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 in his choice of methods or agencies for the diffusion of truth given for the upbuilding of his kingdom on earth.

Was it not the Divine Providence that moved the heart of Mr. Iungerich to bequeathe a liberal sum for furnishing gratis to ministers and theological students some of the principal works of Swedenborg? And the trustees of this bequest report their doings annually to the New-Church General Convention of which they are members; and these reports are gladly received, and appear to give great satisfaction to every member of the Convention. Already they have sent above a hundred thousand volumes of these works to more than thirty thousand ministers and theological students who have expressed a desire for them and remitted the amount of postage. And it is well known to the Convention and to the editor of its organ that hundreds, and probably thousands, of these ministers have read these volumes with interest, have accepted the sublime truths they contain, and are now teaching those truths to their people, confirming them from the Word, from reason, from human experience, and the known laws of our mental and moral constitution, but without any mention of Swedenborg. And they well knew when these "Gift Books" began to be distributed, that such would be the case. Yet the New Church Messenger has never administered