miss ANN OGDEN, of Stand Lane, Pilkington, Lancashire. The deceased died suddenly, and without any previous sickness. Miss Ogden had been brought up in the doctrines of the New Church, and she remained firmly attached thereto until the day of her departure for the spiritual world. She was a worthy and an exemplary member of the New Church Society, Stand Lane; and, though walking in an humble sphere of life, manifested at all times an ardent affection for the Lord's New Church, and was always alive to whatever concerned its welfare. The Word of God, the Church, the Spiritual World, and the Worthies of the Church here, and those who had departed, were to her subjects of never failing interest and delight, in her conversation with her friends. Meditation and conversation upon these subjects appeared to be her daily food; and so far as they were supplied by books and friends she indeed experienced the delights of a heavenly feast. But latterly, as her memory began to fail, so that she could no longer draw therefrom those knowledges which she had previously stored up there, she on many occasions suffered great anxiety, and mourned on account of her supposed deficiency, and her nonpossession of the heavenly treasures of Divine truth. But even here, there was something to rejoice those who could form some estimate of the state of her mind, when they reflected upon the divine words of our Lord, "Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted." But, without doubt, if we may express our feelings and convictions resulting from all that we know and have seen of this humble follower of the Lord, she has now ceased to mourn, and that a joyful entrance will be ministered unto her, into the everlasting kingdom of her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Died, at Charlestown, America, on the 5th March, Mr. JAMES SLADE, formerly of Bath, in this country. In the Island of Jersey, SOPHIA COLAN. Our departed friend had formerly been educated in the doctrines of the Old Church; but having been led by the divine mercy of the Lord to behold the glorious truths of the New Dispensation, she received them with joy and thankfulness, and expressed a great desire to become a member of our Society, which she joined about threee years since. She was an affectionate and intelligent recipient of the heavenly doctrines, the light and consolations of which preserved her in an humble confidence in, and dependance on, the Lord, that He was able and willing to save all who believe in Him, and renounce their evils as sins against Him. tinued in this state throughout her sufferings, which at times were very great, and passed into the Spiritual world on the morning of the 5th of May 1843. ERRATA. She con The 8th proposition of the article on the "Proposed New Translation," &c., at page 153, of the April number, ought to read as follows:-"VIII. That each book be prefaced with a brief explanation of the title, an account of the writer, and the time and place of writing." At page 133, in the 1st line of second paragraph, for "revelation," read "revelator;" and in the following line, for "instrumental," read "musical." THE SCIENCE OF CORRESPONDENCES BY WHICH THE SPIRITUAL SENSE OF THE WORD OF GOD IS INTERPRETED. THE early ages of the Christian Church were distinguished by the maintenance of a spiritual sense in the Scriptures; and the doctrine was principally abandoned on account of the absurd meanings to which it had given rise. From the want of the system of spiritual interpretation, called the "Science of Correspondences," so clearly explained in the writings of Swedenborg, tradition and conjecture were the only means to enable the fathers to decipher in some passages the spiritual sense. Hence it was impossible but that many fancies, and mere conjectures, should be exhibited in their writings, which have driven modern theologians to the denial of the spiritual sense of the Word. At the time of the Reformation it ceased to exist as a doctrine of the Church. To argue, however, from the abuse of any thing against its use, is unreasonable; for few doctrines have given rise to greater absurdities than that of a Trinity; yet the doctrine itself is true. But now, as the spiritual sense can be interpreted on principles as uniform and fixed as the principles by which the universe itself is governed, all merely human ingenuity and fancy are excluded by the "Science of Correspondences" from the spiritual interpretation of Scripture. We wish to observe, that the spiritual thing signified, always bears the same relation to the spiritual things connected with it; that the natural object does to the natural objects around it. A reference to several of the correspondent figures will explain what is meant. 1. THE SUN is the emblem of LOVE: either heavenly, if the subject be heavenly; or infernal, if the subject be infernal. 2. The natural Sun is the source of Light and Heat. It is said to have been formed "to rule the day," as the Moon was created to "rule the night." It is the centre of the system, around which the various planets revolve, and by which they are retained in their orbits. It is N.S. NO. 54.-VOL. V. сс the cause of heat and of the seasons; its more direct influence producing summer, as its indirect beams occasion winter. It is the source of fruitfulness," causing the earth to bring forth, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater." We have said that the Sun is the natural emblem of Divine Love; hence the Lord is called the "Sun of Righteousness." Let us see, then, how far the spiritual thing agrees with the natural image. The Sun is the source of light and heat; so is the Divine Love (or the Lord as Divine Love) the spiritual Sun, the cause of all spiritual light, and of all spiritual affection or heat. It is this which gives rise to spiritual light and glory, and "rules over the day,”—is the chief and ruling principle in the day of spiritual light and prosperity. "Good fruit," we all know, signifies proper conduct arising from good motives; and "good seed," the principles of truth implanted in the mind: but as the natural Sun causes the seed to spring, and produces fruit from it; so the Love of God-the Spiritual Sun, animates the seed sown in the mind, and causes it to produce fruit to the glory of God. This is the inmost or central principle of the Church; round this angels and men revolve, and by it are retained in their several stations and fitted for their different uses. It is the cause of day; for when the mind is turned towards God, it is then in spiritual light; but when it turns from Him, it is in spiritual darkness. But, as the Sun shines with equal lustre on all, and as it is not the Sun that ceases to shine, but the earth that turns from it; so it is not God that hides his face in trouble and temptation, but our own minds that are turned from Him. It appears indeed that the Almighty hides His face, even as it appears to us that the Sun goes down; but the turning away is in ourselves, not in God, as the motion is in the earth, not in the Sun. The moon is a body which derives all its light from the Sun; for without him she has no brightness. She is dependent upon the earth, moving round it, and at the same time accompanying it round the Sun. She "governs the night;" for though she is in the heavens during the day, yet she is not seen, nor her usefulness appreciated until the night." 66 Can there be a more proper, or more beautiful image of true Faith; shining indeed, but deriving all its brightness from pure love; valuable indeed, yet not seen while the mind is in the possession of spiritual happiness, but enlightening the soul, and cheering the spirit in the night of natural states and of spiritual trouble and temptations? The clouds are frequently named in Scripture. Our Lord is said to come "in the clouds of heaven." A cloud covered Mount Sinai; "a pillar of a cloud guided the Israelites by day, and a pillar of light, or fire, by night." Behold," said the Lord to Moses, "I come to thee in a thick cloud." Now a natural cloud is watery vapour raised from the earth by the heat of the Sun, and floating in the lower parts of the atmosphere. It is "of the earth, earthy," yet performs an important part in the economy of nature. It is condensed under certain circumstances, and falls in rain, or descends in snow. It serves to temper the light and heat of the sun, and to beautify the atmosphere by its varying forms and colours. It is the habitation of storms, the dwelling of the lightning, and the instrument of the thunder; yet when it falls to the earth, it then hides all from our view, and involves us in mist and darkness. The clouds signify the outward letter of the Word of God,-the external or outward form of the Divine Truth. The Jewish dispensation was composed entirely of outward forms, the meaning of which was unknown; and therefore when He gave that dispensation, God is said to have come "in a thick cloud." Hence, a "bright cloud" overshadowed the apostles at the transfiguration, to shew that outward forms were now illuminated by the indwelling truth; " and a voice came out of the cloud," signifying that by truth shewn forth in the letter of His Word, the Saviour was revealed to mankind. But to the natural adaptation. The natural clouds spring from the earth; thence they arise. So the natural images; the histories, and other portions of the letter of the Word, are all derived from outward things, and are composed of human ideas and human words. As the natural clouds serve to vail and temper the sun's rays, so these outward descriptions and forms serve to accommodate the truth to the mind and intellect of man. From them, as from the natural cloud, is derived that influence which nourishes the seed of righteousness, and causes it to spring forth and bud. Yet as the natural cloud is the seat of storms, so is the letter of the Word the cause of religious disputes and commotions; and when the mind is enveloped in merely outward things, the letter of the Word, which in other circumstances beautifies and assists the soul, is the source of darkness: it then "killeth," by hiding from the mind all higher principles and spiritual truths. It is remarkable, that in the giving of the law, it is said that "a cloud covered the mount for six days;" and during this time it does not appear that any communication was made to Moses: but " on the seventh day, God called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud." The number seven is allowed by all commentators to have some mystical signification the seventh day, and the seventh year were sacred; so was the forty-ninth-the seven-times-seventh year. There were seven trumpets of rams-horns (or trumpets twisted like a ram's horn,) at the siege of Jericho. So the holy candlestick had seven branches; three on each side, and one in the centre. In the Revelation we find seven vials, seven trumpets, and seven angels. Now the number seven signifies what is holy, and also a complete period, the entire round of a course of events, the whole from beginning to close. For six days the cloud covered the mount, and the Israelites were " under the cloud;" no manifestation of the divine presence was made, except the appearance of the cloud on the mount, covering and vailing its summit. But on the seventh day God "called to Moses out of the cloud." The signification is evident. The Jewish Church had only the outward letter of the Word. They were, St. Paul declares, "under the cloud"-under a dispensation of mere forms and ceremonies. The Divine Truth, it is true, dwelt within them, but it was unknown; "the cloud covered the mount." But on the completion of the Jewish system, when the fulness of time was come, and the completion of the set period accomplished, God then manifested His presence "in the cloud," and "called out of the midst of it;" made His Truth known in the letter of the Word; and shewed His divine glory to man in a clear and distinct form. The passage of the Israelites to Canaan was a figure of the emancipation of the soul from mere worldly states, and of its passage through temptations and conflicts to the heavenly inheritance. Thus "the pillar of a cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night," points out the presence of God with His people; leading them by the letter of His Word through the wilderness, and in the hour of darkness shining forth to enlighten them, by shewing the internal glory of that Word, and making it the light as well as the guide of His servants. That such is the meaning, is evident from the apostle's explanation of the Jewish ceremonies. "I would not have you ignorant," says he, "that all our Fathers were under the cloud;" that is, worshiped God, and knew Him only in outward ceremonies and forms, "and were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud," or were under a mere dispensation of forms. And be it noticed that he is speaking not to Jews, but to Gentiles, whose fathers were heathens; and of these heathen forefathers he says, that they were "under the cloud," and "baptized unto Moses," being also, as to their religion, under mere outward forms and ceremonies, as the Jewish Church was. The horse is another conspicuous figure in the Holy Scriptures. It is the animal used above all others for progression and for war. Active, sprightly, sagacious, and warlike, it forms a fit representation of the |