The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-17
Tho Catholic Bishop OF Richmona.

sbkhON AT THE PAULIST CHURCH Yesterday.
The Right Rev. John McGiil, Bishop Of Richmond Va
s now visit to this city, and s stopping at the resi-
dence Of Archbishop Mccloskey. Bishop McGil about
fifty years Of age, very TALL and looks hale and hearty
He eloquent speaker and profound scholar Since
the war broke out he published book in Richmond
under the title OF "Faith the Victory II an able and
lucid explanation Of Catholic faith and doctrine ap
peared about the beginning Of this year. and In is
chaca construction bore evidence OF the decline Of the
socalied Southern confederacy' for It's typography,
paper and binding very poor and in sad keep
ng with the sound and eloquent reasoning with which
its pages aboundod Nearly the whole edition was
Bishop Mc(ll the friend Of the late lamented
Archbishop Hughes. This Is the first time the Bishop
for that city vicinity have closely invested by
the Union armies that the Bishop unable visit
that portion Of his diocese lying between Richmond and
the Potomac But thanks TO General Grant and his
toous hosts he enabled TO visit his flock this spring
and summer. No sooner did the Union armies enter
Richmond than the Bishop started for Fredcricks-
burg and the shenandoah valley Here he found Of
his churches either destroyed much the for
the many conflicts between the two armies in their vi
cinity He went TO work however and through the en-
ergy Of the several pastors the churches will be
placed by better ones He administered confirmation in
Fredericksburg in the different churches In the Shenan
doah valley, and in Alexandria, Va, and then
North TO his numerous friends In Baltimore and in
this city The Bishop has always been Union but
when Virginia seeded he had to keep quiet for the
rebel government allowed no opposition In its domin-
iOns he, however, dlu oil ne could Tor soldiers
who prisoners at Belle Isle and Castle Thunder
He visited them several times and preached them and
administered the sacrament to those among them that
were Catholics
Bishop McGiIl visited the Panst church. Fifty ninth
street. yesterday, and preached most eloquent
High sung by Father Hewitt and at the end
the FIRST gospel the Bishop sscended the altar steps and
read the gospel Of the day which related TO the miracle
OF the oaves and hshes from which he took his text
and preached for about hour and half Of the
most argumentatve and eloquent the Catho-
lie doctrine Of the 'real presence that your reporter
he said figure Of the doctrine OF the holy eucha
rst, he went to show that II Lords words
o. a. inns o. Gs real
Of bread and wine must be true for His words too
plain to be misunderstood "Jhis IL my body; this
verb els" tells phniy enough what our Saviour meant
In place in the sacred Scriptures ngurave language
saviour spoke cannot sDS hm usns sSg
such language In that manner When he speaks Of be-
ing 'the vne," .the door, &c, he dos not
door: but when he instituted the holy eucharist
he took bread into his hands, and broke Il,
body" He had reference 70 a special piece Of bread
These words too plain 70 be got by any subter
fuge they either meant what Christ said or He did not
speak the truth Tho Bishop then quoted st. Paul 10
prove the doctrine Of the 'real presence a. well
several other texts Of Scripture He took up by
all the various objections 70 IT, and disposed Of them
each in its turn, and that too, In clear and forcibe
manner and seemingly without any excrtion his part
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that IL mystery, and 70 unbelieveB all mysteries
were absurd, because they beyond their compre
hension Il absurd. Hence II must be true. He
showed also that there hundreds Of mysteries
nature that could not explain We could not explain
how the eye took In view miles Of landscape,
hull and dale, wood and meadow; could We explain
tho way In which the bread eat Ia ransubstantated
INTO ourselves gives flesh, &c, how the grain Of
wheat that rots in the earth ransubsanated into the
blade and reproduces itself manifold So Il In
eral other cases in nature Mystery existed all around
US and yet men viii not believe the planest Of all mys
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palmer than those he used any other occasion But
u 10 impossible 70 do Justice ~ such sermon short OF
full report and VIC have only referred 10 few Of the
points made by the Bishop in the above synopsis.
About i've years ago the Bishop was in this city,
ana also preached at the Paust church He In great
personal friend Of the Superior Of the Pauss Father
Hecker.