The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-14
NEW YORK, SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY ID 1874;


aim &c Here have evidence that this sacrifice 81
broad and wine is offered up by Christian people
every eve ys Where Here you see 81 Justin insist: upon
rnces beng offered by the Christian people In oppo
stion to those OF the Jews st reneus is another tes
tmony lie wrote in Greek, and died a martyr like.
wise From one Of his works we have his testimony
ana here let me say, my beloved brethren that will
make hi. remark ih.sa is bsoh o Srcu
lstion got up by designing and evil minded per.
sons for the purpose Of showing tina, the Catholic ia
Tiers have not spoken the testimony which the Catholic
church attributes to them, which book was discovered
to be false and garbled St Irenaas says: Giving ad
wee to his disciples TO offer their rst uits to God not
II he stood Ia need Of them but that they might no,
seem ungrateu He took bread into his hands and Civ.
ared the cup he his blood and laugh, the new oba
ion OF the New Testament which ohiaon the church
ecsivng from The apostles offers IL God all ths
,afthto him who grants ioodhe frs, fruits OF hi.
gins in the New Testament, of which the prophet Mali
'hias spoke; will rot occept offerings from your
aands He manifesy hereby sigDitying that the hrst
people-the Jews-w cease to offer to God; and that
IN every place sacrifice, clean oblston, will be offer
d to him; and that his namo shall be glori6ed among
Here, then, is ths testimony OF ST ren u.s. that this
oba'ion OF the New Testament was consecrsed by
savor~as offered at the last supper and offered up
over all the earth
We have again the testimony of 81. Cyprian on thi,
'acrih q OF Mrlchclek lie say In the Piest Mel
hisedek We see prefzured the sscrmen, OF the Chris
ian sacrifice THE holy scriptures declaring Ne!chiscjek
King OF Salem brought forth bread and wine aud ho
priest of the most high Col, aud he blessed Abra.
1am This ORDER thus come3. and descends from that
sacrifice; that Mechiscdek the priest of tho Most
High that he offered bread and wine aud that he blessed
abraham. And who much priest Of the Most
high Lord Jesus Christi He offered sacrifice to
od the Father: he offered the same as did Melchssdex
hat as bre ad aud wine his own body aud blood And
again be says. II Jesus Chist, Lord aud 90 he
himself the high priest OF his father and If he frst offered
he d ms 10 remembrance OF him, then that priest
ruiy ssnd, in the place of Christ: who initiates that
which Christ did" Is not this the very argument
that I nader But what is this sacrifice Was
u not bread and wine 2 Certainly il was, aud
therefore Il was an external sacrifice. His own
sacrifice. lie offered up bread and wine priest,
,ording to the order Of Melchsedek but himself he
shers up his body and blood The sacrifice which the
fathers allude 10 certainly the sacrifice divine
your commanded to be made in remembrance of him.
and as he (speaking OF Melchisedeck) who was the
priest of the Genes to have offered animal
'aerices but win alone, and bread white he blessed
Abraham so our Saviour 1nd Lord, rst and then the
'rios's who are descended from him, performing in all
aatons according ecclesiastical ordinances the
Of his body and salutary blood which steres Mech
sedek had long before by the divine spirit fore
Thing more explicit Tho eloquent divine refer.
red to other writings Of the ancient fathers to prove
nis argument, and ssid he would like to refer to
additional ores, but would content himself with
ionng ST. Chrysostom and st Austin. st Chrysostom,
addressing himself to the Jews says, " When did
this happen When was incense thus offered Z
When this clean sacrifice, or in other verbs when
Is this sacrifice fulfilled You produce other time
than the presen-he period since the coming of Christ
and IL clear and evident that he relerrsd to the
sacrfce because he says in another place, "And OF
his time the prophet had not spoken had he proph.c
not OF our sacrifice but that Of the Jews his prophecy
would have been contrary TO the Law for Moses orbds
sacrifices TO be offered up any other place tina that
which God had chosen-to this he coniues them. But
slecchi declares that in oiery place ocense shall be-
fsred aud clean sacrifice" Sc Therefore, as under
the old law, the Jews could only sher up sacrifices
Judea, il is clear that the prophet MEALS
the sacrifice Of the new law. Again. ST. Austin
says" lhs prophet Malachi foret,Iiug the church
sbich we now behold propa aiet by Christ in The pei.
rpn a ms tlx IN The Laws
nave no pleasure ia you, saith the Lord Neither VIII
accept a. Offering at your hands, for from the rising OF
he sun to the going down OF the same my snPli
great among the Uentiles. and every place
'naii be offered to my name and clean OF ring i,isc
very place offered 10 God by the psiesiaooi Of Cari
according TO the order Of Melchseo.k ana the Jews
cannot deny that their sacrifices have ceased. Why
hey stl look Tor another Lhrist ~ Now, IL time permit
I'D could give uscity more Instances Of testimony om
ne holy iathsrs but 40 VIII not sud Gs ifsel that !
ave already espassoj toe long patience, mus
D-g oil You to get sbock called lne Faith Of Ca,no
lies which will give gu all the additional proof this
subject which intended TO- but which tbs iatsness Of
the hour will not permit my readi0g to you. | Will
merely state now that the form OF worship which God
established according to the system OF Christianity, is
found ut the present day where Il has always been Ia
the Catholic church because IL ia in the Catholic
church alone that have altar Is in the Catholic
and II is in the Catholic Church that have priest
hood not instituted by Queen Elisabeth, by act Of
Parliament" but instituted by the Almighty himself
Nov, may be aiked, where is this sacrifice in the
ahoiic Church But have been all this time misun
ierstood Don't you know, add have | not shown you
hal the prophecies are fulfilled in tn. Catholic church
alone There Is sacrifice Ia other church but la
Catholic, and IN ths'~e have in the sacrifice Of the
Of the holy fathers. IL IL not modern word but the
very word used by the fathsrs OF the primitive
church. IN order 70 designate that peculiar saoracs
rheIe Ia the testimony OF saint Ambrose. In letter
to hs sister, he says -" The next day, which
vas sunday, after the reading and when was
explaining the creed, word was brought TO me that
officers sent 10 seize the foran Church. and that
part Of the people were Aockng hither continued to
discharge my duty and began Mass, but as offer
ing was informed tina, the people had laid hands on an
ATian priost' &c NC Now the Arisn pnesthood, At
that time, we're the only enemies Of the Catholics and
sometimes must admit that the Catholics r.iala,ed FOR
he injuries they committed them. and Ia the weak
ness OF human nature came down the Arians and
made short work OF them This the Catholics did because
the Arians burned the Catholics wherever they had
thority.
Again. we have the epstle OF riu. isi written in the
1865 which vas resi by the Doctor like wise Our
sister Eupressis a. 1or Sfu recollec made over her
house to the poor, where We dws sad celebrate mass
offering up letter also II extz-, from Pope Cor
nsus written In the 2es IN which he says that he
could not publicly celebrate mass and any vino has
explored the subterrsnsans Of the city Of Rome must
have stumbled over the remains OF ancient affairs
which sacrifices were offered up IN the primitive times
by the primitive fathers Of the church. remaining n
were. silent yet impressive msmen,os VI the eor,s Of
early Christians, who In their real offered up sscfhces
and performed ,hem chrsusn dsi,es under ground
out, and IN the darkness OF tac aight. before the
had shed bis brilliant rays on fhs lace Of
Of nature Hence we hat many P,ous Catholics - he
present day arise before the sun return thanks 70 o
and otter up the Obsion Of the law which our d-
wins saviour ssssIshed which the blood Calva.
~ was shed, and BY which the 0f t- wori 10
be ofgivenby which the anger Of God 20 b. .ppeas
ed; aud co You knOs my beloved brethren the
blIsbmeni OF Catholic church In the communfy
the most beneficial things thst be esiab he'd any
sounuyl Tear not 80 say that trtho'fc church ~
the asylum where tbs Catholic Of cTs p hs
cn1ce who're he assemblies for TIE most p.cus
purposes, and where liberties vii he sspen.
sed aud cherished We are pg0ciaimef sosniss
Of civil ami religious beftyas ioes 10 TIE republic IN
which live although chii9rsn hxAtng 10
battles against or tsthoisc brethren u HsNco Bot
not Our fathers w,rt a. - sni ~ Mary land 9th
Lord Baltimore, and the hfsi go hsy peffrmed teH
arrival was 10 orsr ug sacfscss Ihers ty establish
cd Tree institutions there theF fgsef TIE t9c,rns 81
ciyI aud religious liberty 10 eli mss-thsy allowed
every man TO serve God IN the way be thenga best -
Bat sitter While achsngs cane over the spi Of their
DIRE m. The Csthoiics were dnvsn iron tasir
homes-they we're MT allowed 10 onF up her
holy oblstonss but when Tie hour cl cur
struggle osms-vbsa liberty was the railyifg word