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 our own." It does not question the propriety or duty of teaching very distinctly "those truths in which the Lord reveals himself,. . . and by which men are led from darkness to light;" nor does it doubt or deny the expediency or charity of "taking a position in opposition to the religious opinions and doctrines which have been prevalent in the world." It does not deny that "truth is the essential instrument of forming good, and the means of communicating it;" nor does it offer or hint at reasons "for depreciating the value of New Church truths distinctly as such, or of relaxing in our efforts to communicate them." It says not a word in discouragement of the effort "to teach the doctrines of the New Church clearly, distinctly and explicitly as a new dispensation;" nor does it deny our right and duty "to set forth in as clear, distinct and emphatic a manner as possible, the excellence and power of the new spiritual truths by which the Lord is effecting his second coming." Neither does it deprecate the existence of separate organization based upon the doctrines of the New Church; but admits that such organization "has been useful," and adds: "We would not lessen but gladly increase its efficiency and usefulness." Nor does it, even by implication, object to the new organization taking the distinctive name by which its doctrines are known, provided it does not claim to be more or other than it