The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-16

New York Layman, on Ritualasm.
BUFFALO, N. Y, August Is, 1859.
4 very large audience assembled in tine Cathedral
tonight to hear Dr. Rogers lecture on the subject Of
"Rituaiism, - In aid Of the Infant Asylum.
The Doctor said he felt awed and subdued, being
layman, In being permitted to lecture In august
temple but was gratned to find such edince the
hunting grounds OF the Irquois and Seneca Indians
That he was speaking In hearing Of the thunder Of
Niagara, where, TWO hundred years ago, the first
mass was celebrated by Father Henepin. That hum
dreds Of new religions were now prevailing, as
might be seen each Monday morning in that most
wonderful OF papers, the NEW YORK HERALD; but
the Catholic Church, unchanging as the laws Of light
and gravity Of Niagara, spreads the same rainbows
Of beauty and glory above the stormy elements Of
tiers OF Charity and then proceeded at once TO speak
THIS religious phenomenon, he maintained, made It's
appearance thirty years age in sermon by DR.. Kee
Bile OF Oxford. In this sermon the learned poet orator
of England advanced the theory that the canon of
Scripture was unknown TO the Christian Church for
several hundred years after the birth OF our Lord;
and as Professionalism has staked unconscl0usly It's
very existence on this canon the moment 1t became
doubtful Professionalism fell. While the Catholic
Church. q living pOty growing up from Christ, OF
His very flesh and bone and spirit never rested on
any book but In fact had collected together the scat
tered writings OF the Apostles FOR the edcation Of
her children long after she had subdued the Pagansm
OF the Roman empire. Ratl0nalSm nad already eX-
torted thus much, DR.. Rogers argued, from the
greatest oxford divines, and no one but the most
Ignorant would have maintained the contrary. As q
consequence OF this thoughuu men had either gone
at once over to the Catholic Church or maintained
that their society was the more legitimate suc-
cessor to that visible Church which lived and
breathed without Bible. or these latter were Dr..
Coke, Of Buffalo, and DR.. Dix, OF New York. or the
former were Drs. Newman, Manning Wilberf0rce,
Faper, &C, who had renowned splendid benedces
in England, and the speaker believed that
the good common sense OF England and
America would soon decide with the latter.
The above being once fairly made both these
nations would return speedily to the Catholic faith.
The Doctor then proceeded TO prove that this
issue must be made sooner or later that the old
Protestant theory Of Gods having given book out
OF the skies for men to fashion new churches was
already swallowed up by infdety, and the only
question to be discussed was whether the Catholic
Church, with 20O.0 900, was the new Church. or
the handful OF respectable EpscOpallans In England
and this country who are tearing each others eyes
out In Chicago on the question Settled l. 800 years
ago by the Catholic Church) whether one bishop
could invade the diocese Of another. That in this
same diocese Rev. Mr.. Cheney and his bishop were
at variance on fundamental doctrine I. e., "How
can man be born AGAIN." VIII not infdels smile
at this teacher Of the blind2 will not angels weep
Whatever disturbances may arise from time to time
In the Catholic Church they are never on their
fundamental principles and when they did come up
In the first age she settled them forever