The New York herald., 1871-12-25
ST. STEPHENS RonAs, CATHOLIC CHURCH.

ecrmon by tho Rev. Father Grima-Tho
Harm Done by Busy Tonguos-The Evil Of
Rash Judgmcnt-How There Might BE .
Host Of 6alnts In Heaven-SsnsIble Words
About the Fashiens. aH uo
At St. Stephens church yesterday morning high
mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father McCready.
After the nrst gospel the Rev. Father Grimm as
cended the pulpit and preached from !. Corinthians
iv.. l-5. st. Paul invited the Judgment OF those
among whom he labored and who saw his everyday
life. He could thus invite the judgment Of his fel-
low men because God had specially enriched him
with great graces, ana he had 80 used
those graces that he did the work that
God sent MIN TO DO as perfectly as man
could He was not conscious to him.
self OF any fault or failing, but ne did not
consider himself therefore justified because OF his
own consciousness. The way, though, In which he
wished them to Judge HIM was as the minister OF
Christ and the dispenser OF the mysteries Of God
In all that ne had been faithful He devoted his whole
mind and strength and all his time TO tho dispensing
OF tne mysteries OF Goo, so much so that he boldly
CHALLENGED THE MOST CAUTIOUS OR QUERULous
TO find fault with him. God has appointed success
sors to ST. Paul. who still minister at the altar OF
Christ and are dispensers or the mysteries OF God.
This is the highest and the greatest and the holesr
once which men can hold. We are raised TO
this dignity through no merit OF our own. We
are painfully conscious that we are men,
with the faults ana fal lings OF men, only with
greater grace to keep US from SID. But we caunot,
like St. Paul. challenge the judgment OF men upon
Us He was purified by special action OF God. While
We remain faithful ministers OF the altar discbarg
Ing the duties that devOve upon us, carefully dis.
pensing the mysteries Of God. we are TO be held as
faithful. AS 70 the rest "iie who Is to Judge the
matter how assidnously we perform our duties. peo-
pie VAL Judge US; II not as priests, most certainty
men, There Is an Instinct In all people to crlticlse
Others Nothing ESQ lpes their criticism Fault is
found, motives are attributed, designs discovered,
are most Kce.sishted ia detecting the faults Of
their neigbors and Judging their condl are, gem
very judgments on their own conduct. Tncse peo.
pie think much oil the world and In every way fol-
show snai They Iced not God Suspicious I are awass
bad; but when they take tile form OF JudqnenC
upon the acts OF others tney are not only SINFUL In
themselves, out take wider extent In the harm
they do. 1t would be difficult to measure the
amount OF injury done to Innocent persons by 4.
THE CHANCE WORD DE0PPED IN JUDGMENT Il
OF ones neighDor. The thought seems never to
strike these people that they are Us much open to
And they fear the opinions Of others; they walk in
constant dread OF the worlds Only TOO often, too,
OF Judging others continue 70 practise 1t under the
gloom Of that dread they entertain thlG those whom
plain sSas those VINO err IN ss way cannot b
friends OF Col; They show ny their habits that
doubung OF others that they themselves
are not pure Of heart and simple Ia MIND
and purpose. TO ascribe motives conduct OF
others presumos upon the possession OF knowledge
which alone belongs to God, and i5 lessening OF I
that rustfulncss which men should nave 10 tho
honor aud right feeling Of each other. Especially
IL this Judging OF Others huriful TO the SOUL inas-
much it weans away the heart from Its own bust
ness In iifc-communion with God that salvation
may be cured. 1t Degets frlv0ties In thought and
manner, and induces constant obedience to the
DEGREES OF men instead of the commandments OF
Goa. IL takes away all strength OF mind, and beacfs
AN utter blindness OF Judgnlcnt--so much 80 that