The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-06-09

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the North, from the frozen regions, and men
whose brows are bronzed by the torrid suns Of
the South. Men from Africa. Men who had
stinted themselves of everything to live
among and teach the heather. Men
young in years. but old in experience. Chris,
tian men, old in the warfare of life. Men Of
public learning and wisdOm-men who have
given up their all for the church. There they
go, in procession and by rank, guarded by a
noble band Of the children OF the Faith: II
was q grand sight to see that aisle, down which
the living masses walked. There, 700, was
the Sovereign Pontfi, with jewelled tiara and
robes decked with precious stones, but with
no gem so bright as the lustre Of his angelic
eyes and the peaceful smile OF his angelic coun-
tenance. And If Catholic anu non-Catholic
were standing there, would they not have
men and women bow down low. would they
not believe that faith is not dead; that there Is
great force ofliving strength in that church !?
Describing the grand ceremonies OF the sac
rifce OF the mass, the pealing of the silver
trumps. and the united voices of the throng
of the faithful. the Rev. Father asked, Would
not the infidel himself say what are these men
doing here He 1.-THE infideD could doubt that
there were in the world many liberal, earnest
men who devote their lives to the work they
take up There must be some earnestness
in them. Now here are $50 bishops,
well nigh thousand men; they must be true
and sincere. There was the old man lthe
of his pontiical robes. There is another
with blanched cheek and stern coun-
tenance. who started in his youth Ia ma
tive of France) and gave up his lite to teach
| the heathen-who knows not each day whether
| he shall lie down at night on his humble couch
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turned home 10 receive his fathers dying sigh,
or wipe from the mothers brow the tear of the
| last sad agony sec another, says the inhdel,
and mark his eager glance and over hanging
brow. Who could doubt that these men were
Just as earnest and as capable 10 form an
opinion and to discover truth and error as
am.
Take the leaders OF the so-called modern
progress: the Garibaldi, the Mazzini and the
Cayour; in England your Bright, your Mill
and, in some sense. your Gladstone; i'm this
country, your Phillips and Sumner, and Gree
| ley. Take all these leaders OF advanced pro-
gress; dare any one say that concourse
Of such men is as good as the molly bishops
learned in the sciences of pure and lofty, life,
who have no political schisms, and no
thought but of God AID the holy church?
Father Garesche continued to speak at some
length, and with impassioned force, upon the
unity and dignity of the church. and then
passed to the question of the Infallibility OF
the Pope, which he defined in these words
great many. persons confuse. Infallibility
| with impcccability. The Pope is fallible as an
individual, and as Bishop Of Rome, and when
speaking, even on points of doctrine, to an In
dlvidual. But when the Pope as Supreme Pom
tiff, las the head ofthe Universal Church, teaches.
not single in diridual, not single flock, nora
single bishop, but teaches for the whole world,
fer the whole church, in its official capacity,
lie calls his counsellors to him, discusses the
whole question, and. with prayer to Almighty
Gsd, he gives a Pontifcal decision, seals It
with an unmistakable mark, and 1t Is then the
decision Of the whole churchill Is an lniaill-
BILE teaching
The Pope himself had given no hint that the
Inialbility question would be brought before
the Council. Certain conceited doctors In
Germany issued tracts warning the Council
not to raise this question. He did not believe
that the Pope desired or thought 1t necessary
to raise question which was already decided.
He (Father Garesche) had not thought 1t ne
cessary. Gallicanism was dead anu buried,
and had no life. But when these tracts were
scattered broadcast over Europe, the Council
which had thought that the question was not
oppurtune now deemed it necessary. Indeed,
had the Council, under the circumstances,
failed to decide upon Papal Infalliollity. IL
would seem as If they were afraid OF IT, anu
would have declared at once that the Council
was afraid Of the discusson-that there was
some diversity of opinion which 1t dal ed not
try. And the church has never been afraid OF
discussion wherever truth was at stake; There
has not been single protest against the doc
trlne of Infallblity. The bishops whose
names we saw in the papers did not pro-
test. They simply requested that the mat
ter should not be brought before the Council
at all. Not ten bishops could be found In the
church who did not believe in the Infallibllity
of the Pope. And if any bishop protests
against the church, he becomes protestant;
he is no longer Catholic God grant that not
O single one may ever so fail, and so give |
scandal to the church and to his brethren.
Father Garesche then briefly explained the
authorities sustaining the doctrine of the In
falllbllity OF the church and its Sovereign
Pontiff.
Father Garesche explained that the heresy
of Pope Honorius, of which the papers SAID SO
much, lay in this, that the Pope replied by let.
ter to an adroit inquiry made by the BlShop OF
and divine) In Christ, aud did not, as he should
have done, use his infallible power Homo
rius, in his reply, committed no error OF teacll-
ing. All that he said was Gospel truth. But |
he was mathematical because, instead OF an
swerng hastily, he should have heard the |
OCneT Slue, dui hive pioSlaimSu VIC tuio4
doctrine upon the subject for the guidance OF
the whole church.
In concluding, Father Garesche said that as
the end of the world drew nigh there would be
only two camps-the one that of Gods Church,
and the other with the black banner, tipped
with rec, and the dripping spear of him who FIRST
rcbelled against the majesty of Heaven. And
when it would seem to the world that the gates |
Of hell had prevailed against the church; when
the last of the Popcs should be cruclted, then
the triumph of the truth would be at hand.
With the church as with Christ, the crucitlXion
would be the forerunner Of the resurrection.
At the close of his address Father Garesche
was warmly appauded.
We deeply regret that we are not able, at
this hour, to publishl more than meaSre
sketch of what was, undoubtedly, one of the
most rich and thoughtful addresses ever deiv-
cred in Charleston.
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