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petually insisted on, and yet in few instances comparatively really realized." (p. 259.)

And then he quotes, with manifest approval, two or three pages on this subject from Swedenborg's " True Christian Religion."

THE SACRED SCRIPTURE.

Hear Mr. Hood's testimony in regard also to the written Word. He has a chapter on " Sacred Hieroglyphics " which he introduces with a legend called " the mysterious Lock," whose " application " he says, " is obvious." According to the legend, there was once discovered on the plains of Arabia, a Building of colossal size and grandeur, containing innumerable halls, galleries, and chambers filled with all beautiful and precious things. No one could enter that Building and thread its delightful but intricate mazes, without the Plan, which lay in a golden Chest or Ark guarded by a mysterious Lock. And thus the legend ran:—

" What Key would fit those wonderful wards? The Architect alone could give the Key. He had placed the plan and inventory within the golden Ark, reserving thus his own right over his own Building.

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