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TESTIMONY OF REV. JOHN CLOWES. 45

of all its comforts, I remain, with all possible veneration for your sacred office and character, " Your affectionate Brother and Fellow-laborer in the

Gospel of Jesus Christ, to whom be Glory and Domininion in all Ages,

" John Clowes."

Such is the independent and unbiased testimony of a minister of the Church of England, to the truth and value of Swedenborg's writing the testimony, too, not of an ignorant or prejudiced man, but of one who had acquainted himself with these writings by patient and thorough study of them. Such the judgment of a singularly wise and good man, as to the relative beauty and excellence of the two systems of Christian theology — the Old and the New.

HIS IDEA OF THE NEW CHURCH.

Mr. Clowes was eminently qualified, by the purity of his heart and life, to understand and interpret the teachings of Swedenborg. No man was more competent than he. And the fact that he remained in connection with the Episcopal Church after receiving the heavenly doctrines, shows how thoroughly he appreciated the non-sectarian and catholic spirit of these doctrines. And he has left on record his idea

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