Personal Experience of a Physician by Ellis, John, 1815-1896

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Chapter Ii. Why Every Physician Should Examine And Test Homoeopathy.

Chapter Iii. The Dangers That Result From The Allopathic Treatment Of Diseases.

Chapter Iv.

Chapter V. The Dawn Of A New Dispensation.

Chapter Vi. A New Day To Our Earth.

Smoking And Physical Development.

Chapter Vii. The Wants Of The Christian Church.

Much-needed Instruction.

The Second Class Of Teachers Required.

Chapter Viii. Methods For Restraining And Curing Spiritual And Natural Diseases.

Chapter Ix. Personal Experience Continued-and Efforts.

Why A Separate New-church Organization.

Spiritual Causes Of Diseases.

Communion Wine.

The Results Of Efforts In Behalf Of Temperance.

Chapter X. Final Appeal To The Clergy.

Prevailing Evils Of Life.

Addendum.

And now, in conclusion, I appeal to you, Christian ministers, one and all, to diligently read the Revelations made by the Lord at His second coming through His chosen servant, Emanuel Swedenborg, for they will give you new light and, if you are willing, new life. The light is spreading from the East even unto the West, and the day is not far distant when a clergyman, to be acceptable to an intelligent Christian congregation, must be familiar with the grand and rational doctrines and precepts revealed by the Lord for the benefit of the men of our day and the Church of the future.

It must be evident to you even now that many of the clergy and intelligent laymen are steadily drifting in one of two directions; either to a distinct recognition of the Supreme Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ, of the holiness and Divinity of the Sacred Scriptures and of the life of charity or of obedience to the Divine Commandments as the only way of salvation; or to an ignoring the existence of a personal God, and of course of all revelation from God. There is no middle ground. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.

Below you will find a notice of a work on the Science of Correspondences, the science in accordance with which all material things were created and the Sacred Scriptures were written. Send for it. It will give you new light.

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ADDENDUM.

A REVIEW OF AN ARTICLE ENTITLED "CHRIST AND THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION" IN "THE CHRISTIAN UNION."

In the _Christian Union_ for July 11, 1891, will be found an article written by a clergyman which should not be allowed to go unnoticed. The reverend gentleman assumes in that article that "the life and teaching of Jesus Christ constitute a Divine standard for all His followers." And so do I most unequivocally; but I also claim that we should not be blinded by either strong confirmations or sensual appetites in favor of false views and evil habits, so that, having eyes, we see not the truth and consequently cannot lead a life in accordance with the truth. The writer truly says: "Christ is not to be blindly, but intelligently, followed." In other words, I would say the light afforded by science, by well-known facts and ancient history, must be allowed to shine upon such an important question as the one under consideration. Then again, the testimony of distinguished scholars who have devoted years to a careful consideration of the wine question in the light of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, of ancient history and science, should not be ignored, and statements made which have repeatedly been shown to have no foundation in truth, but which are contradicted by facts which at this day should be known by every man who attempts to write upon such an important question.