The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-02-09

yet icid that not only did they receive wrong
Impression from the o;.. OF Christ but that he did
not would not remove it by explanation But there
other instances In which he did not explain APPARENT
difficulties and Why Because the language mdds use
Of must be to them applied mystery, and, o.
though difficult they were I, believe y You recoie
the case Of the man sick with the palsy 70 Whoa Jesus
said, "Son thy sins are forgiven thee = the Jews lmre
dately caught at the agc aDd SAID, This an bias
pheneh; who forgive sins but God alone r Do pc
mean then that he could forgive sins Unqnezonabiy
and therefore that he did not alter their interpiea
ton Of his words, wash he laid claim 10 power pos
sessed only by the supreme and eefa s'od and not on
y So hut he made the language stronger saying tnat
ye may know that the son OF man hath power 10 iorsse
SINS say unto thee take up thy he'd and walk need
not multiply instances q this Kind, Tor these are suh
Gent 10 show YOU that in any which his meaning
perceived correctly, he did explain hc words
aud if he did not give any explanation IN me x', II YVES
bscas he meant hat he said which those VINO FOUND ~
hard snou1 have received with faith IN his pm
impotence Tor the performance OF we come now 10 he
Rod in which this institution took place Il wss on The
night before his death the last interesting oscd'
sion he had to spefa IN peace with ma sposI,ss
II was the occasion upon which he YES to make ms is
will and testimony Bishop here quoted the narraiion
Of tire last supper given by The three Evapgens mat
brethren, il it possible for men Drought up IN d
belief OF this shjec, % put aside their an
prevent them from receiving this doctrine! How couie
it be possible, the SUPERSTITION that the Son Of Goo
language more c ar ond explicit than these word"th
my body, which shall be delivered for you Is p3
blood, &C VIII they tel us atcf this udt was Wei
bread which va to he given and mere wine which wa
be shed? How could &c pre.hle for him, II he mean
to teach the docrir that il mere bread and wine
mploy Language calculated TO lead them astray and u
direct opposition 10 his meaning; and If they believe mn
to be God and his declaration as SUCH ash oga
separated brethren 10 collie CT that II this be an error
Christ led his apostles into How did they TALL t
error BY believing in the words Of Jesus Christ Th
was the doctrine OF The church until the period OF III
50 called Reformation After that these simple words W
p.rvertqd-ard in less than f years the new inter
prefers Of these words had invented nine new an
conflicting explanations of these words And IN N
days of Bela different versions were IN clrculatoi
of words clear md simple that il is hard to concev'
they any siything but what they declare VI IN
authors of these different readings, some said on'
thing some another but Gil agreed thst Jesus spoh'
6guratiye;r ct hardly two Of them agrees what wa
the fgurative and tFhat the Literal porticn Q. IN
word -.wshe.her the word "lhis," or "body,"
'nino' was to be ST. understood It y1s OF last sal
by DR.. Clarke aaa others, tnas tn 4epreW q =!
riac, in which Saviour spoke, WAS Qeiecuve ny
guage Turn ching expression l0aym9us "lsn ~
words ito represelt'and, therec our SAVIOUR ha
recourse 10 the verb to be whca well understoot
by his hearers in fgnrstve therefore in sayinf
this is my body he only meant this represents or s'f
mites my body Now for long time this was received
very popular exp anation people spoke of il as gree
discovery in phiIology until Dr. Wistman arose o.
pointed out less than for y-one various instances
Syrac equivalent TO the words % to repfesant."
The conclusion Of the discourse consisted ci par
phrase St PauPs aluson to the words OF Saviour
which went to show that he held the dc crine of the
presence; Of several arguments enforcing the necessity
of faith TO receive this well al he other great my
teries of Christianity and showing the incsnpSbliy
Christ speaking fsurativey, with the fore-knowiedg
which, God he mus. have possessed, OF the aboundip
which should in a,er arise out of his word