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TESTIMONY OF REV. H. B. BROWNING. 6/

wholly groundless prejudice prevails against Swedenborg and his writings, and that the minds of many if not all of their hearers would be closed by an open profession of belief in his teachings. They therefore prudently — and, as we think, wisely — refrain from any mention of his name.

Of this class of ministers is Henry B. Browning, A. M., " Rector of St. George with St. Paul "—or was, twenty years ago — in Stamford, England. An interesting volume from his pen, entitled " Words in Season," was published in this country about twenty years ago, which has had a wide circulation, and been read with delight by some of the best people in every Christian denomination. It contains forty chapters wherein every important doctrine of the Christian religion is discussed in a plain and familiar manner. The author's views are presented on more than a hundred distinct religious topics; and while he never mentions the name of Swedenborg, he was known at the time this work was published to be an affectionate receiver of the New doctrines ; and the author is in perfect accord with the great Swede's teachings on every subject he discusses. The most pronounced Swedenborgian would not ask for a work more completely in harmony with Swedenborg's teachings, or more unexceptionable in both its doctrine and spirit, than "Words in Season." We will give a number of