The greatest difficulty that the reader, who is unacquainted with the New Church doctrines will be apt to encounter, will be, in finding principles which are new to him, occasionally referred to, but so briefly and imperfectly presented, that they cannot be fully understood. This difficulty could not be easily avoided by the writer; it may be entirely overcome by the reader, by a candid and careful perusal of those works in which the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem are given to the world.
Columbus, Feb. 1, 1849.
NOTE BY THE PUBLISHERS.
In offering this little work to the public we feel compelled to remark that the mechanical execution is not in all respects as perfect as we could have desired. The paper, especially, is not as good as it ought to have been. The only apology that we can make for this and other imperfections, is, that we have undertaken the work, not for the sake of pecuniary profit, but for the purpose of assisting in making known the doctrines which it contains:—We have undertaken the work with very limited pecuniary resources, and have been under the necessity of using such materials and means of publishing, as we could most easily obtain.
An edition of nearly two thousand has been printed. We shall endeavor to send the books to all places where New Church Publications are kept for sale. They will be sold as low as they can be afforded without loss: and if the New Church brethren approve of the work, we would most respectfully solicit their aid and co-operation in giving it a general circulation.
Columbus, Feb. 1, 1849.
