are no other works which so richly reward the humble and earnest seeker after spiritual truth; none so sure to resolve the doubts of every honest doubter; none that shed such a blaze of light on the two great Books of God—Nature and Revelation; and none that bring Scripture, reason, science, history, individual experience and the accepted laws of the human soul, into such complete and beautiful harmony.
In illustration of the changed and rapidly changing estimate of Swedenborg and his teachings here referred to, I may quote the recent utterances of some of our ablest journals, and the opinions of a few impartial judges, deep thinkers and faithful teachers of the highest truths.
The New York Independent says:
"There is, in Swedenborg's writings, a marvelous insight—a vision of the higher truths of philosophy and religion, to which few men have attained. No Christian minister should fail to acquaint himself with the main principles of his system."
The Chicago Advance says:
"Swedenborg deserves to be studied as a philosophic writer not often excelled in profundity, acuteness, variety, and consistency of thought. We confess to having read for years past some portion of his works with intellectual and spiritual profit; and we imagine, at least, that we can trace his influence in the conceptions and reasonings of many modern authors of distinction, who do not always give Swedenborg the credit which he deserves."
