The New York herald., 1845-01-24
aTransuhst stantiation.
a Disconrse, delivered ln -st'sResersfC 8 Church,
Sunday Evening, Sanussy 10, ls45, by
reverend mr. Ryder. egp n ssi e,iss s.'-f -

i" .@Cu"esy A"enlnB, Sahuasy AOs 1870, by
Amen amen, say INTO he that bel; i, ~. :,
did in the desert and are dead this Z The
eat Of II he may not die am the living bread. whEc1
somssSSwn @ from heayen e any nan eat Of ths br}ad
ny sh q world q1d rSs Jews w'a SsS
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ss say unto you I'll e bs Ss ~
Son Of Man. and drink his blood you shall not have
lie in yon ,he that e.ssh my sesh ana arnkSh my
tho last day; for my Aash Is meat indeed and nv bbod
u drink indeed He that eaeth my aesh and drinldeth
Father sent and live by the Fsshsrl-so he kaS
eateth me- the same aha live This 10 the bread
eat nanna and dead he that eatath s bread sksi
I've ior everHtai tgit IT, iaal t9asEqas II 1fq n
You will believe me, beloved friends, when as
sure You, that in coming before You this evening
to redeem.t the pledged gave this morning, do so
Y with great reluctance, because of the necessity
which compels my attendance this evening II
mean the indispositon of your beloved and estihas
bic pastor, who, during the past Sabbath evenings,
has entranced your attention, and has already SO
happily advanced with you In Investigating those
holy truths which 1t is his duty to incucate; and
still feel more reluctant for being obliged TO at
tempt the ful6lment of my promise to address YOU
on the all important subject Of the real presence in
the eucharist, and the Catholic dogtna Of tfansbb
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES il il theme which is mex
haustible. \. This subject would affsrd abundant
materials for more than forty lectures, and ftlv
employ the eloquence Of tongues touched with the
. purifying IRE of the seraphina. How then cam I
expect to do justice to this theme, when circum.
scrbed by the time allowed me I But must chm.
fde in the spirit which has already manifested
itself in the community at large for investigating
fearlessy and assiduously the important subject Of
our holy religion, and if can, ON this occasion.
even have the merit Of slightly poIting out The
pathway in which this investigation should uro-
coed, shall feel myself indebted to the providence
Of Almighty God, who has brought nae TO share in
the. least degree lin that work by which
your pastor, has been reaping heavenly lhr-
rels AS then, by the. miraculous change
OF the substance OF water into wine, Of which We
read IN the gospel this morning, and which You
will find recorded in the second chapter OF Isl.
John, promised I would devote some time to-
the examination OF the lneffable dogma of tran.
subsantlation, 1t is important that should state
to you. my dissenting brethren, who NAV honour
me with your presence, on this occasion, what
we profess and defend. we understand. then. 'bv
the real presence Of Christ or the doctrine of an
substantiation that the substance Of the bread and
the substance ct the wine are both changed into
the BODY and blood Of the Saviour of the world !:
so that the entire substance 81 he bread. together
with the entire substance OF the wine, ceases 10
exst alth9u9h as TO- exterior appearances, all the
gials style 1.-THE species of these substances re-
main: The substances then are changed into the
body and blood, and by comcomitance, into the
sou. ana divinity OF ne Saviour Of the world; SO
that IS true to say OF the eucharistic elements Of
bread and wine-this is the body and the blood,
the soul and divinity of the Saviour of the werd-
meaning by the term this, all that is Substantial
there; not in form, but in reality visible to the
eye OF God. So that when say that the eucha.
rlstor the host is the body of Christ we understand
that under the appearance Of bread is contained
body must have it's blood, and besides this body
aud blood an animating soul, with which ia united
the divinity to form the whole Christ God,
as well as truly man. It follows. then, that
the sacrament exists, that there is his divinity
SO thatth whole Christ really exists under the a.
pearance Of bread, and really exists under the s-
Peats1ee o. wlne & when ia the
Doctrine We believe in the real presence of
Christ in the Eucharist, under the appearance of
bread and wine. We do not admit that he exists
stances OF bread and wine, which was the doctrine
OF Luther; or that he may be regarded to be in
sone manhef IN those elements BY faith. as is be-
that under the appearance of bread and wine, exist
the body and the blood the soul and the divinity
of Christ, into which they are changed by his
1mn,poeat tn wosa By his ministers be-
mit me, cursorly-because must 60 over the seve-
raj topics rapidly-so carry your attention to some
ct ct tn the arguments end grounds apon which we Ca
First then, our divine Saviour promised that he
would give his body and his blood to be the noursh-
ment OF our souls; and as heaven and earth lay
pass away, but his word cannot pass away, it must
be that ne has fahlled his promise, and given his
body and his blood to be the food and nourishment
of our sonls Then will call your attention in the
first place to thus TACT, that Our Saviour promised
MT Aoc@S Stvoa ~ trI
mise read in the sixth chapter Of John, beginning
at the SD verse; am the living bread which
Sssas Ssms down DO 0m I'M any man ca. Of this
bread will give . he has not done il yet-the pro
mise regards future time. conclude that he is
not speaking of faith, as our dissenting brethren
hold-ior ne has been already dseoursing of the
necessity Of faith, and by virtue Of that iai,h calls
upon them to admit something else he promises in
future. And what is that f-s the breadI shall give
Is my hesh, for the lite of the world.n Now,
derstand is convertible proposition; that is one
which by the conversion Of its terms remains the
same So then ne says, 'sthe bread shall give is
n.y. ny ,'is1 lei e. Us con, convert the propositions my
world" Tfere is the proposition. So then. that
which the Saviour Of the world promises 10 Rive
for the life Of the world, is bread, but il 10 none
my flesh" So then, we have here the promise Of
our Saviour that he is to give us, one day, bread.
and this bread is none other than his fesh-that he
the bread So then, my beloved friends,
you see at once that this great mystery
is to consist in Bread and that bread ia to be iden
tined with the Saviour of the world and If ou
have discovered that bread to be his hrsh you have
realized his promise and tasted his Aesh which the
bread given for the life Of the world. "The Jews there
iorc, sirove among themaelves saying-how can this
makes this declaration, effect IL You at the
force OF his declaration You at once that the au
dence to which our Saviour was addressing hse un.
dcrstood the force Of his language and Immediately
comes con tnsir oescton howl They attack Immediately
give US his flesh to eat Here then we have proof that
the Jews clearly understood his promise to give his flesh
Tor we have their declarston Of its mposdbility. Now
stood IN rsa,ion to him who addressed IT, We certanly
nus admit that was the business of the speaker to ex
plsin away any difficulty in their undertaking or thp
doctrine. They have told him they cannot believe it,
that he cannotuh his promise they we'll understood