The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1859-10-19

"a RfNSftn-fy UVWUtG"s hFtuOf1uDI
Purcell. on Sunday last, ofiicia,ed a. III
dedication n Of The new church of ST. Francis
de Sales on Bunker Hill. Chnslestows 0
Mass. From the report u his address i,
The Boston Courier, We make ,he icllowir,
extracts:
THE BIBLE AND CATHOLIC cHUfcH.
The foundation of Tie Catholic church
said the Archbishop, gives me fit occasion
TO speak beforc this enlightened aud honor.
ed auditory. Of the religious and lhs mora
and The social foundstion upon which Vie
Caiholic church 10 built. The religious
foundation Of our church - contained in
the holy word OF G,d, either written in the
Bible or transmitted 10 Us by tradition. The
Blb'e Is The charter of The hopes oi The
Caihoic. The Bible is, bonk which We
lchrrIsh as the choice 81 boon Of h-ayen to
man. II is = book which we would die 10
sindicaie from all dishonor. And hence The
Catholic hurclI has ever cherished aud !,on
ofed that divine deposit Of revelation. !
knov that the contrary has been asserted
bu' know the contrary 10 not nue. The
C,'holic priest aIstys preserved the Bible
When the foot sep of the barbarian was on
the rcil Of Europe. when the s~ord was s,
the throat Of is people. the priest was The
guardian Of Knowledge. His lips aud hi.
soul preserved Il, and he placed il with
himself il the Ca,acombs, and gave II there
the refuge ~ an altar until more propitivus
'imrs came round and il was reproduced a.
h -un 10 ilIumine The world. i II true that
"a ~ nges and OIL climes The C,tsuhc churcf
-nd Cs'hclIc priests were the guardians oil
ihe Bihe.
rHs 'Nr RrAscE or OBSERVING Tns SABBATH.
A. lhrs we're here ss-rsneirJ pn The sab
oaih. ~ y saed 1, say tasi b iAsrc wss D y
hing more than snother Tor which ie tc-
i'eved that 9 d blessed England aud NOV
b'srses these United States with tempo, 81
was ihat the Sabbath wss vb |
served He briirsed ,ha, 4 the anger oiI
God came down in visls Of wrath upon ma
lions, Il was because they dcseera'cd ,hs
>ahbssh. ne knew that there were men
= hv consended that the S,bbr.h must no,
be day III pfare' and rest; but hat u nus
be unf N ose>spsiioo. . dsy of riot, a day
" trlnkenrsss aht deaauehsry. IIc trusted
!. Y 4 INA AvAe nho had the Icgisls,ion
q le lana he hands would never tolc
rate the des@cs .'ivn of the sabbath. Tie
knew that men had carried il 10 sxress, aud
had observed i some times in u Pharssaic
spirit; ba, he preferred The Puritan spin,
rather than the spirit VI The Red RI publ.csn
md The Iu6dei.
Tne Archbishop earnestly aPpes ed %
l,alhvi'cs 70 cultivate sobrie'y aud proper
Observance - The Sabbath. aud /. abslain
rom any nu,sment not sucil As G ID would
smir upon.
gArnoLics THE wAsMEsr rRiESis Or AMsRl-
CAS- FEED a.
Our social Foundations, said he speaker, l.
, love 81 al those rights Tor every man ,hsi
are compatible with ne rights Of The res. 81
men. We hook for ihr arsess liberty 'ha,
ca. with safety be allowed 10 men. W.
Catholics love above all other nations the
% the United States Tor It's al
u liberty. aud he hoped that some
u The blood which baptized Banker Hi n
was Catholic blood. lie knew that much
. Cahciic blood n wed in the revolutionary
.sar, IL the French armies. ~ well as among
The soldiers ~ Washington.
The services o. C,tI oiics in the nj xcan
wsr were here spoken 81 as m instance II
b. readiness - Catholics 10 ,es,ify their De.
ro,ion 10 The a snerirsn Republic; aud Fml.-
= Me- ry and Father Rae ~trc par,isu.
larry siiud, a 70.
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