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1190 NOTES TO VOLUME II.
For a long time afterwards Mr. Tulk took an active share in all
the efforts which were made in England to make known the writings
of Swedenborg, and to establish the New Church. From Docu
ment 309, p. 806, we learn that he was instrumental in printing
the original edition of the work entitled the "Hieroglyphic Key," in
1784. Mr. Hindmarsh also states that he paid for the printing of
the first English edition of the "Summary Explanation of the Prophets
and Psalms," in 1800. Mr. Tulk also purchased from Mr. C. F. Norden
sköld the MS. copies of Swedenborg’s Index to the Arcana Calestia,
and to the " Apocalypse Revealed" (see Document 309, p. 808), and
the former he published at his own expense in 1813, and the latter
in 1815. Mr. Tulk, likewise, prepared the extensive Index to the
"Apocalypse Explained," which is now printed with that work, and
which he presented to the Swedenborg Society in 1826 (see Report
for 1826, p. 6). He was also a liberal contributor both to the
London and Manchester Printing Societies.
On p. 322 of his "Rise and Progress," Mr. Hindmarsh writes :
"It is a further source of gratification to find, that accurate trans
lations of the Works into French, by J. P. Moët, late of Versailles,
including all the Theological Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg,
except Apocalypsis Explicata, with some of his Philosophical Works,
have been purchased of his widow by an English gentleman ; that
the manuscripts, in forty volumes, are now in London ; and that,
in all probability, the printing of them will shortly be commenced
on the Continent. The name of the individual, who has made this
generous effort for the advancement of the cause of Divine Truth,
without any expectation of having his expenses repaid, though he
himself is unwilling to be spoken of in this way, ought not to be
concealed from the Church or the Public. It is JOHN AUGUSTUS
TULK, Esq., of London, a gentleman of great property, an original
member of the Church in London, and one of the most intelligent
and cordial recipients of the new doctrines in Great Britain."
Mr. Wadström wrote concerning him to C. F. Nordensköld in a
letter dated February, 1794, "Mr. Tulk is, as he has always been,
kind and courteous ; he takes care of his estate, and enjoys good
health. He has five children. His eldest pretty daughter is now
nearly grown up. He has lately come into a good deal of property
from a brother who died."
Mr. Tulk was a frequent contributor to the various magazines
of the New Church, beginning with the "New Jerusalem Magazine”
in 1790, of which he was one of the owners, and continuing his
contributions to the "Aurora" in 1800, and the "Intellectual Repository;"
from its beginning in 1812. His articles range over a large area.
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