The New York herald., 1846-01-14
NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY IA, 1916

Lecture Delivered by the Rev. DIR. Ryder.
President or the College OF the Holy Cross,
Christ" at st. Peters Church. In the CITY
or New Yorh. ON the Evening OF Sunday,
Jan. 1Ith, 1890.
u And Jesus came and spsks unto them saying, all
power given TO in Heaven and carth 20 ye there
% for, and teach na al o ion snd them n y .
teaching them to observe ell things whatsoever have
commanded you; and 10. am with you always. even
unto the end Of the world
How impressive, my beloved brethren and how
sublimely magnificent to the contempsiivs mind Of
Christian is tae which presents itself to his imsg
read TO you. The Goldman but few days before
pended upon gnominious jibbet the object Of
Of oppobious multitude s risen in all the splcn
dor OF his magnicencs the light OF Heaven and earth
not the creator only of the universe but the redeemer
for he had purchased by his precious blood. and was
invested with all power belonging to Heaven. AN
power is given to me in Heaven and earth" This the
oftha sublimeimission which hesaviour about
the twelfth had abandoned him. and these solemn woris
sufficient to impress ON their minds the importance
Si the nigh destiny that awaits % them ;, Nor y tn,
them a. for us. All power Is given to me, and
therefore 60 and teach all nations; you eleven poor
weak disciples, who have followed me In nay
pilgrimage and who now to be the recipients Of my
especial are to be my chosen instruments
from Heaven, suffered the earth, md from the
dead Talk not TO me Of the destiny OF empires OF the
or extend dominion over oser III
still be but potisn Of the globe and must bc by
limits But here is mission given to be commensursts
with the whole world and to be co.extensve with all
tmc-not the triumph OF day. or Of century but TO
exist forever and to embrace oil nations and all mankind
See them the sublime spectacle calculated to al your
hearts with its magnfccnce. and allow TO expiaia
tho nature OF ha. mission, the chaIacterstcs OF that
holy church. which is the asylum of eli mankind OF all
intelligent beings ON thi, earth Oh is there sub.
ject more worthy Of serious attention than this l. there
one that can better command our undivided anscton
In viv tn
I've characters First, divine mission. Secondly. 10
ccgnze apostolic authority Thirdly the unity he doc
church, unity not merely Of docriac bnt OF govern
mental authority Irecognise another characteristic be-
church, which s that is to be universal Finally that il
the intention OF the Saviour that oil those character
scs should be inseparably connected with the church.
until the end of time These then. the notes cha
ractsistics which discover appertaning to the true
church. and which, from its constitution, ] think
are as clear as the MONDAY light First say that II Is
ai divine mission. Can there bs aught moro clcar
Does not our Saviour draw our attention to this
Does he tell his disciples that God and that all
power in heaven aud earth belongs him. II ho has
all power In heaven, then he is God. II he has all
Ge for
the salvation of mankind In virtue Of this power them
send you command you to go and teach. Without
this mission the apostles would not be the representa-
tvss Of tho Goldman and without that mission, they
cond not have been able to provo by what authority
they taught And when we consider the circumstances
Of the times, You will say that there necessity for
having divine commission. What the condition Of
mankind the earth at that time There
gods as there we're passions in the heart Of man The
worship Of the true God had been almost forgotten
by the Jews and all tho rest Of tho world was buried in
saDism was . Catalogue Of crimes.S @ Read the
| first chapter of st. Paul to the Romans, and
you will see the condition of the world in those
times. Now, for handful of individuals to go
forth from subjugated country like "Judea, and en-.
to pt0cls,% to the hsusay no%an. that all their
the work Of human hands for such handful oi indivi
duas to tell the Roman people tha. all ter passion.
GODS here Ia but one in word, that the simplicity and
humility Of Christ must be substituted for the Roman
would be possible that they could command the
ention the Romans, unless before they uttered
hearers that thew wero snvoys Of the ever living God
that they were pot delegated by human authority that
he were NOT under the direction oi tne Roman govern
as Mt but that they came from God, and him slonethe
ruler oil the unless they could point to their
credentials thoy could not gain attention. So that is
clear and evident that unless this mission was divine
would be 10 vain for the apostles to attempt to preach
the tidngs Of salvation to tho world And, my beloved
Friends this character Of the mission essentially i'm
porsan to the system OF Christianity that ST. Paul does
| not allow us TO hesitate that point. need
not call your attention to the fact, that our Divine
Saviour has more than repeated that 1t is his
own mission. and more than declared that those
whom he had sent lis disciples will call at
tsLton to the doctrine Of ST. Paul. to the necessity OF
the mission. in his epstle to the Romans in tho 10th
chapter "Whosoever shall call the Of the Lord
ing the Of the Lord il not sufficient. AID why
sol He declares it "IIow. then, shall they call on him
1
must believe in him. and in all that which Is part Of
duty in respect to him. How then, shall they call
him in whom they have not believed' and how shall
they believe In him Of whom they have not heard and
hoy shall they hear without preacher They cannot
believe unless they have heard of him. And how shall
they PREACH unless they be sent 30 that in the Ian.
gusge of ST. Paul. they can't invoke God unless through
the medium Of his divine mission. The proof, hen Is
| clear and unexcepouabis that to approach God we
he has sent is clear that the establishment Of divine
mission was ogreat importance in the system OF Christi
fI>A anrl ltrsaH hA
ceved from those preachers to whom he had dejgned to
commit them. How shsll they hear, unless through
authority. by that divine mission, preach. The first
note Characteristic Of Christianity, system esa-
6iished by the divine Saviour is the divine mission.
The sccond is Apostolic authority WHAT'S the language
oi divine Saviour this pontl The eleven
sembed together, and he conveyed to them this divine
intelligence " Go and teach all nations" IL Is the
apostles he addre II IL them that the sent The
mission s committed to them, and their authority is to
be exercised over II is from them that are to re
ceivs knowledge Of the Almighty God II Is through
them that to receive the Gdings that essen
tisi to our eternal Interests In word from the spos.
Saviour committed TO them under their direction
be aggregated to the church Of Christ and to be
teach and this very fact imposes the relative obligation
of attending their teaching; and Is from their
and every thing that 10 necessary eternal duty
Our divine Saviour tells them to and teach all nations
therefore oil nations are under their tutorage All ma
tons placed under their authority and to receive
their instructions from them and consequently other
teachers are to be permitted to interfere. II have au
thory Of instructing all those who now in this
church, It il clear that other teacher inter
fere, unless I approve Of it. Now all nations are
placed under tho tutorago Of the apostles. Go and
teach all nations, is the command Of the divine Sa
viour. Then all nations are to be taught BY them,
and they only are to be recognized :. ss, teachers.
their Instructions have the words Of the divine
Saviour. They are to teach all things which have
commanded you &c. then these apostles 10 teach
all that divine Saviour wished mankind to learn
Then follows, that, these apostles were to teach all
there other teachers required. IL have the
right 10 teach you who here assembled all things
and il you placed under my instruction, it follows
that there IL necessity for other teachers You
not leain from other teachers because shall have
taught you all that necessary therefore, other in
structor be received You cannot aid any thing to
what God has ordained because, If you add you
longer teacher Of God. Neither can you curail any
because the command is 10 teach ALL And again. do you
find in the New Testament any other authority recog-
nzsd than the authority Of the Apostles On the day
Of penecost when Chistianity dated ts advent there
ties, because they the descendants Of tho Apos