The New York herald., 1845-01-14
LECTURE DELIVERED BIT Rev. On. PIsE, ST. PETERS
CHURCH, SUNDAY, JAN. II, Isa6.
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Else oha shall they do yao Sastised for the dead if
dead?-ist Corinthians. 10th chap 2s-h verse.
st. Cyril in his catechsm, written expressly for the
Paganism-t 10 give them correct knowledge Of what
they were to believe and what they not to believe
fees offered for them" This, then is more than mere
commemoration for they receive aid This was the be
Of ST. Cyril and the lesson he taught those he was in
structng The dead here spoken surely cannot be ST.
tuatsd in heavenneher they be in hell-f in ne
ther place could they receive assstance consequently
they must be- in a middle state Cali it what you
like but style It, in the language Of the Church.
%sTsy Tr hss ths ssEe y ost ruror The osau
mother Monica proves thatn his times persons prayed
for the souls Of the departed not merely In commemora
tion of them, but to procurethem benefit (Dr Pise
here read several passages from st. Augustnes book of
Confessions containing Moncas dying request Of her
to the world spirits and the Of
accordngly) And is not this the language of Catho-
lie Of the present day be superstition in him it
was still worse for st Augustine to comply with her
request But it was "a good and wholesome thougnt
for us In order to give aid and assistance poor
souls not yet fully at rest. Here is compliancs
Judge for your selves whether he did 80 in commem.
oration OF her or to procure aid for her departed
God wouldiorgve her any debt not sufficiently lqudat
ed in this world and does he not call upon all in the
instruction. and remember those who are departed. IN
our prayers II they in heaven our prayers will be
they in hell the same viii be the cass But II thew
are in middle e they will benefit them the pray.
surely II in this world pray for each otheras
Peter was for in can not pray for
prayers Of the faithful bene,ted Saint Peter when ee
in prison here, why should they not benefit him
iii il prison asse,sss ,ns IA9d that T. pqgs.cy But
speaks in doubtful manner upon this subject and by
thus speaking doubtully than in this passage he
entirely subvers it's proof in vndcaon Of the doctrine
This must be examined. Now if / say on any
subject there 10 no doubt of this-there can be no
doubt Of thi:we must not deny this" my expressions
escape it cannot effect these positive expressons-
Now in three passages st. Augustine these words
denied" that the soul il benefited by prayer In his s2d
Sermon "de Verbs Apostol is" he saws mon o5nes
dunn dunn pscs x':a as
work De morteri" he says here il no doubling
Consequently st. Augustine in saying thus firmly leaves
nious argument, to quote him against himself Bu'
il any Of his expressions should appear somewhat
doubtful is not in regard to the doctrine ITSELF
the nature Of the punishment, and this il alto.
gether free question in the church at the present day
can say the church never pronounced as an arti
faith what kind Of punishment exists in this mid
die state and say as scholar theologn that il
must be fire. the question is still debateabe aud fec and
speak without affecting in any degree the general dec
trine Of the church as to such kind OF punishment
Now st. Augustine always admitted it, but made
"
this is right poss .ssed by Catholics because the
church never decided this question 1t may be asked
bound to take the doctrine of Pdrgstory an art
Gle Of faith the authority Of these Fathers? say
because st Augustine, and g. Epiphanius. and 81.
John Damascene believed it because they said it
article Of by their predecessors and
mitted BY the Apostle: t. them; hound t. admit
as an article Of faith because they show to be ch
even Tilotson could prove, to bring the individual by
whom, and when this supsrston-as they style tive.
drst introduced; Where wasit7 By whom was it in
troduced II that be ubs,anated then it must
have come down from the days of the Apostles and
taught by Christ himself Certainly 1t was not invented
by Tottsons Anglo Saxon ancestors then why should
he condemn many good men Of those who prac,iced
it, For we read that in the days Of the venerable Bede
rms by which individuals bound themselves pray for
their departed brethren and the venerable Bede in his
the Abbey Lindesfarn asking them pray for his soul
Dr Pse here quoted other authorities showing the prsc
This then was the practice Of the Anglo saxon Church
the days Of the venerable Bede which they received
from the 6rst missionaries who came from Rome topro
claim the great teuths Of Christianity The people o.
Rome had 1t from their ancestors preached II.
east and in the west- was traced up to the earliest ia
theirs Of the Church, and from them by
unbrcken testimony, back to the days Of the Apostles
and from them back sgain to the people Of God them
beus, sending gold and silver to the temple TO obtain
for the repose Of the souls Of his brave who
had fought and died in the cause Of their country With
these remarks will put end t. the present lecture
reservirg many important arguments for the next after
which shall enter into the scrptural proofs Of this
rable doctrine
CouRr FOR THE CORRECTION OF ERRORS The
Brooklyn Bank vs Samuel n. Wil0wghby.-In! the
severely lltigated care between the Brooklyn
Bank and Mr.. WlllouRhby, the Court for the Cor.
recton Of Errors has affirmed the unanimous udg
ment given in the Supreme Court, in favor Of Mr..
the Superior Cout, which had been rendered
against him.
The Chanceor's opinion was the prevailing
opiaion.. and resulted in a vote OF IL to
fnI nvin ia tho uhofop IF tho
MON The defendant, Willoughby, had net strict
right without the Of the board of directors to
equally good better But what is the books Of the
bank aud made by it's officers Is presumed to have been
quiesed in by the board, unless there circum
stances shown induce belief that the directors were
ignorant Of the facts The placing Of all the Of ev
dence before the Jury, in relation to Corwns defaca
cn and the selling out Of the defendants interest in the
Bank well calculated to prejudice the minds Of the
jury and to bias their judgments in the consideration
the evidence In relation to the actual paymen, the
5000 notes and thos, facts unquesionaby given
0c na 5s'.
titled to recover upon the $1,000 note a. lost note
will out calling upon Hicks to prove the loss BY the
lore the Jury upon insu ent evidence under the
neous decision Of the Court and 10 to say
become Of the note For this erroneous decislon had
not been made in the frat place. the plaintiffs themselves
would have been compelled to call Hicks at r't and
dscIed his testimony when helafterwards swore posi-
lively TO the payment Of the note the Bank
be said, therefore, that the defendant not great
y prejudced by this illegal decision. II also
ncous to admit the bond Of Crommelin in evidence, with
out proof by the subscribing witness Of its execution
when the witness was In court and competent wit
to prove such execution also think the defendants
counsel are right in suppesing that the release Of Crom
meiin was discharge Of Wloughbys liability the
$4,000 Degraw note Crommelin had sgreed with Will
ooghby satisfy the notes Of the latter Bsnk and
for that purpose he had procured Dvgraw note 10 BE-
substituted, anto for moneys with which he payed
Woughbyn notes thc Bank refused to sanction that
transaction, bound to transfer the Degraw note
with Crommelins guaranty thereon, 10 Wiiloughby
upon his ing the original debt to the ank t. that
Willoughby stood IN the situation Of surety the
Bank for the payment o. that note should not bo
pad either by Legraw by Crommen; and by rsleas
ing Crommen, after they were fully acquainted with
the fscts they discharged the liability Of the surety the
guaranty being made directly to the Bank, Crommen
could only be sued II in the Of the Bank. The
guaranty was therefore fully discharged by the release
30 .na w ,oSshby had right Of action upon in the
cation in the recsss Ths perhaps il q mere technical
oecuon lor Crommeiin probably il worthless De