The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-10


of God The Testimonies Of him. the God man-as the
word manifested in tho fesh-as strong 10 ms nav I
may say stronger to US, than II witnessed them
with our own eyes They are proofs well theirs
and the human testimony ofacts recorded is atcscd and
approved under circumstances which leave pos ability
OF Doubt Thcy are not facts for those only who wit
messed but for the next century and for all time do
not sV they make the Feasibility of impression but
to the proof of The events there no difference as to
the advantages they confer Eighteen hundred wear.
have passed away and in tracing Of our
sayiours teaching in the institutions which he has
lished IN MS church and in the of preserving
his church. VIC find uninterrupted accomplishment OF
what his contemporaries did not understand We find
at the that the idea which he threw out
in familiar discourse to the people az to what should
be the inevitable consequence his ministry has been
eernaly accomplished from the day the Holy Ghost de.
scendcd the holy Apostles and kinded the ipht of Ill
vine fnithgying illumination to the UNDERSTANDING and
strengthening their weak and vacating hearts The sub
ject Of the discourse the church in its general ar
butes considered In connection with the events to flow
from it, through the Son Of God but its everlasting fun
dation. There was but glimpse-a mere slsetch--of
that great divine plan which he earth TO
There was ,een but part of the mutual relation
ing to his promise, he should send the paracIee-thc
spirit OF truthHhch should guide them into all truth
and abide with them for ever
1t II understood that the day of Pentecost the
church which, until that time, had IL were been
moulded into FORM to which given shape and proper.
tOns but which as yet according to his appointment
stood as we may conceive the first man stood forth
prominent OF tho human race When God formed his
mode from the slime OF the earth he bcathcd life aud
hout INTO hii ana Then man awakened to the con
sciois ness OF his being, destiny and origin SO the
word OF God IL was the day Of Pentecot that the
scriptures mentioned darkness-no more haste
after hght-whch was at that time communicated II
there was anything that seemed to press the heart
Of the discpcs LII the seventh chapter Of John after
speaking OF 1t in various forms he at last gives utter
ance to the funcs Of soul to his Eternal Father he
ana the rather are he and his disciples
ana not only this but he prays that they all may one
thou, Father art in me and in thee that they
may bc one IN us that the world may believe that thou
hast sent me" Therefore, there is nothing invisible
nothing forcshadowed Not the unity which binds the
stands sm n or IL % unity IN to GSd but unity which
the church then. IL clearly obvious for wc
know that religion is founded the ve,acy Of God 1t
takes its origin from what may be termed apotolicy-
That Is, mssion-and which sent the first missions
head again the holy pages of scripture and you will
nd the Son Of God did not arrogste to himself because
ne appeared in human FORM the origin of his mission
but he made known whatever no had heard from his
Father. He said his Father sent him lie was a minis
having received his mission from the Creator us all
You do not find Christ attempting to mako converts
was sent from God. and was iiod and consequently
mankind arc bound wherever there is the grace Of
bearing TO believe in his testimony and obey After this
ne makes known his doctrine and you will see the fea-
ture OF unity always insisted upon. few disciples
surrounded him-he is the centre others listen to the
heavenly words which he utters believing they are
aggregated to unity and add many to the original
society and from the dny Of Pentccost when the Holy
Spirit appearedas substitute for the Son of Gods mys
terous absence wherever grace operated in the mind
OF man the number has been constantly increasing If
Jew ne must bid adcu to the synagogue and enter into
thc new ana blessed covenant If Pagan he must re-
nounce bis false religion 1t is not enough merely to be-
iieve and say let me alone will remain where am but
must believe with his heart unto righteousness and |
follow the example Of the Divine Redeemer There !
lore however men believe but shrink from the prac-
tcc of the truth 1t cannot be pleasing to God and bene
hca to his creatures No doubt tho design of our Di
savior was to restore our fallen nature md bring
back to union with God In order to accomplish this
approach two obcctions first to teach man to know
himself and secondly, to enable him to know God. |
When my to know God. do not mean the infinite |
capacity TO comprehend, but to know d0d as he Ia
towards us. Paganism has conception of great first
cause and in day Pagan terms are applied
to him. He is called Sovereign Supreme Being which
mplaes saapiy IN sAs reldtons toward us
mndc known to being interested in us from all
eternity as our Creators and these things calculated
to win and attract to obedience and the Father
are one and the ground of faith and the ground Of any
positive religion must necessarily be by authority and
ycu leave out authority, whatever you call it-aith
sustain the duties Of religious life Duty is obvious from
the unity of its origin When men tell you as they do |
there no specific doctrine required to be believed by
our divine Saviour they do not intend that the remark
calculated to destroy all belief in revelation for It il
manifest God and the Saviour being one he would not
reveal plurality or contradiction of doctrine and as
Christianity flows from single source and az God is the
author OF truth any society which is formed on the ba
sis OF the belief Of that nth must necessarily he ono he
cause truth cannot be fraud Unity doctrine and faith
are ated and side with his church not on
learned spcculaons Of doctors readings but
thc veracty Oh God. We cannot understand the mys-
torics of Divine Revelation but God who il truth and
infinitely wise declares it is important us to believe
IL,
obtain the highest privilege of our intellect that we
should bow as holocaust to the divine testimony so
even our intelects should bow in the capacity OF |
faith. The church, from its commencement has been
one IN its faith, and you will do well note the dis
tinguishcd unity Of the church from any other unity
You VIII find in religious phlanthropic and political
associations certain unity for Ec and spncea unity
dependent on the voluntary act of the members-and
this plainly shows that provision il made for dissouon
II Is not element Of self prcservation it is not an
element OF extension; il last but the unity for
some particular motive to be regulated by expedency
vcIy short fna thnra ha |
unity from design-a visible unity This is accidental
There no obligation to it long as interest
mana we see on every side whether from schsm
y, whenever an attempt is made by men, by their
he progressive dissolution is observable in the Catholic
Ihurch-one of Apostleshp As long this unity is in
xence there will be found until the end of the world
nose who will engender disturbance in its unity and past
history shows how many dsturbcrs there been not
'ound by Christian unity, but the unity of hatred men
yho imagined that they could nfct mortal on
ne son of God II an attack Is to be made all at once
mere IS spontaneous coalition of hearts All in the
attempting to overthrow the sheep fold or do.
troy the flock of the Son of God This faith
Which n,,,. Is one one Is not simply one by virtue Of
which unca the Church Of Christ as sheepfold under
me shepherd takes its origin from him hence what
eheve as an opinion of his lie is required to be-
eyc IN the sense God has revealed it this the rea
anne and in this 1t Is seen to the world that the Lord
cn bis son into the world for its saliva ion You have
,o a~e suhcienty long on the importance unity
divine mark, and which has continued to mani |
est itself as singular to the world. How rare it
10 hnd few men, not absolutely decided on
my topic or fact, who able to agree. How |
natural Is the diversity and discrepancies between
mind and mind How difficult to get men TO unite and
et inc Son OF God on the principle laid down The rule
nd mooel OF ms church has secured unity which AT the
anne time susceptible of extension to all ages and -
he ends Of the Garth You before you many Of the
rst pastors OF the Holy Catholic Church coming from
limits extending from sea to sea- ne most of them |
ever met together before Many of them brought
lp amid different sounds Of language But in the unity
faith there Is no necessity TO examine what Is their
'ehef and this limited spectacle Of the unity would not
,e different If all the bishops of the whole Catholic
jhufch were here assembled And this Ia to be atribu
ed to the fact that they believe the teachings Of the
Son Of God, and because the Church l. one and |
,ccause there N no necessity TO examine aud COM |
,are records. All brought up under tao same |
guidance and under the spirit sent upon the Church of
iod They are all united in sheepfold and under
he guidance Of one shepherd God made one by the
unity Of truth The Church mast be holy well one
She must be apostolic because she is derived from Christ