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700 [Doc. 281.
ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANIES.
more attentively. Swedenborg came the day following, according
to his promise, and, taking the paper out of his pocket, in
the presence of the other two gentlemen, he trembled, and
appeared much affected, the tears flowing down his cheeks ;
when, presenting the paper to Dr. Beyer, ’ Sir,’ said he, ’from
this day the Lord has introduced you into the society of angels,
and you are now surrounded by them.’ They were all greatly
affected. He then took his leave, and the next day embarked
for England.
"The Doctor immediately sent for his writings ; and , to
arrange the subjects more distinctly in his mind, began the
Index, [Index Initialis in Opera Swedenborgii Theologica, &c.]
which, as he prepared, he sent, sheet by sheet, to Amsterdam
to be printed. He was thirteen years in completing that work,
and on the day he sent off the last sheet corrected , he
became ill, took to his bed, and, in a few days, it pleased the
Lord to call him to Himself, to bestow on him the reward
of his useful labours."
DOCUMENT 281 .
SWEDENBORG IN PARIS IN 1769.*
In the preface to the French translation of Swedenborg’s
"True Christian Religion," which was published in Paris in 1802,
we read as follows:
"Swedenborg came to Paris in 1769. He tried to get his
"True Christian Religion’ printed there; but in order to do
so he had to get the permission of the censor of books.
M. Chevreuil, who was then royal censor and doctor of the
Sorbonne, was instructed to examine it, and after reading it,
said that he would receive a tacit permission, provided the
title-page, as was usual, declared that the book was printed either
in London or Amsterdam. But Swedenborg, influenced by a
* Concerning Swedenborg’s journey to Paris, see Document 244, pp. 297,
301, 309.
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