The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-04-11
The Catholic Church South.
BISHOP LYNCH IN NEW YORK.

The Right Reverend Bishop LYNCH,
! of Charleston, was recently in New
York for the purpose Of soliciting aid
from the Catholics Of that city where
with to rebuild some of the Catholic
institutions destroyed during the wal.
The Bishop spoke at St. Peters
Church, in Barclay-strcet, and was
met by generous response from the
congregation. He also delivered an
eloquent discourse at St. Andrew S
! Church, in Duane-street. The follow
ing is synopsis Of the Bishops dis
course at the latter place:
Ny BRETHREN: The coming of Christ our
Lord upon earth marks an era in the history
Of man. 1t marks battle which had been in
progress for nearly two thousand years. Up
to that time evil had prevailed among men,
but the children Of Adam forgot their father 5
punishment, and it required the deuge to
purify the earth. The children Of man bore
with them the signs of fallen nature, but they
soon forgot them and plunged into all manner
Of iniquity.
Few men then worshipped the true God.
These men, such as JOB and MeIchisedeck,
were among this class; but the whole mass of
men were adoring false gods and following
evil ways. Up to the time Of our Lord men
had failed to battle against evil or to do much
good. The twelve poor fishermen stood in the
! polished cities of Athens, Greece, ard Rome,
and their accents conquered philosophers and
others, who followed the pursuit of science.
\ new philosophy arose which, if schooled
properly, enabled men to enter the Church.
Although they were opposed at the time,
these poor fishermen were successful for a
! time.
They induced men to give up the ordinary
callnes of life in order to obey the word of
Cod Said an ancient writer: 1--WE Chris
tians are butsof yesterday, and yet we fill your
armies and ships" Soon the Christian church
was spread everywhere, and men were brought
up in accordance with the light of truth. Ig-
noraucc and evil have been receding before
Gods holy truth. This has been wrought by
/ the hand Of God, but by what means? BY
means of His church which he established for
the Christian world. Under the old law there
was no church, but each father Of the family
was high priest of that family, and there was
no bond of union; but Christ established a
; fold into which all might come, and he prayed
that all his followers might be one one faith,
Ole Lord, one baptism. He established in 1t
: an organization as in she body of man, sTery
portion having its own obligations and its own
! sphere of action. Hence it was that victory
was obtained. BY the teaching Of the church
nations have received light and strength and
. WISDOM
Eighteen centuries have seen her in the
world For three centuries the Church was
prosecuted almost until death. Who can tell
: how much the Christian suffered in those
days-how many driven into dungeons? how
many were pHt to death by every torture that
mans ingenuity could devise? Some were
tied in sacks, while others were tied to horses
: others were snothercd with pitch and put to
death in flames. But there stands yet,
! giving praise to God FIR the '. leprosy that
! has been taken from Christianity.
! But there came time when the Church
; battlcd, trough her doctors, and through her
: councils, at Nice, winning victory after vic
/ tory and she still continues now to strength
! en- our weaknesses, and disclosing to US a
! bright glimpse Of that glory to which God
dcslincS US, five be true to His laws; she
stands in the world miracle of history !;
! stands, because she is and established by
! Christ our Lord. She will ever continue,
even to the consummatlon of the world. Yes,
she stands, though the Roman Empire has
passed away she stands ever The same, be
cause she is not of this world, but Of the king
dom Of God. He need not refer to the recent
events that have just closed to show that
men may differ, nations may crumblc, but the
! Catholic Church never. Her rites are the
same in China as they are here and although
the ministry there may not speak the same
tongue, they will celebrate the wholly mysto-
ries as they are celebrated elsewhere. The
Church has kingdom Of heaven. She was
born of God. The first practical work of the
early Christians was to aid one another; to
aid the widows and orphans cf the land. The
dearest letters which we have beside the Cos
pei itself, were through al ancient bishop,
which were sent in acknowledgment OF these
charities
The reverend bishop then referred to the
education OF the people Of his own diocese,
and said he had come to plead their cause to
their brethren of New York. They had al
ready heard of the condition Of things in the
South, but they should see them to apprecI,
ate them. He had come, therefore, to plead
the cause Of Jesus Christ who had taught
charity, and who had made it incumbent on
US to aid one another Shall | rehearse the
sad story of all we have suffered? | shall not,
for might detain you too long. The first
bishop Of Charleston had obtained ar enViable
reputation, and they were all familiar with the
history of Bishop England, who had done so
much for the Catholic Church. There were
but two priests at the time in the diocese, and
two STRANGERS who were abiding there for
short time They abored assidiously for some
time. and most Of them had heard of the sue
cess with which their labors were attended.
Bishop England had earned a name among
the Catholics Of the world, and he deserved
it, for he was noble man. There lived no
son of Erin truer than he, and whose heart
would not throb with sensation when he heard
the name of Bishop England mentioned. But
he is gone; he has at last been laid in the
tomb H laid foundation broad and deep,