New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-21

would Draw dowa upon them spiritual advantages AM
blessings. The reverend speaker next alluded to to
fsct that the act would be misspprehendei and mic
represented, and when he resolved in compliance with
the request Of the jealous portion Of the Church to
oficiate on tie occasion, he knew well that Il would
be So Btt II taey were TO cut down their doctrine
Until 4 suited tie standard Of tie present day. o. -
use word more CONNER, simplify Il urtl there vss
nohrg in TO I'D fault with, they would sooa SUI
pass even the QuSkers themselves. The holy sscr.-
fee Of he Mass, ia; pure revelation offered first by
our bless Lord himself then by his Apostles and
coDt:rred 10 Jerusalem, the caisconbs, ana thencs
down to tie present time, and by which aosc
tbCy rendered 10 ia that supreme homage wacn be-
louGed to Him, even tbst was looked apon o. soms
mere mummory. Tbis, sEd AL ese. however thssyn-
Dol might be ssCrei would hsyeio 90. Ard 90 VITA
" dvc'iin and belief and with every ma they
prsctised L Was in tie same spntthst tie oeren)sg
taey had this day performed had been AM would Dc
81 ken Cf g. ar act ot superstition ard ldoiA,ry.
They sould suppose thai none would apply such
dtpun,lstio 10 any except alter inll exsminatics
emo sufficient, proof fJT VI 81 crimes tina. could Do
committed the most terrible was that OF idolary-
10 offer 10 man or shy created beiog thai hom.~1
which belonged 70 i alone. aud "a which, #
they were guilty OF H. they would deserve
g be chased from the earth. These ACQUISITIONS
we-o brought against them by PR ucice snd yuorsacs
which submitted 10 no instruction, correction and
TO enlightenment. As an instance Of this misfepre-
sentstCD The reyeleLd speaker re,efred - recent
publication OF statement thst Catholics ware bound
tlgother in secret socety-a statement wnich hal
no tcurds;ion IN truts-snd they knew that the mo-
weDt mat any Catholic tcCk upon himself 81 oNh.
binding himself t. keep secret, by that act he be-
came sepaTsted iIom the Catholic Church. IL was
this ignorance, after al, which afforded the Only eS
for these lase Csunnes iarcgdrd to the Catholic
ChuIch-s institution which occupied so promireats
place before the world which had eNesed such an ia
tluerce for 50 many centuries over the wh)ls
civilized world; which had made s marx
up the family ard gave tie spirit OF equity
and justice h. our laws and which was the very
basis in fact Of GENERALIZATION, sndthe only r,,iutos
claiming To be Christian that had ever added aoy poo
pie 10 ChTRtendom And It's doctrines wore not couch
ed in any uncertain language. iet notwithstanding
sl this there were thousands 10 thls community claim
ing 10 be enlightened men-leaned men who were
better acquainted-he would not say with the old
mythology for unfortunately too many of US learned
that before We learned our catheoism bit who wsre
better acqusinted with the mysteries OF Buddha aud
| llshnu than they were with the doctrines OF the
Catholic Church. The reverend speaker stated in
stances of what he regarded IS geat wrong doae the
Catholic Church by msstatements growing out Of "
n0Tarce, aud that too by men OF learning. II this
so of learned men, how must It be wta the
learned 1t had been stated by learned mea that
Calico was tortured by the Church because he be-
evea the Copemiesn theory, who forgot 10 stste that
Copeinlcus himself Catholic priest WAC dedi
Gated his first work to Pope Paul Ill, aud further,
that the theory taught at the time in the schools
OF the Church II stated tina. the massacre Of ST
Bartholomew WAS iDstgsted by the Pope, when the
fact WAS known that that act was OF polite aud
iteIated that IN the Decalogue the commandment,
" Thou shalt rot bow down to any craven imsgs,"
had been stricken ont by the Catholic Church be-
person, without doubt honest, did not hap
pen to rd Il in the part Of the Decalogue that il
occupies in the Protestant version. And though ths
had been denied repeatedly, yet It was as often
ressserted Thus had II been with reference 10 other
mattes-of inc ugences and all else. What made this
matter worse the fact that there every facility
in the country to get full and perfect information By
books wspapers, and every Other means u correct
! intelligence glance at their catechism would be
sufficient correct their fase notions in many hings,
ard at any rate Pedestrians could there find whs. idol
airy meant. And while 10 not true that the eecond
commandment had been left out OF the Decalogue, 10
was true that their opponents had forgotten 10 their
practice At heart another OF the commandments,
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh
"bor." But fortunately for them as Catholics they
were under no obligation to take the least heed Of them
or rather they under obligation 20 not be infu
enced by them in the least. They had something To
guide them more certain than the opaions Of Mon
they had the authority of the Holy Catholic Church,
which had been established, among other things for
the purpose Of teaching the truth. by the Cath
Ole Church they knew wno the Blessed virgin WAS.
They knew that she wac the mother OF God-of our
blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Chrst--God and ms1
perfect God and perfect msn-who from the mo-
ment OF his conception was perfect God and perfect
map They knew that at the fall Of man il deter
nil ed that the Blessed Virgin Mary should be tho
mother of God, aud that 1t was foretold ~ tho
prOphets They knew that TO III her Tor this
high dignity, at the moment OF her conception sho
preserved from the STAN Oi 0glna siu and inst
conse quently she was born into the world pure holy.
and full of grace. They knew that in the falnes: o.
time she became the Mother Of God that che watched
over the infancy Of our blessed Lord that she fol-
lowed in bis steps in his life, and stood at the foot
the cross; that Of the last words OF endermes
he ever spoke were 10 her, They kne" that sue 70
NAMED some time earth after his death; that sho
was model TO early Christians, and that she was -
some respects teacher of the Apostles iossnuch ~
many things they had related they could have learned
only from her, that at length she reonsd her Soi 10
heaven. They believed, as matter Of faith, thai
wLop she died her soul returned to her b,dy that
taken, body and soul to heaven, 70 receive amid
the joy of the angelic choirs from her Son. the crown
If immortal glory.
The dignity that she enjoyed was the reward not
merely Of her being the mother of God, but moro
particularly OF the fidelity with which she correspond
ed with the graces which God gave her. Tho way
By which che went to heaven was the way by which
any ons Of US might go there. The principle upoa
which God rewarded her wss the principle whereby
they could be rewarded" Well done, thou good snd
" faithful servant enter into the joys Of thy Lord.
At tire conclusion OF the discourse, other religious
rites were performed, which continued over an hour