The New York herald., 1871-09-11
wards lowly abode. where awelt humble virgin

wards lowly abode, where dweit humble virgin,
named Mary,
THE SPOUSE OF POOR MECHANIC.
and announces to her that she 9 TO become the
senIs, aud that declaration and &C cquescence became
for the world the announcement or salvation. The
HOY Spirit In fact Immediately formed IN The body n
similar 10 our own, and at the same instant the
Word OF Cod. the second person OF the adorable
Trinity. united himself to that body aud that soul,
aud that sacred combination Is Jesus Christ. the
saviour OF men. aud the mystery OF that inenabie
alliance IL what Is known as the 1u t-t
MYSTERY OF THE tNCARNArI0N.
But when 1r Is sail tnat the Eternal Word united
iself TO the body and The soul formed bv the spirit
OF God-ln the body OF Mary-he held that II was
not TO 10 understood that q unOn like that formed
between two irends but which makes OF two
sim lar TO that winch God establishes with the Just
s0ul--a union or Whicn our SAVIOUR, In speaking IN
s Of ' as " Ne s he SpE Essp my Ny
words, and My Father will love him and We Will
come INTO him and make our abode with him." TINS
union OF affeoiOn diners essentially from tine union
winch operated at the moment OF the incarnation
between the Word Ol God ana the body and soul
formed by tho Holy Spirit. yi
m TIE UNION or TWO FRIENDS
does not prevent the one from being distinct from
e % ne ae oSs ms no AZ nj
responsible Tor the acts OF he other And this, said
ne Is true OF the union OF inc Just soul WITH God:
faithful thai man exists rs distinct person from
God; eacn equally preserves his own personality.
The action OF te Just soul cannot bo called tie ac-
tiOn OF cod. But In the unuter mystery OF inc
incarnation the Creator untes Himself so intimately
with the creature thar from the Creator ard the
creature there results one sole person. The Word
OF COO aosorbs the personality OF the human nature.
SO that Inc
DIVINE AND THE HUMAN NATURE
exist as single person. Ii Is UNION l1Ke that
which unltes the body and soul. Ini- alliance OF
the body and the soul does not constitute Two
persons. The body anu the soul are SO united that
both together form but one single person. In the
same way, IN the incarnatiOn the divine nature AID
the human nature are so closely united that from
them result put one sole person, OF such nature
that the actions OF the one are characteristic WIN
the other. and are imputed 10 IT, Of such nature
QS that God must say that
''GOD WAS BORN"
that God suffered that GOD died. II Is true, SAID
nc, that Inc divine nature cannot be born
since IL Is iMposslble; that 1t cannot die,
slice 1t Il immortal But 1t is no less correct 10 say
thai the divine nature is born IN the human nature;
tnat 1t associates Itself with tnat person.; tnat the
divine person has suffered In the human nature;
tnat
TIE DIVINE PERSON DIED
IN the human nature with whlcn II was associated.
This union, said he, Is 50 close that one can aud
should say that "God Is man" and ''man Is God"
AND from TINS we can realize 10 what an elevation
God has raised our soul In the mystery OF the IN
carnation. But. although this union be SO Intimate,
we must not conclude that IL goes " alter or con-
found rhe divine nature and the human
natgre. After adding authority and illus.
5a,o % ,rs9 t. Re ~ n serscs now
sidering IN what manner the faitn teaches us that
the divine nature ana the human nature OF our
will. and setting forth the reverence witch Chrst III
Ills HOLY INCARNATION
commands or should command. he concluded with
an eloquent reference To the love we owe the ncar'
nate Word. AT wnaC perioi OF the worlds history,
said he, speaking OF Jesus CnriSt was HIS advent
II was at a time when the world was 0arkened by
crime anu err0r--whel men prOStrated themSe es
before deulcd passions and every conceivable vice
&C ume when everything was God excep. God
HI sell, "The Word was made Flesh ~ WHAT heart
OF stone does not melt at the contemplation oil this
inestinlabie gur, given ~ so great Bene,actor2