undeniably wholesome and benign tendency of the disclosures themselves.
Now, if we have the concurrent testimony of all these witnesses in support of the truth of Swedenborg's disclosures, what is the verdict we might reasonably expect on the subject, from an intelligent and fair-minded jury? Had he performed miracles like those recorded in the New Testament, and had his miraculous power and deeds been ever so well authenticated, would this have been half as convincing to a rational and truth-seeking mind, as the agreeing testimony of the above named witnesses? Or would it have been half as well suited to the requirements of a reasoning and reflecting age?
Probably every Christian minister is plied with questions now and then concerning the life beyond the grave, which he would be glad to answer, but feels his utter inability to do so; and most ministers would, no doubt, greatly rejoice to have a full and strictly accurate account of the spiritual world, its nature, inhabitants, phenomena and laws—an account as full and reliable as an honest and intelligent traveler who had spent twenty years or more in Japan, might be expected to give us of that country. They would doubtless find it an immense aid in their work of helping souls on the way to heaven.
And the author believes that every minister who reads this volume with close attention and without prejudice,
