The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-28
THE HOLY MYSTERY.


To argue that the spiritual presence of
our dear Lord in the holy communion for
the nurture of the faithful is snch a pres
ence as allows worship to Him thus and
there present is, 10 say the very least to
be wise above that which is written in
Gods Holy Word for the objects of this
holy sacrament us therein revealed are,
first the memorial before God Of the one
sacrifice for sins forever; and secondly, the
strengthening and refre,hng of the souls
of the faithful. Moreover, no one can
fail to see that it is impossible for the
common mind to draw the line between
the worship of such an underlined and mys-
FERROUS presence and the awful error Of
adoring the elements themselves.
The bare suggestion that the intercession
of the Virgin Mary, or any other saint Is
in any way TO be sought in our approaches
to the throne of grace, is an indignity to
the One only and mediator and interces-
sor, which we His apostolic witnesses, cam
not too strongly nor distinctly forbid in
His holy and all-sutiicient name. To this
miserable heretical announcement every
bishop in the Episcopal Church is COM
mitted. One, inaecd, Is said to have
privately expressed a regret at n clergy
mans supper table, but the leading High
Church prelate is understood to have pub
licly defended the document in Church
Journal, though not under his own name.
And not one single Episcopal voice has
been raised in protest. On the contrary
the conservative Bishop Nottingham, Of
High Church memory, insists that this
pastoral ia binding on the condolences of
all the clergy US the unanimous voice of
tho teaching order" in tho Church.
Now, my dearest children, do accept 1.-The
urgency of these visible facts m Dir. New
man puts II
And in speaking OF extreme junction /
admit that its practice has not wholly
died out. 1t is still administered now and
then. Still, as a matter of fact it is not
recognized in the prayer book, nor is there
any authorized form for its administration,
| and its use is limited to one clergyman,
say in hundred, The plea for this
MANIFEST DIsoBEDIESCE
Gods word is, that JUNCTION is one Of
the miraculous prerogatives of the apos-
ties. But the sacred text says, "is any sick
let him call" not the apostles, but the or
binary presbyters Of the church. And a sfor
the pretence that JUNCTION was "A miracul.
Gus preservative against death, it is absurd,
Tor had II been SO faithful Christians would
never have died at all. There is a plea
put forth by High Churchmen that the
PASTORAL letter is not synodcal but this
u :, hot alter its heresy. How refreshing
20 .urh from the babel of Protestant
ISM 70 the church which SAYS, and has re-
Gchtly sa'd 50 positively" know in whom
ih nS'e believed and am persuaded that
snail Keep that which 1 have committed
unto Him until tina, day" And inde.d
dear brethren, myself, who am small and
OF no reputation, mere grain in the sand
drop in the ocean, thank God I Inn.
1t, tool profess myself u thorough "or.
vert TO the doctrine of Papal suprem,cr
The Church Of England accepts the RIM
he three creeds and the four first ecumnn,
zeal councils MS her rule of faith. Now
have taught you that when our Lord said
to Peter, Upon this rock l will build
my church, He did not mean Peter, but
. the faith which Peter confessed. This In.
7 depreciation l backed with quotations
from
AUGUSTINE AND CHRYsosToM.
moreover stated quite confidently that
- ""f'"rn church never acknowledged