The New York herald., 1871-01-02

MI peoples In all ages, who through the preaching
OF the Gospel should believe In Aim. He prayed
then Tor US, as well as for the body OF apostolic
teachers and In praying for us, who are believers,
he indicated that unity thus manifested and thus
preserved should be Co all time the evidence OF the
divinity OF His Church. What lie prayed for and
what Tie wuled must have been accomplished. He,
who was omnipotence itself, although born In the
nesD, II He wliled the end, must also have willed
the means. And, Therefore ne gave 70 eacn o. ms
40 and teach all nations baptlslng them and bring
COMMUNION WITH HIS BODY.
And how could this body remain unlted-a vist-
bic body without visible headS Therefore he
Church was TO be built. Here, then, was the organ
hauon completely formed. the church founded,
aS al sa
one Thing more to make that unity divine.
always Your unity might be broken If you were
lett alone. But am with you, even - the
founded and constituted and receiving this prom
Use, was 10 grow up and expand and endure in
unity forever. And the apostles-who doubt
ttf-when they Went forth upon their mission IN
their respective places impressed this
NRCEssIT OF UNION
especially upon the minds OF their people. Who for
moment can suppose that Peter was at liberty TO
teach one set OF doctrines IN Rome and James am
ether set IN Jerusalem and Paul another in Cortnth
/ VINO can suppose that as they spread themselves
throughout tne world that those who listened
| believe one and the same thingg Though scattered
far aparthe formed IN reality but the one body Of
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| DiyINELY APPoINrED HEAD.
! And in truth, as we know from the inspired re.
cords there was no one thing upon which The Apos.
Ties sought TO insist more earnestly than this. Paul
writing 10 the Ephesians says:-'l beseech you that
you mark those who make divisions and make
offences against the doctrine that you have learned,
and avoid taem.n And again:-'I beseech you to be
OF one mind and OF one heart" Then we learn that
the first Christians were In truth OF one heart
and one SPIRIT and that this unity became
TO the unbeiieving world evidence of the truth.
''See." they saio, 'how these Christians love one
markedl Because OF the unity OF faith and the
unity OF body under one mead. How. when we look
| abroad on the world around us, when we see what
| Is called the great Christian family
/ SPLIT UP AND DIVIDED
| ask ourselves, is this Gods work. Has God SO
wlllcd IT. Is this the ful1lment of the savours
| the grand and glorious Church which prophecy
/ had spoken OF and which patriarchs and holy men
martyrs bed. for which confessors suffered, ior
which men have given up all things, in order that
thereby they might obtain all things-the treasures
OF neavenY We answer, mo. Ii there are
/ DIVISION AND DIsCoRD
| land there areh that is not Gods work-'an enemy
hath done this.'" Christ Himself said that hsresy
would come, ard 1t was therefore in the inscrutabe
! designs OF Providence that there would be those
bosom; that there would be individuals, peoples,
even nations, who would fall away from her comnu-
ssa ny % Bu no mater in what
not take with them any OF the divine privileges or
prerogatves any OF that divine life with which she
certain places or times her beautiful symmetry but
they could never destroy her unity, because . pro-
always. Notwithstanding this we behold the
spectacle to which have alluded OF SO much
| ANTAGONIST AND CONTRADICTION
yet side by side and IN the presence OF these towers
now as sue has stood ior nearly thousand years.
breasting every sSorm resisting the waves and the
broken, with her life young and streng and viQor-
Gus as ever. And the TACT ls important tnat they
VINO 60 away from her, though they have tried the
thing like unity, and that, instead OF coming nearer
and nearer together, they simply divide more and
| more. This shows TO the world that unity Is only
! found and can only be found In that Church where
Christ Is present, Where He is, there is unity;
told that there may be an
INVISIBLE UNITY:
! that though not bound together in common faith
| we can be bound together In heart and char1ty
Brethren, invisible unity unity at ALL any more
than an invisible body is body at all. The Church
OF CHRIST, TO which men are invited, must have a
body and the body must have members and head,
and we must know tnat they are one. Wecan say
thing could exist at all IL Is incompatible with
! VISIBLE DIsUNIrY
| such as we see that we cannot outwaruly and by
word OF mouth contradict one another, and hold
conflicting and antagonlstlc truths as the truths Of
revelation, and at the same time be one
holier and more beautiful effect OF unity, and If you
would know wnat II Is have only 10 ask you TO
LOOK at that altar that tells you OF sacrifice and or
victim that died on Calvary, and that that same
sacrifice and that victim is offered daily upon
that altar, or VIII be hencelorh and Is offered daily
| on every Catholic altar throughout the world and
that the blood OF that victim is still mysticay flow
ing from the altar at the and sti mystically
flowing from TINS altar representing the altar OF the
cross. 1t tells too that Christ by real and divine
the altar e US nres tens God US
! to those who surround him the precious bread OF
nIe-wnat Is nothing less than the body and blood,
the
| SOUL AND DIVINITY
| OF Christ Jesus. And thus they become partakers
! of his divine life, become one with Him, and cen.
1 sequently one with another He that kneels
pef re this altar and there receives the holy COM
munion is In that simple but beautiful act brought
! IN direct communication and communion with
Christ as well as with those who like him, kneel
at that same altar to partake OF that same food and
as well, aso as with the brethren In every portion
OF the world who are engaged in that same sublime
and holy and lne1fable act OF worship. Go
| where you Will throughout the Christian world,
wherever there Is priest at the altar you can 20
and receive from his hands, no matter whether you
understand the language that he speaks no matter
whether you not i'll unison either in national or
personal feeling. this holy sacrifice, and so we be-
mold In that the spectacle, only be seen within the
| Catholic Church, Of act OF worship where rich
and poor. high and low, can come together, and 1t
matters not from how distant climes they come nor
what may be the costumes they wear the dialects
they speak, there they are, all blended united to-
| gether In one beautiful, harmonious whole in one
| Here, then, Is the
TRUE SECRET OF UNITY
Here Is the beauty and the glory OF the Church of
God Here is what explains to you all that is before
| your eyes within this sanctuary which gives to
every ceremony anu every m0tlOn nOly ll1e and
| meaning, 1t is this that tells why YOU should
build beautiful temples and why you should not stop
to consider whether it VIII be too large for voice
OF any single man. II cannot be too large for those
who come within IT, because all, whether they hear
the voice OF the preacher or net can be moved with
one common impulse, with one sentiment
of devotion, with one feeling OF faith,
as they kneel and assist at the sacri.
the beauty OF Gods house and the place where His
glory resideth Well may you rejoice together on
this day, kneeilng here at the beginning ofth1s
year 10 naugurate this temple and TINS holy altar.
AM Well may you pray that that precious falth
served, that IL may more and more strengthen
within you, and that in kneeling at the
altar and participating in that victim you
may be partakers OF divine lite and worship Him In
Gods temple here and SO, unted with your Saviour
here, you may pass from the heavenly temple ON
earth 10 the heavenly temple above, and there unite
your voices with those that stand round the altar OF
the Lamb, saying, amen, beDeuiction. ana honor,
and glory and power, and divinity and thankapiy