The above works have been translated into the German language, and about
48,000 copies sent to German-speaking clergymen in Germany and other parts
of Europe, and in our own country. They have been translated into the
Swedish language, and about 6000 copies have been sent to the clergy of
Sweden and Norway and circulated among the laity; and they have been
translated into Italian, and 10,000 sent to and circulated in Italy. And
more recently they have been translated into French, and 20,000 printed
which are now being sent to the clergy of France and the French-speaking
clergy of other European countries, and of our own country.
Then, I have aided materially in sending other works to the clergy of our
country, either explaining or containing the doctrines of the New
Jerusalem, upon the second page of the covers of which will be found a
notice of the gift books offered to clergymen. I aided with money the
Swedenborg Publishing Association in sending Rev. Mr. Ravlin's "Progressive
Thoughts on Great Subjects" to all the clergy of our country whose names
could be had; and, later, I have aided the American Swedenborg Printing and
Publishing Society in sending, first, "The New Jerusalem and Its Heavenly
Doctrines;" second, "The Doctrine of the Lord;" third, "The Doctrine of
Life"--all three Swedenborg's own works--to all the clergy in our country
whose names could be readily obtained; in all 82,500. So that almost every
clergyman in our country has had an opportunity to acquire some knowledge
of the doctrines and revelations made by the Lord through Emanuel
Swedenborg for the benefit of men in this new age--doctrines very different
from those formulated in the creeds of bygone centuries--and thousands of
our clergy are beginning to realize, that we must return to the rational
and plain doctrines taught in the Sacred Scriptures, and summed up by the
Lord when on earth in the Two Great Commandments, Thou shalt love the Lord
with all thy might and strength, and thy neighbor as thyself, and that we
must commence the new life by repentance, or by being willing to see our
evils and to shun them as sins against God.
As a result of the efforts made by others and myself to make known to the
clergy the offer of the gift books, 32,831 clergymen have sent for and
obtained "The True Christian Religion," 30,887 have obtained "Heaven and
Hell," and 25,522 have obtained "The Apocalypse Revealed," according to the
report of the Trustees of the Iungerich fund (May, 1891).
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