The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-29

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dencs Thereof he Will como hmss TO take Of
bis sanctuary He will come hin~fto make IL here his
be their God, and they shal DO his people The to-
Ken. o. his DT'ssns' VIII b given not indeed :;
awfuy and terribly with hts majesty that the priest
exee1 OF glory: but he will come with his divinity
shsdowed and hi, glory yelled. He will with
more NE ana mors .eidisg presence. Hs wiz
father and friend. to resde among TO invite rs
to approach him TO allow us to draw to listen to
wnloving embrace And Oh brethren, It is this great
end mighty truth Of Catholic faith that raises every Ca
Il Jssu. IN tho s.
fee and the sacrament Of eur affairs that Is the true
heart tho true life spring Of Catholic pisty AMI Caholc
aspirations Of al desires and Of oil love- II ID
this that is the source Of all that grand and all that's
the Catholic church-thst spouse coming down from
heaven prepared as a bride for her husband; and
where God has chosen his tabernacle he will be with
you. your God, and you will be his people l cannot
do better, It seems to me- to respond to the susges
tions Of this occasion than to address you beloved
brethren few words upon the nature Of that beautiful
and sublime dogma Of Catholic beief-the real pro
Of Jesus Christ among tho sacrifice and In the
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presumiug that IL rest sufficiently well upon the
force and the strength and the dignity of its own ma
We simply sill speak Of 1t In this ightthat in this
great this precious doctrine Of Catholic faith
We And that which Is in beautiful unison with God
teAchugs to his people from the very beginning that
which admirably hsrmonizes with that whole beautiful
economy Of love- manifested In the mysteries Of the
incarnation and redemption and that in this We find
that establish man in his lost rights which restore
to him his forfeited privileges which raises to the
true dignity Of his being and Ats him for thst high and
glorious destiny for shich hs has been created In
word in this No we find something that Is truly worthy
Of the infinite love Of God for man, and at the
same time something that fully and adsq ustely meets ell
heart The chief object Of tho Creator in making
after bis image and likeness that no might unite
him In the bonds OF closest intimacy and alliance
with himself In the strong language Of inspiration,
God walked with Adam in Paradise lie cenvesei with
him famarly friend would with friend,
and somitted him to flee and easy nercourse and &C
cess to himself. This was Adams first, beautiful and
bright posit!on. This his original privilege aud pre-
negative but alas alas this fair and beautiful plan OF
divine wisdom marrod by transgrsssion Man sinned
and immediately ali changed Man sinned and iume
was broken God withdrew his creature; withdrew
the heights Of his eternity and left man,
fallen and degraded alone With his shame and guilt
In the midst Of the drey solitude in which he finds
himself whithor shall he turn From the dep,h of that
abyss into which he has fallen, where shall he raise
his eye? Mercy Of Godm he seems to excain,
"Goodness of God, where art thsus" God even
in his anger yet remembered mercy, and nosw,th-
standing the curse that he had pronounced against
postery, there was promise, there was consoliDg
premise. to accomplish it, and that yet day would
Lac
Is say when hts guilt should be cxpisted sad his union
with God should more be established restored
Of this great promise that constituted hope and
conoiaon OF the people OF God through centuries Of
time 1t was to bring about tast sccomplshment-it
to see and enjoy that the
OF God upon the hand ana the striv
ing of upon the other Now this yearning Of tho
human heart this constant seeking and desire aud in
9, want Of man. that the guit which mad
him from God should be expAted ana atoned for, and
that the precious privileges that he hadlotthe privilege
Of being united TO God-sbould restored. This 1t
that the occupation of his Thoughts and
Il his deses and the expression thi- fomeo its first
Of sacrifice Man felt in the presence Of tho author Of
his Being that be poor stunning sinful
creature and he sought ct once 70 make recognition Of
his own unwothiuess and nothiDgness and Of God
eregnty and supremacy by the first fruits OF the
earth ana the rstlpgs Of his flock aud Offering them
up God He felt bceides that he had ofe that
he bad Gods anger and In order sppessc
wrath aud proptiate his mercy b. sought by the sub
sution IT some innocent victim in the place OF himself
the guilty to give this OF making
expalion 10 God ana at the time that he thus
gave expression 10 the jdea OF expiaton foesnadow
the In which thst expiration to be msdsths
IT, by the euson OF blood After he Offering Of the
rihce which accepted OF God he became himself .
na =, those tho sus a.
the ssciidce becoming psrtaksrs OF the votm by
THE participation in the victim " the sacrifice With had
been received by GOD felt themselves, 1t
brought and CLOSELY into intercourse wit b
Goo yet still in imperfect Now, this Offering
sacrifice not from any csprioous pulse OF
hmm heart but IL was scusteo BY the div nelly
instincts Of thst heart which GOD himself bsd
there; and .hsn be gave to his people las,
and prescribed the manner in which ne wished
that he should be worshipped, he declared that
il should be BY the offering OF sacrifice; so
time The highest act CT homage paid by to God,
and the sublimest possible form of prayer Now We all
types ard figures Of that which TO comeths great
atouiDg acrce of Calvary They scripture calls
them sels and knsaded elements aud shadows of the
great things that to Now when the fulness
Of time mpli he'd GOD came down from Heaven
upon earth He ttOok TO himself not the 70 OK
gel hut took to himself the the being
THE word made hesh'' ssd God became
nan. Hetook upon himself our own inhrmitie Here
is The fulDtDt promise God uniting himself again
with humsnity-with that fallen huWanity-coning
It and raising il up ard uniting with himself
He suffered and he bled, and shed his most precious
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nencemet-tbst Is to say the primitive void thus
fer reestabhed guilt had been atoned for, and
humanity and Divinity were ouoe more united But now
the question this all suddenly and at
once! Was that great sacrince, which had cuff
cisnt act Of Precipitation once fer au-wss II to
cease hereafter act Of worship and commemora
ton Was that God who had come down from hea-
ven and appeared as man upon earth ap-
pearipg upon earth and cenversng With msn-
he when returned to the bosom Of his Father
when He had hidden aoicu to this world Of misery
TO look his great height in heaven truly indeed
with tender and compassionate eye upon his otestures
but ne longer to be among them no longer to
with them, no longer TO allow them to draw near no
longer be united with them ana to be- present around
him the favored during the few yesrs toat he
lived In Gsee! Was there not then, henceforh to be
real aud enduring sacrfce--s more perfect sacrifice
than that Of the Jews being the great act of
perfect worbp viz the Christian worship! Wa. there
rot TO be abiding presence OF Jesus Christ In
bis nepity, uniting hnsoif not only with humsnt In
general but uniting himself With each Of us' thus
by the sacrihce and by sactemept which he would
estabish, he with that Calvary and
with his presence earth In subtance but dcreps
in Its foim ever perpetuatipg the great sacii