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T may be thought, What need have we of a New Church? there are already too many denominations.

We shall soon see that though there are many denominations, there is need of a New Church now, and that its place is in no way filled by any other.

Often we arrive most quickly at a definite conception of a thing by defining what it is not. The New Church is not a division of any other church. It is not derived from any other church. It is not a denomination or a sect, but a Church.

The New Church has an independent beginning. It stands on its own foundation. It has its distinct history. An