George Henry Dole, The New Church; What, How, Why… (1901)
“ The New Church therefore stands not only for a new revelation of divine truth from the Lord out of heaven, given in fulfillment of prophecy, but also for the entry intellectually into the things of faith, made possible through that revelation. The faith of the Church on earth will no longer be a faith of darkness, but a faith of light. ”
George Henry Dole, The New Church; What, How, Why… (1901)
“ It forms an approach of God to man, and necessarily veils the truth and life of God, who is within the Word as its internal. The letter of the Word is like a cloud that obscures the sun, or like the atmosphere that receives and tempers to the body the consuming heat and light of the sun. The letter of the Word is the clouds of heaven because when not understood or misconstrued it obscures the heavenly things within and the Lord. ”
George Henry Dole, The New Church; What, How, Why… (1901)
“ And now that the Word is completed and opened, the light that will come into the world will be manifold that heretofore received. The Word, which was a sealed book because the law of its composition was not known, is now opened. Heretofore the faith of mankind has been like that of a child, which believes because the parent says so. Now the faith of the Church is to be like that of a man who believes because he sees for himself that it is so. ”
