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1184 NOTES TO VOLUME II.
in London, in order to form a society; but in one year I only
found three or four besides myself. In 1783 I invited those few to
hold meetings in my house in Clerkenwell, which were continued
every Sunday [see Note 223] till it was thought expedient to endeavour
to make our meetings more public [see Note 228]. We then took
apartments in the Temple (one of our Inns of Court), and by
advertisements informed the public, that a society was formed for
the purpose of promoting the Heavenly Doctrines of the NewJerusalem,
as laid down in the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg, and
at the same time invited any other persons who were friendly to
the same truths to join us. This had its effect, and in a short time
our Society which was called the Theosophical Society increased
numbers.
"Some of us were now desirous of having public worship ; but
the major part of the Society could not be prevailed on to give
their consent to such a measure, thinking the proper time not yet
come. A few of us, however, thought otherwise, and were disposed
to avail ourselves of that liberty of conscience, which as Englishmen
we had a right to exercise. Accordingly a place of worship was
hired in Great East Cheap, and on Sunday, January 27, 1788, Divine
service was performed therein, and a sermon preached to a very
crowded audience, in defence and recommendation of the new doctrines,
by my father James Hindmarsh, who had been convinced of their
truth about two years before that time. Notwithstanding all the
opposition, which was made to the church there established, it became
instrumental in making the New Jerusalem doctrines more public in
England, and in producing many societies in different parts of the
country."
Meanwhile, however, Mr. Hindmarsh performed some good work
for the Church by the publication of the following works of Sweden
borg, partly at his own expense: (1) Clavis Hieroglyphica, 1784; (2)
Expositio Summaria Sensus Interni librorum Propheticorum et
Psalmorum : these two works were printed at his own expense; (3)
Apocalypsis Explicata, 4 Vols. 4to., 1785-1790 ; concerning the
publication of this work, see Document 309, pp. 808 et seq.; (4)
Quæstiones Novem de Trinitate, &c. 1786. The following works were
both translated and published by him in the English language : (5)
Nine Queries respecting the Trinity, 1786 ; (6) The Last Judgment,
1788 ; (7) The White Horse, 1788; (8) Brief Exposition of the Doctrine
of the New Church, 2nd edition, 1789; (9) Continuation concerning
the Last Judgment, 1791 ; (10) A Hieroglyphic Key, 1792 ; (11) A
general Explication of the Decalogue, from the Apocalypse Explained,
1794. In 1788 he published (12) The Treatise on Influx, third edition.
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