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 A Cloud of Witnesses,

CHAPTER I.

TESTIMONY OF REV. JOHN CLOWES.

AMONG the intelligent receivers and advocates of the doctrines of the New Church signified by the New Jerusalem, as taught in the writings of Eman- uel Swedenborg, the name of Rev. John Clowes will ever hold a conspicuous place. No man ever under- stood these doctrines more clearly than he, or received them more affectionately, or imbibed and exemplified their heavenly spirit more fully, or was more zealous and active in their dissemination among the English- speaking people. He was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and Rector of St. John's in Man- chester (England) for nearly sixty years ; and for more than half a century he taught these doctrines openly from his pulpit, to large and delighted audiences. He conversed and lectured on them at his own house, and on all suitable occasions elsewhere. He wrote numer- ous letters about them to his friends at home and

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