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 who professes the Christian religion ought to attend some place of worship twice of a Sunday, unless Christian duty calls them another way; and I must again be pardoned for saying, that every head of a family who does not read a portion of the Bible to his household every day, neglects his duty to his family and his Maker.

In reference to the first part of the book of Genesis, I would observe that there exists different opinions among learned men. Some think it is to be understood literally, but one thing is certain, that it has a spiritual meaning, and that spiritual sense truthfully sets forth the setting up of the Adamic Church and its fall, and the work of regeneration of every individual who obtains an inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, and up to the 12th chapter the setting up and fall of the Adamic, and setting up and dispersion of the Noetic Church. It is worth the serious consideration of ministers of the gospel to examine carefully Swedenborg's Arcana Cœlestia by the original text of Scripture, and if they come to the conclusion that it is the true meaning of the Word of God, let them come out boldly and tell the world, but if it should prove to be groundless, it will be equally the duty of the ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to do everything in their power to stop its progress, for I can assure them that the truths taught by Swedenborg are gradually finding their way among all denominations. I think Swedenborg says that the interior doctrines of the Reformed Church are right if they were properly understood, but it is evident that opinions among the reformed on some important points differ very widely, rendering it absolutely necessary at this time of terrible conflict in the