New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-10


cis- view 81 the subject It Is sad reIy after al tli''
nonoicny Of belief be pleasing God, and they
point cut for hritaiia pretended pi0-o hers an the
variety with which God has diver-iiei AL portions 81
cFestion They say The spfing brings forth every nue.
o fwors, ohsmng the eyes and giving perfume o .hs
atmosphere IN, r sweetness They tie has stud lei
the frns meni With which dir from one ano'ner
IN effUlnence End distance. Tneytay GDt yves mth
fCu and mind OF his and Il Is not right 70 crD y
within scope 81 less power than tie hss diverr'e ne
leaf fnd the human coantensnce, giving general :
seufance hut particular difference n tnen all NV
tlese pretended arguments grouniless lazy
forget that thy contribute 10 the giving way OF
f;irn which like iceberg nel-s away IN the
direction If skepiicism, atheism and p1ntheism IN
age which does not think proper 70 dispute
about anv doctrine Of Chris. Instead OF enirV
oriDg 10 induce a belief in Deity, they carry away
hundreds and thousands Of perons Of inirn purpose
Trey ever l)ok At ae plurality IN unity, nor con, Ter
that all are governed by the same law Arguing from
Their own premises, every star now re@uatei D. ~"
mnDy would take it course instead OF ina mn n
God glory hight like host OF brilliant sentinels lai
cations TO US mess Of that power which We revere,
ard eevaiBg The high conceptions due 10 Him by wnOh
We were all created But the truths Of God smancipite
the human mind and set his soul at liberty and man ls
bound to DO the best he can. Some men are
caught by the dazzle Of a ph-ase. They are
deceived by the cry Of progress which sounds Ike
something grand. The naxims current nobody
questions them. But God emancipates the mad
nd tells man to be free. You might as well a.
tempt TO manace the sunbeam,or ietter the
responsible to him for the use we make OF thai
freedom; when the doctrine is presented are we not
free 10 embrace it. We should abide by the grace
of God which speaks to hearts II we
cooperate with that grace do we not enjoy freedom
But religion in g corrupt age and In the world me ans
that yeu tree unless you ect wha. the Son Oh
Man taught and they say IN equivalent language though
history approves the Son of God by his miracles N IN
is believe until he examines into the details be-
fore the tribunal of his reason and then he may reec
adept it, he thinks proper. 1t is in this court
do of fhe If (,n1 he
sincerity and strong convictions but Ia the name
of Christ ITSELF there not single principle in such
system which can be called faith Yet God says with
cut faith It Is impossible TO please Him. Faith Is
one and he says there il one Lord, one Father
and one Baptism; but if you take me out of faith
10 try me, you throw me on my own specuations,
and unless | am under your bad philosophy, be
lieve my own interpretations of the Scriptures
But do not tell me for time and eternity must not be-
lieve in the things of God There s not only unity OF
faith but unity Of the having God for their
aurhOr belief in this unity has brought together
these Bishops dreary deserts and the wide ocean,
TO speak with heart and voice. after having In
voked the light of the Holy Ghost which
they have so often invoked; and this il
evidence that the sheepold ia one is also the shep
herd do not to say that any man is the shep-
herd Our divine Savior Ia the Bishop and Pastor over
souls That is an interior unity but for the outward
Church, for the testimony which is to convince the
world God him tor the world cannot close its eyes
the fact There not many pastors and many sbep
herds but they all particles of the pastorship.
associations certain unity for time and space-a unity
dependent on the voluntary act of the members-and
this plainly shows that provision made for dissolution
Ii Is not element OF sepresery alton; II is not an
element OF extension; it may last but the unity is for
some particular motive TO be regulated by expeiency.
Hence, for comparatiy' ly short time, there may be
unity from design-a visible unity. fhs is accidental.
There is Obligation preserve it long interest
requires they may be united but the other hand We
see every SIDE whether from schsm or heresy,
whenever an attempt is made by men, by their own au-
Al n.nt( Tod of fu
progressive dissolution is Observable in the Catholic
Church-one of Aposeship As long as this unity is in
existence, there viii be found, until the end othe world,
those who will gender disturbance in its unity past
history shows how many dstu bers there have BEEN not
bound by Christian unity but the unity OF hatred; men
who imagined that they could indict me rial wound
the Son OF God. Ii an attack is to be made all at
once, there is spontaneous coalition OF hearts All IN
the union Of passion, feeble inefficient in
attempting to overthrow the sheepfold, or de-
stroy the flock OF the Son OF God This faith, which
is one, is not simply one by virtue OF sentiment,
but in outward profession. This faith, which
unites the Church of Christ a sheepold under one
shepherd takes its origin from him, aud hence what
Catholic is required to believe, he cannot profess
to believe opinion of his He is required 10 De
eve in the God has revealed aud this is the rea
why the teaching being the same the belief IS the
same and in this t is seen 10 the world that the Lord
sent his into the world for It's salvation You nave
not dwelt sufficiently long the importance of unity
divine mark and which has continued to mani
fest itself singular to the world How rare It
topic or fact who able to How natural Is ne
dver.iiy and discrepancies between mind aud nli,u
How difficult 70 get men to unite And YET tpc oon
Of God the principle laid down as tne RUE anu
MOD of his church. has unity which, at the same
time, is susceptible of extension 10 all ages ana 10
the ends OF the EARTH You see boore yor many Oh te
first tors of the Holy Catholic Church. coming from
limits extending from to sen, the most ofthem never
met tos ether before Many Of them were brought up
amid different sounds of language But In the uny Oh
faith there is no necessity examine what is their be-
aplf oh ID
he different if all the bishops OF the whole Catholc
Church were here assembled And this Is TO be altrio-
ute to the fact that they believe the teachings OF tn
son OF God, and because the Church s one, anu
because there is no necessity TO examine and COM
pare records All were brought up under the same
Guidance and under the spirit sent upon the Churcn OF
God They are all united in one sheepold ana uhoer
the guidance of shepherd. God made no one
by the unity of truth. The Church must De hoy
as well az one She must be apostolic, because She
il derived from Christ and his Apostles Sne must
be universal, because we know that truth oil diVhe
revelation does not shine for day and then
fade. and because the teachings OF the Son
Of God and the apostles were true 10 the streets Oh Ier
salem or Samara, and because the truth docs nos
change IL would be inconsistent. We do not desire
to look out for improvement in these things which God
has preserved for us 10 the present day Inc chufcn
extends her tents TO the ends OF the earth God Is In
her sheepold and in the pastor OF the nocK anu thosc
who enter in by him have eternal iie
Another form of unity in the Church oil Cnss 'he sue
cessors of the Apostles; some OF them Apostles tnen-
selves They endowed each win part VI tue ui-
divided Episcopacy for in faith and sacrament unity c
tracabe as with the pencil of sunlight They meet here
as the early Apostles met THY meet as orethrento
examine into the affairs of the Church. and when the
propcr time comes they dOnot say their decision sns De
in The name OF Christ our Lord but that they blend
in great confidence knowledge of the divine aid and
in the Joint name Of the Holy Ghost and themselves
they promugae the decisions So subsequent councils
will meet 70 define the doctrines of faith. The same
rule will be tolowed-not OF sympathy and gsner.
aIity of sentiment because there is diversity oil
individual character-as much so as among the
same number of men elsewhere. YET ratn ana
ts;,b aninats all-shat truth which fills all
space. and is colorl.ss, but which, when brought
together by persons reflects different shades Of oPn
ions Looking the old minister's and buildings Oh an
anterior age the lights in the windows represent every
color of the sumbeams when brought within he obser-
vaion of the human eye yet on entering them
there is seen no tint or color when the light
has passed through The Apostles are but individual
fnr the individual unity which pertains the govern.