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pearsnce you cannot tell It may be wood-it may be
No such thing habits and experience have regulated
belief and by this testimony when we see things we
a What then are to
according the Catholic doctrine We believe that by
the universal esmony Of the Cahec Church that under
the figure and appearance Of bread and wine the body
and blood of Christ veiled Where the absurdiy of
this What philosophy bring against it. with All its
can never wing its way II belongs to supernatural
order of subjects and bids defiance to philosophy at
yet can have certain notions Take Indian, and,
bringing him into hall, show him object he never
at certain angles OF vision and bring at certain
point and the result will be that the Indian will three
men, and these men all moving in exactly the same order
and be assured he will Them suspect
there less than three This IS the evidence Of his
you he distance and motion and that cannot
present distance and motion, and that imposing
you consider thai blind man reasonable who would con-
tend about colors, upon which he had her evidence
for another purpose and when we take upon us
to set its false deductions against Gods express Words
is time call subserve the purposes Of every
day lite which those philosophers cannot give Va an
explanation But we are to believe that the Eucharist
is the substance its accidents indicate say they are
preparing the way for that universal infdsy that fol-
lowed il and which has desoated and blasted the whole
Of Northern Europe. You say you see our bread and
wine. and therefore they are bread and wine say, re-
member you are Christian not an nfde yet take care
how you extend the argument Have you not read in the
holy scriptures that the Holy Ghost assumed the form Of
dove and descended upon our Saviour when tsptized
in the river Jordan Now here the FORM the appears
ance, all the accidents of dove Now was it, or was it
not dover If your philosophy is right then and
yet you say there will be fifty different views upon
the subject, and innumerable authority to phioophze
and contradict you Did not the holy spirit at the
feast Of Pencost unto his Apostles like tongues of
of fire. and like the sound Of rushing mighty wind did he
not fill the place where they sat But why enlarge these
cases could bring numerous instances to show that by
this absurd way of usssling this my sterous institution
they violate the word of God and open the flood gaesto
infdey Yes, beloved brethren, call TO mind with
pleasure the that do not read in all chrsendom,
Of single deist atheist who did not begin his descent
into the depth Of n6dey with the recognition of the
very principle which foundation Of that spurious
philosophy which would assail the evidence of our
sense this stupendous mystery Of God. When this
gument was once applied 10 the eucharist it was
followed by the other mysteries in regular order, until
more than practical infdely. They do not deny the
scripture but they explain it away that there is not
Catholic Church, this doctrine is not founded human
reason; and all mean to say is that aude to it to show
senses; nor to regard adequate
to comprehend the substance under these accidents
Now. the effect OF The difficulty which they fall who
reject this doctrine. is to show that their fgurave
pionation OF the scripture is not less difficult than the
~ 1 ae aIst M %n@ % a ns was out
clared at the same time, that ne wished, with ali ha
nothing he struggled for so hard that; aud the
he alleged for his conduct was that if he could uy it,
i would be great notification to the Papis lie
could not get over this text OF scriptures and he
weuld not agree with the church he had forsaken lie
accordingly taught that although at the moment Of pro-
real presence of Christ in the eucharist, vet the
bread and wine remained the same substance lmme-
ately after there others who wished TO reform
well Luther Zuingus taking this text in the Syrac
in which it was written, said that there word in
and, accordingly, that the phrase this is my bodyD
mears this represents my body and when pressed on
that Christ, after speaking of the bread in his hand
in the words "take this and eat," by melton
pointed TO his body and said, this is my BODY You
know what opposition and controversy existed between
these two departments Of the reformation. Whota null
that the only thing poured for the conflict
ing parties SO increased their controversies until inter-
ie Again, GAVIN, coming into the contest ccntended
Tor something more than Zunglus allowed His doctrine
in the hrst as far from the sacrament
as heaven is from earth; but that persons who
GODS Cod .as elect toS wSula in eat psuay the
against this and said that the text plan-Christ
saying emphatcsly. "tais y is my oody !. Calvin, in
are wrong and the Catholics are right" Now the Luz
therans believe in the real presence as firmly DO
but that It is not accomplished in the ssme manner. We
believe in the cessation the bread ard the wine in sub
stance; they believe in their conversion by the body and
moment of conservation But when they proceeded 10
explain how that could be, Luther said do that
iron, when put INTO the FIRE and heated redness is
as to the substance and fire too and thus explain the
change of the bread and wine in the sacrament which
change call ccnsubstantatisp." Now about the same
time this question agtated in England, when, during
the minority Of Edward vi the change in religion went
under the supervision Of Somerset who appointed
the protector OF the young king work REFORM
called his two principal advisers were men OF the
Of Calvins doctrine embodied in the articles Of
the Church Fl England than that OF Luther And though
the language the Liturgy the Church of England is
some instances, ncapacty as it were to sdmit
Common Payer tells you that The body and blood Of
Christ is really and indeed token and the pous and
distinguished men in that Church have depored the pre-
OF these Geneva the work Of establishing
the English Church. Now, brethren, have gone over
this evening those parts constituting the objections to our
md IN fhp
tui for Christian We shall have opportunity, fu
t9re occasion OF quoting the language Of the early ia
thsrs the dogma. You will hear st Chrysostom pro-
claiming, that, when this mystic rite takes place, the
angels Of heaven PROSTATE themselves before Christ
awful and tremendops Of Gods The s sacred
and solemnity Of the subject in the mind OF the
Jections which are ofsen against and lest it
should escape me- at this moment, remember that
munion member Of his fock was disposed to become
and embrace that faith, and this minister
error, and s9ii, how you bring yourself to be
Iieve in such great absurdty ransuhstsntiatonr
this doc,rne"" But have you reflected thislo hewas
again asked. "You know the Catholics keep their
for the sacilseous purpose of ticking away The OIna
and valudbles sbout that altar should bresk in and
Chris, would submit to this But suppose some vile in
sect should crawl along and devcur IT,, you gine
d as m S 1ns The
ment for moment prevailed-tbo feelings OF the poor
were shocked and he came to me and put the case
Overwhelmed with anxiety i said"Go back and tell him
this objection be good against It will against him
Tor he admits the divinity OF Christ who died the
cross; and that, when he nailed 10 the tree
did not a portion of his sacred blood issue from
his wound, and fail down TO the earth, where
certainly the creatures vile, would have
IT, those you suppose to devour the sacrament He
went hack and told him this and the reply was, III
unnecessary any further to with you-you may
CO." bring this forward not for the purpose OF vndics
ing doctrine but with shudder that such be heard
aud With OF desire TO pray those who lightly
tslk of Christ. These arguments when exsmined not
Indeed by what they call philosophy the evidence Of
by that evidence, they cannot discover
be sound The evidence of show sny alb
surdity in this great mystery Then, beloved brehrtn,
shall enter my argument which will consist OF Two
divisions One will be the simple. undenabe fact that
when those Protestsnts propounded this error, and
departed from he Church of God, they took away
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