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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 220, 10 November 1888, Page 3

[advertisement.] PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY Published tor the Special Benefit of Non-Churchgoers. True Christian Religion, intelligently under stood, comes not to add to men’s burdens, but to remove them. “ For God sent not Ilia Son into the world to condemn tne world, butthat the world through Him might be saved.” John iii, 17. Its leading doctrines, adapted to the use of this New Age, are’summarised as follows :— There is one God, in whom is a Divine Trinity of Love, Wisdom and Operation, and he is the Lord Jesus Christ. Saving Faith is to believe in Him. Evils are to be shunned, because they are of the devil and from the devil. Good Works ought to be done, because they are of God and from God, and they ought to be done by man as of himself, but with the belief that they are from the Lord, operating in him by him. There are two things which constitute the essence of God—love and wisdom. And there are three which constitute the essence of His love—to love others out of Himself : to desire to be one with them: and to make them happy from Himself. The same three constitute the essence of His wisdom ; because love and wisdom in God make one, and love wills these things, and wisdom accomplishes them. (True Christian Religion, No. 43.) The Word of God is Divine truth clothed in human language, and adapted to the varied states of the human heart, that thus a man may know God, and learn to know and do His will. “If ye continue in My woid, th. n are ye my disciples indeed.” Jolr vii:, 31 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them : for this is the law and the prophets.” Matt, vii., 8. The Ten Commandments point out what evils are to be shunned in order that men may attain eternal life. “ That it is not so difficult to live the life of heaven as is commonly believed, is evident from this—that when anything presents itself that one knows to be insincere and unjust, to which his mind is disposed, he need only think that it ought not to be done because it is contrary to the Divine commands. If a man accustoms himself so to think, and from custom derives the habit, he is then by degrees conjoined to heaven ; and in so far as he is conjoined to heaven, the higher degrees of his mind are opened : and in so far as these are opened he sees what is insincere and unjust: and in so far as he sees these evils they can be shaken off, for it is impossible that any evil can be shaken off until it be seen. This is a state into which a man may enter from freedom ; for who is not capable of thinking in this manner ? But when he has made a begin ning all goods are wrought in him by the Lord, and He causes him not only to see evils, but also not to will them, and finally to become averse to them. This is meant by the Lord’s words, “ My yoke is easy and My buris lighr.” Matt. xi. 30. But it should be known that the difficulty of so thinking, and likewise of resisting evils, increase in proportion as a man from the will commits evils; for in so far he becomes accustomed to them, until at length he does not see them, and afterwards loves them, and from the delight of love excuses them, and by all kinds of fallacies confirms them, and declares that they are allowable and good. But this occurs with those who in age of adolesence plunge into evils as if without restraint, and at the same time reject Divine things from the heart/’— (“ Heaven and Hell,” No. 533)

This advertisement, though containing truth for all, is especially published for the benefit of those who from any cause do not profit by ordinary religious ministrations. Those who approve of the doctrines here enunciated, and who desire to assist in the work of disseminating them, are invited to send.contributions to Mr W. F. Keen, Treasurer of .the Sydney Society of the New Church, Oarabella Street, North Shore, Sydney. The Works of Swedenborg and Minor Literature of the New Church can be obtained from Mr W. Bullard, Bookseller, George Street, Sydney.

A IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. Between APIATA TE PAREHUIA, RAMARI TE WHATA, RUTA HAPE, PATIHANA MANGAI, RA PATA TAIT A, RUTENE KOROUA, EMERE NGAHUE, HOANA ANGINA, HOANI PIWAKA, KEREAMA PIWAKA, ANARU TARUKE, RAMARI KOPUA, TEPAEA RUAKAIPUKE, HAPI HI NAKI, NOA WHAKAATERE, and ERETI MARIKO, all ot the District of Poverty Aboriginal Plaintiffs, AND CHARLES SEYMOUR, of Whangara, in the said District, Sheepfanner, Defendant. MESSRS Graham, Pitt, and Bennett, Instructed by the Sheriff of the Poverty Bay District, will, on SATURDAY, the Ist day of December, 1888, at the hour ot eleven o’clock in the forenoon, Sell by Public Auction in their Auction Mart, situate in Gladstone Road, Gisborne— ALL THE UNDIVIDED ESTATE, HIGHT, TITLE, AND INTEREST OF THE ABOVE NAMED PLAINTIFFS—Apiata' te Parehuia, Ruta Hape, Rapata Taita, Rutens Koroua, Emere Ngahi e, Hoana Angina, Hoani Piwaks, Anaru Taruke, Ramari Kipua, Te Paea Ruakaipuke, Hapi Hinaki, Noa Whakaatere, and Ereti Mariko—in and to all that Tract of Country or Block of Land situate in the District of Poverty Bay, in the Colony of New Zealand, called or known as •• The Whangara Block,” containing by admeasurement twenty-one thousand four hundred and fifty (21,450) acres, mors or less. This Block is subject to a Lease dated the 25th day of June, 1879, for a term of 21 Years. ALSO,— AU the Estate, Bight, Title, and Interest of the above named Plaintiff, Hapi Hinaki, in Section 291, Kaiti Block, containing one acre, end in Section 808, Kaiti Block, containing twelve acres.

Tbbms Cash. The Sale is made at the suit of Cham.es Sbvmovb, of Whangara, ths Execution Creditor, whose Solicitor is Edmund James Chuis®, of Gisborne, and the name of the Officer executing the writ is Gbaham Lobs Greenwood. The Particulars and Conditions of Sale can be inspected at the office of the Auctioneers, or at the office of Messrs Finn and Chris®, of Gisborne, Solicitors. Dated this 11th.day of October, 1888. G. L. GREENWOOD, Sheriff. WANTED TO LET—-ATEN-ROOMED House, in Bright Street good Garden, and large Concrete Tank. Apply Standahd Office. WANTED TO LET— A FIVE-BOOMED House, with detached Kitchen, in Carnarvon Street. For particulars apply at this Office. WANTED KNOWN—That a first-class oneo’elook Dinner, including tankard of Crawford’s XXXX sparkling ale, may be obtained daily at the Gisborne Hotel, for one shilling.—Jas. Bailey, Proprietor. TjIOUND — Where Gentlemen’s Best J? White Kid Gloves can be bought tor 8s 3d» usual price 4s Bd ( —-At Ji Lcmttmrti