glory, the only and everlasting God of heaven. and earth. And while with angels we ascribe to thee all might, majesty, and dominion, with them also we lift up our voices, and evermore cry, Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory."

A Glorification to be used on the anniversary of the Lord's ascension, prior to the first Doxology, the people standing.

MOST glorious and ever-blessed Lord Jesus, who by the assumption and perfect glorification of thy humanity, didst work out our redemption. and deliverance from hell; and, after bursting the bonds of death asunder, didst also ascend into heaven, yea above all the heavens; we celebrate and glorify thy name for all the wondrous acts of thy divine love. We acknowledge thee alone to be the Lord of life, the King of glory, the only and everlasting God of heaven and earth. And while with angels we ascribe to thee all might, majesty, and dominion, with them also we lift up our voices, and evermore cry, *66 Holy, holy, holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory."

These last words may be sung, if convenient; but if not, they may be repeated by the whole congregation.

ARTICLES OF FAITH

OF THE

NEW CHURCH.

The Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem teach,

(1.) THAT Jehovah God, the Creator and

Preserver of heaven and earth, is essential love and essential wisdom, or essential good and essential truth: That he is One both in essence. and in person, in whom nevertheless is a Divine Trinity, consisting of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, like soul, body, and operation in man: And that the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is that God.

(2.) That Jehovah God descended as Divine Truth, which is the Word, (nevertheless he did not separate therefrom the Divine Good) and took upon him human nature, for the purpose of subduing and removing the powers of darkness, of restoring the spiritual world to order, of preparing the way for a New Church upon earth, and thereby of accomplishing the great work of redemption: That through the process of sufferings and temptations he also glorified his Humanity, by uniting it with his essential Divinity, And that all who believe in him with the heart, with the understanding, and in the life, will be saved.

(3.) That the Word of the Lord, or Sacred Scripture, was written by divine inspiration;

that it contains three distinct senses, celestial, spiritual, and natural, which are united by correspondences; and that in each sense it is divine truth, accommodated respectively to the angels of the three heavens, and also to men on earth. Now since the Lord and his Word are one, and since thereby man is conjoined to heaven, it is highly necessary, that the genuine books of the Word be distinguished from all other writings whatever. The following, therefore, are acknowledged as constituting the perfect and complete Canon of Holy Scripture: In the Old Testament, the five books of Moses, called Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; the book of Joshua, the book of Judges, the two books of Samuel, the two books of Kings, the Psalms of David; the Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi: And in the New Testament, the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and the Apocalypse.

(4.) That all evils, whether of affection, of thought, or of life, ought to be shunned as sins. against God, because they proceed from the devil, that is, from hell, and destroy in man the capacity of enjoying the happiness of heaven. But that, on the other hand, good affections, good thoughts, and good actions, ought to be cherished and performed, because they are of God, and from God: and that every act of love and charity, of justice and equity, both towards

society in general, and towards individuals in particular, ought to be done by man as of himself; nevertheless under the acknowledgment and belief, that they are really and truly from the Lord, operating in him and by him.

(5.) That immediately on the death of the material body (which will never be re-assumed) man rises again as to his spiritual or substantial body, wherein he exists in a perfect human form, with every faculty both of mind and body, which he before enjoyed: thus that death is no other than an entrance into the spiritual world, and a continuation of life, which will be happy or miserable to eternity, according to the ruling love acquired in this present world, and it's conformity or non-conformity to the divine truths of the Holy Word: For every man in particular is judged after death either to heaven or to hell, according to the deeds done in the body, that is, according to his past life, whether it has been good or evil.

(6.) But that, with respect to children, dying before they come to the use of reason, and the exercise of judgment, all such, whether baptized or unbaptized, whether within the christian church or without it, and whether they be the offspring of godly or of ungodly parents, are received into heaven by the Lord, and after instruction, or improvement in understanding and wisdom, participate in all the happiness and perfection of angels.

(7.) That adequate means of salvation are, by the divine mercy and providence of the Lord,

extended to all of the human race without exception; and consequently that men of every persuasion or denomination upon the face of the earth, whether they be Christians, Jews, Mahometans, or Pagans, may be saved, if they live in mutual love and charity from religious motives, according to the best of their knowledge and understanding. But that nevertheless the new and true christian religion, inasmuch as it is more immediately derived from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is the One Only God of heaven and earth, is of all religions the most capable of effecting close and intimate conjunction with him; and on that account is to be esteemed more excellent, more heavenly, and more divine, than any other.

(8.) That every event or occurrence in human life, whether of prosperity or of adversity, is under the immediate superintendance and direction of the Divine Providence; and that nothing does or can befal man, either in his collective or his individual capacity, but what even in the most minute, as well as in the more important circumstances attending it, is made to contribute, in a way known only to Infinite Wisdom, to his final benefit and advantage.

(9.) That true conjugial love, which can only exist between One Husband and One Wife, is a primary characteristic of the New Church, being founded in the marriage or conjunction of good and truth, and corresponding with the marriage of the Lord and his church; and therefore it is

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