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TESTIMONY OF REV. JOHN CLOWES. 3 1

his mind to the contemplation of sublime mysteries of wisdom " in a manner and degree, and with a force of satisfactory evidence, in which those interesting subjects had never been viewed before

HIS ADDRESS TO THE CLERGY,

And before his death this saintly man wrote an "Affectionate Address to the Clergy," urging them for their own sakes as well as for the sake of the Lord's kingdom on earth, to give the writings of Swedenborg a patient and prayerful examination. His appeal to his brother ministers is so affectionate and earnest, and the request he makes is so reasonable, that no apology is needed for introducing liberal extracts from it here.

" Rev. Brethren, — Deeply impressed with veneration for your sacred character as ministers of the truth, and with as real a concern for the interests of that truth of which you are the ministers, I feel myself induced by many powerful and pressing motives, to call your attention for a moment to a few considerations respecting the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, so far as the contents of those writings appear to me more immediately to affect the duties imposed on you by your holy function and high station.

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