"Besides the work on Heaven and Hell,' I have translated; 2. On the Last Judgment;' 3. 'The New Jerusalem and it Heavenly Doctrine;' 4. On the Divine Love.' These works have been printed by the kind assistance of our friends. I have recently received eighty-four Rigsdaler two Marks, being the balance of the sale of part of these works, after having paid the percentage to the bookseller and all other expenses. The other works which I have translated are: 5. The True Christian Religion;' 6. On the Divine Providence;' 7. Summary Exposition of the Doctrines of the New Church;' 8. 'Continuation of the Last Judgment.' I am now translating The Apocalypse Revealed.' Last year I wrote a little book of hymns, consisting of about 100 psalms, of which the most are translated by me from Swedish, or remodelled from old Norwegian and Danish hymns. Some of these hymns are written by Mrs. Brynjulfson. I have written about twenty, and composed the melodies to some of them. At the same time I finished an Order of Worship,' after the English and American pattern, and of this and the book of hymns we have printed 200 copies to meet our present want. Some time ago I wrote a little pamphlet on "The Second Coming of the Lord. Of this little book 500 copies are printed, which are in the hands of the bookseller.

"Besides the little congregation here in Copenhagen there is also formed a little Society in Aalborg in Jylland, where the weekly worship is conducted by a leader, who reads either something from the writings of the Church or a sermon, translated from English. This society consists of twenty-three members, who all are baptized. Since it was formed or constituted, I have visited them only thrice, and lectured on some of the principal doctrines of the Church, and both the attendance and the interest

"In Christiania, the capital of Norway, there are also some who have embraced the doctrines of the New Church, but, having no leader, they have not as yet formed any society. There are also several isolated receivers in the dfferent parts of the country.

"In August last year we had here a New Church meeting, to which the members of the Church in Scandinavia were invited by one of our Swedish brethren, the engineer, Mr. Laurell.

"For several reasons the meeting was not numerous, only thirty Swedish and Danish friends being present. It lasted three days, of which the first, a Sunday, was devoted to worship. Afterwards one discussed, What can be done that also Sweden can be profited by the Scandinavian mission? Some suggested that I should make a missionary travel in Sweden and lecture in different places. Others believed that it would be much better for the Scandinavian mission it lived in Stockholm. At last it was resolved that a New Church Monthly' should be published, and that there should be held yearly meetings, of which the next was to be at Stockholm this year. But we have not been able to publish any New Church monthly for want of the necessary means, and, I am sorry to say, that probably the same cause will prevent my going thither.

"As to our pecuniary state, I presume that the most essential concerning this matter is unknown to our friends. Therefore I shall only mention some. thing about it. When I left my native country and went abroad to prepare for translating the writings of Swedenborg, I had an independent fortune, which enabled me to devote my time to

that great work; but when I came home I found myself involved in ruin, and unable to contribute anything of my own to carry out my plan. But to prevent this important undertaking from being discontinued, those noble gentlemen who formed the American Scandinavian Society,' decided to support the matter. This our American friends also faithfully did until the unfortunate conflagration of Chicago took place; but both this calamity and other sad circumstances caused the members of the Society such heavy losses, that they could not for some time support the Scandinavian mission. Dr Bayley of London, who from the very beginning of the mission has shown in it very great interest, and some other charitable friends, supported then the matter for one year. They believed that our American benefactors could then take it up again themselves, but this not being the case, all support ceased for more than threefourths of a year. During that time I tried to support my family by teaching languages and tuning pianos, but my Occupation as missionary for the New Church being the principal hindrance for getting even the most modest living, I determined to go to America in order to try to get an employment in the New Church there. But to prevent the closing of this important mission, those members of our little society, who sincerely love the heavenly truths and their brethren, decided to contribute yearly as much as they possibly could. Notwithstanding that they all are poor, they have, with the utmost exertions, subscribed 300 Rigsdaler a year, or £2, 2s. monthly. This is certainly little, and very far from what is necessary for supporting a family here, but the new little society here and in Aalborg can at present not contribute more, for, besides the above-mentioned sum, they must also pay about 130 Rigsdaler yearly to keep a place of worship. It is, therefore, not for want of love that our contributing members cannot do more. The little we can do ourselves is quite insufficient to keep up the missionary work here, and if the Lord had not assisted us through the noble efforts of our English and American friends, we should have been obliged to give it up. The substantial evidence of their sympathy enables us to continue for some time the missionary work,

having delivered us from our distressing state, but we are sorry that it does not give the mission the wanted stability. We feel confident that little by little we will be able to contribute more, but spiritual progress is, as you know, slow, for No man having drunk old wine, straightway desireth new; for he saith, The old is better.'

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'Still, taking all circumstances into due consideration, and that the great work recently has commenced, we have no reason to be discontented. If our noble benefactors will kindly assist us with the same generosity that hitherto has prompted them to reach us a helping hand, we can, trusting in the Lord's merciful protection, continue the great work which He has caused to commence, and look forward with glad expectations for good progress.

"I thank most heartily all our noble friends for what they have done for the Scandinavian mission; I thank them also with all my heart for my own sake, because they kindly enable me to perform that important work, which of all occupations is dearest to me-to bring the doctrines of the New Jerusalem within the reach of the Scandinavians; for, when my time only is devoted to the service of the New Church, I feel that I am doing just what the Lord will have me to do.

"Please accept for the body you represent our sentiments of high consideration, and for its several members our best wishes for their happiness.-1 remain, respectfully, your brother in the New Jerusalem,

A. BOYESEN.
"In behalf of the Congregation.
"COPENHAGEN, April 24th, 1874.
Enighedsvei, No. 8.

"P.S.-After having finished this report, I received a letter from our Swedish brother, Mr. Laurell, in which he says,

When Mr. Tyboni in Stockholm had read your lectures on "The Second Coming of the Lord," he got up a subscription in order to enable you to come hither in the autumn to deliver some lectures on the principal doctrines of the New Church.' I hope, therefore, the Lord willing, to have the pleasure to go to Stockholm in the harvest.

"A. BOYESEN."

BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia.-A few friends met together for New Church worship in Brisbane as early as the year

1863, and the authorization from the home Conference to our present respected leader, Mr. S. Diggles, bears date November 25, 1864; but many attempts to establish a regular religious meeting failed until the 26th January 1873, when the matter was taken up by Messrs. Slater and Garsden in a determined manner, and we are happy to be able to state that since that date the services have been held without interruption. On the 23rd of April 1874 over a hundred members and friends held a social gathering, and partook of tea, etc., in the Town Hall. We now give the substance of the annual reports read on that occasion. The work of the society has been done during the past year by means of two services each Sunday, a free library, distribution of tracts, and a Sunday school. The attendance has been about twenty in the morning and fifty in the evening. The number of names actually on the "roll" is twenty-three, but this represents only a small portion of the actual receivers of the doctrines in Queensland. The librarian reports a stock of 140 volumes, 200 lent out during the year, and 3000 tracts given away. The treasurer reports a deficit of £23, but the capital of the Society has been increased by the purchase of the Harmonium, etc., by at least £40. During the year a special effort was made by a few friends, and the tract on the "Atonement," " and also that on "Life," were published in extenso in the weekly newspapers, being paid for as advertisements, and much sensation in the country districts was the result. We can recommend this method of promulgating a knowledge of the doctrines to our friends at home. HENRY LEAKE, April 1874. Hon. Secy.

PARIS.-We have received the following communication from our esteemed friend, Mr. Bateman, of Islington. In a private note our friend speaks in the highest terms of the generous kindness of the members of the Society to himself and Mrs. Bateman. The hearty, brotherly kindness of our brethren being such as to command the warmest admiration:"After Conference my wife and I visited Paris, and we had the pleasure of meeting our brethren there for the worship of the Lord Jesus Christ at the house of Dr. Poirson.

"On Sunday, 23rd August, the service was conducted by M. Harlé, their duly elected minister. As they have no authorisation from the State, they cannot have any music in their worship. The service consists, therefore, of preaching and prayer. The sermon was a very able discourse on the Book of Psalms, which occupied about an hour and twenty minutes in the delivery. It was full of instruction in every part, although it was so long. It was longer indeed, I believe, than is usual even there, where instruction seems to be the great object of the réunion.

"There were in all twenty persons present at this service, including our Danish brother, the Baron Dirkinek. After sermon we had extempore prayer admirably expressed by their minister, and this was followed by the Lord's Prayer. At the conclusion of the service a few remained to converse, and I was invited to preach to them on the following Sunday.

"On Sunday, 30th August, we again met in the same house. Having permission to arrange the service as would best suit myself, I employed a por tion of the Liturgie of M. Ledru, which is for the major part a transla tion of our Conference Liturgy. M. Harlé kindly read the Lesson, and, after prayers, I preached from Matthew xxviii. 18-20, for about twenty or twenty. five minutes. There were present on this occasion twenty-five persons, and amongst them a young Russian divine.

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Subsequently to the conclusion of the service some of the brethren remained, as before, for conversation, and I had the opportunity of learning some of the difficulties under which they labour as a congregation of the New Church.

"So far as I could gather, they have perfect freedom of worship on paper, but not in fact. If they meet regularly in greater number than twenty they are liable to being brought before the magis trate for not being legally recognized. If they endeavour to get an authorisation' to meet, they are not likely to obtain it because they are so few. If they should even obtain legal permission to meet, they are likely to have visits from the priests or their supporters, who would seek to produce disorder in their meetings, and then get them accused before the magistrate of the very disorder which

they, their opponents, had occasioned. Permission to meet may thus be readily withdrawn even when granted, or they may be compelled to obtain it each week for the following Sunday. If, however, they could meet regularly under the authority of the law for three or four years in succession, it is not probable that they would be subsequently disturbed. This is the bright side of the picture. They can form little bands in Paris to meet in different localities. They can have worship and instruction without singing. They can catechize their children, make known the doctrines through the press, meet occasionally by invitation at a private house in larger numbers than twenty without breach of law, and teach the philosophy, if not the religion of the Church in the newspapers.

Small as is the present number of the receivers of the heavenly doctrines in Paris, it is greater than it was. In my first visit to Paris, about forty-five years since, the only New Churchman I met there was M. Õegger, formerly first vicaire of Notre Dame. The Rev. Samuel Noble introduced me to him by letter, and we used to meet sometimes in his room, sometimes at the Oratoire. At a subsequent visit, about thirty-three years since, I met a few friends at the house of M. Hartel in the Rue du Mail. More recently we had a meeting at the house of M. Minor, near the Bibliothèque Mazarine. These meetings, however, at Dr. Poirson's are the best I have attended. There is a real congregation of men, women, and children, and what some persons would call a real live minister in M. Harlé. That gentleman has been duly appointed to his office, and is worthy to be the apostle of the New Church in Paris. He is a gentleman by birth, education, and connections. He is a ripe scholar, thoroughly well-informed in the doctrines of the Church, and has zeal tempered by discretion. He is willing to render unto Casar the things which are Cæsar's, as well as to God the things which are God's. He is greatly respected as an active member of the Paris Bible Society and as a good citizen. His sons have all bravely fought for their country in her troubles, and his wife devoted herself to the care of the sick and wounded when her peril was greatest.

"There are also other estimable mem

bers of the New Church in Paris who live the doctrines as well as love and know them. Our beloved friend, M. Cherrier, of Bourg-en-Bresse, is, moreover, likely to join them in a few months. Then I trust that, with the Divine blessing of our Lord, still further efforts will be made, and that the New Church in Paris will become a praise in the earth. I might add evidences of the descent of the New Jerusalem into the minds of ministers of the Old Catholic, the Church of England, and the national Protestant Church in Paris, which have come to my knowledge whilst there; but as you will, I hope, soon hear again of France through other channels, this is now unnecessary."

AUXILIARY NEW CHURCH MISSIONARY AND TRACT SOCIETY.-We have received from the secretary, Mr. Dennis Moore, the following extracts from the report of the Committee appointed by the Society to obtain publicity for the proceedings of the recent Conference :

"Your Committee sent a special invitation to each London daily newspaper to send a representative to report the proceedings of the Conference. This suggestion was adopted by The Standard and The Hour, whose reporters attended each day's sitting. Six of the eleven morning and evening newspapers-viz. The Hour, The Standard, The Times, The Daily News, The Morning Post, and The Echo-arranged to insert daily reports, but the paragraphs were sometimes, unfortunately, squeezed out' or reduced by pressure of other matter.

"The president's address, delivered on Tuesday, 11th August, was put into type, and copies forwarded the same evening to each of the above six daily papers. The Hour gave it in full, The Standard the greater portion of it, and The Daily News and The Morning Post printed several of its leading paragraphs. In The Hour of the 12th August, in addition to the president's address, copious extracts were given from the retiring president's report, and the Conference sermon was reported almost in extenso. Conservative as both The Hour and The Standard are in politics, they evinced, in their reports of and comments upon the proceedings of Conference, true liberality. The leading article with which (on 17th August) the former closed its series of reports, while it displayed the usual

paucity of information, at least evinced an unusual absence of prejudice.

"Two local weekly papers, published in the neighbourhood of Argyle Square -viz. The North Londoner and The Islington Gazette-devoted considerable space, in several issues, to the doings of Conference. The former has since published full reports of the sermons preached at Argyle Square on the Sunday after Conference, respectively, by Rev. R. Storry and Rev. John Hyde.

"Probably one of the most important results of your Committee's labours was the insertion in The Illustrated London News of 5th September (unavoidably postponed by the editor from that of 29th August) of a portrait of the president of Conference, accompanied by an article descriptive of the origin and constitution of the New Church and of Mr. Hyde's labours therein.

"As a direct consequence of the action of your Committee, there have appeared (so far as your Committee has been able to ascertain) notices and reports, vary. ing in length from a few lines to three columns, of the proceedings connected with the meeting of Conference in seven daily and thirteen weekly newspapers. In some of these several notices appeared.

"It is not probable that these statistics represent exactly the amount of publicity gained for the doings of Conference by the action of your Committee. As evidence of this it may be mentioned that the secretary of your Society, travelling in Yorkshire during Conference week, saw notices of its proceedings in three or four newspapers published in that county. Since the sources of general information of all provincial and local newspapers are in the main the same (i.e. the metropolitan press agencies), it may fairly be assumed that intelligence concerning this New Church Conference has been spread far and wide in the United Kingdom and English-speaking countries, more especially as some of the papers above referred to have a large foreign circulation.

"Your Committee, in conclusion, acknowledges with gratitude the eminent success with which its humble efforts have been crowned. It ventures, further, to step somewhat beyond its province, and to suggest to the Society, and through it to the New Church at large, the moral of this success. There can be little doubt that much of the distrust

and suspicion which are still too fre quently attached, in the public mind, to the names of Swedenborg and the New Church, would be dispelled were those names and the proceedings of the Christian men who identify themselves therewith more frequently mentioned in the recognized organs of public opinion. This report, and numerous other experi ences gained by the Society since its formation, supply evidence that such publicity is not only possible, but very feasible, and your Committee desires hereby to direct the attention of the provincial societies to this, in its degree useful, but hitherto somewhat neglected, field of labour."

YORKSHIRE NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH MISSIONARY AND COLPORTAGE ASSOCIA TION.-In the general statement of the retiring president of Conference respecting the public institutions of the Church, published in our last number, was included an account of this Association. We are enabled to add to this account a notice of the fourteenth annual meeting of its members, which was held July 15th, at Keighley. The meeting was held in the church, King Street, which, being one of the oldest of the New Church places of worship, excited considerable interest among those members of the Association who came from other towns. After a well-appointed tea, provided by the members of the Keighley Society, and of which about eighty friends partook, a very pleasant evening was spent, the members feeling it to be a privilege to have with them upon the occasion two of the senior ministers of the Church-viz. the Rev. D. G. Goyder and the Rev. E. Madeley. The chair was occupied by Geo. Aspinall, Esq., of Bradford, who, after an appropriate address, called upon the secretary, Dr. Rhodes, to read the annual report, of which we have already given an abstract. The business of electing office-bearers having been accomplished, the chairman called upon Dr. David Goyder, of Bradford, who, in an able speech, pro posed the following resolution:-"That this meeting, being sensible of the value of the doctrines of the New Church, in leading to greater purity of life, and promoting a higher standard of morality, and recognizing in the Colportage Association an important and effectual means of disseminating the same, re