The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-22

not help ourselves We need somebody to carry
us In safety to the shore and that was only Jesus.
justify ourselves-it was physical and moral Inn
possibility. Let us take the argument scripturaly
sinners. We had all sinned in Adam. He did not
say that we actually sinned in Adam. No. we ola
tne s 0 Of Aoa p we we Sere
with the fatal results OF that sin-Our moral cor
ruptOn-the inclination to do evil-the repugnance
to do good. We were all sinners in this respect;
we were all sinners In Adam and the Apostle
contnued-"The wages Of sin is DEATH" We all
die In Adam. Could you imagine
DEAD MAN DOING ANYTHING
in his own behalf to restore himself to lifes No; 1t
was again impossible. We are all dead, morally, In
man; but Jesus was not born of Adam, and, there
fore Jesus could justify man by his own righteous
ness.
Some had imagined, continued Father Gavazzi,
that we could help Justification by faith through
our good works. Unfortunately that was the legal
doctrine of the Council OF Trent. Faith, accom-
panied by good works, had led US to be con-
sstent and logical: Even according to the
dead works do justification to any soulG Those
works were merely human works, and never had
the power Of spiritual actions Let us imagine that
good works help faith in justifytng the soul; but
then they must be good works. But the unlustined
soul could not produce good worksIonly ro dead
could not justify any soul. He desI ed to say frankly
that any men or women, doing as they imagined
se naits y end
of fIfty years would not have made one
step towards Justification It would be :, all time
into our world was the redemption of souls so that
as justification was the special application OF the
sons and not IN our bodes Justification were
by works instead OF faith then, you see, T. would
soas 70 Be ana
the order OF redemption. The preacher alluded
to the passage that ooaG man mere Mere
the Kingdom Of heaven, and then remarked
that we had two generatiOns-the material and
spiritual One was the first and the other the sec .
second regeneration. Therefore, In the regenera-
ton of our souls all things must go on the same
believe the argument. For the material genera
ton of the child you needed father out OF child;
so for
THE MORAL REGENERATION OF THE SOUL
you needed regeneration out OF the SOUL TO
say that a man could justify himself was the
could develop itself So the soul not yet Justified
could not justify itself. AS you required father
for the generation Of the child 50 you required,
came to restore in our souls the likeness Of God,
which, if not entirely defsced was much altered.
The likeness must be in our souls. We are
not brutes. We are men, and therefore
we are not on the sphere Of the creeping animals,
is in our souls. We had In our souls, continued
Father Gavazzi the image Of the unity and trinity
so our souls were triune. There are in our souls
intellect will and memory; but the Father was Cod
the Son was God, the Holy Ghost was God, and SO
the intellect the Vim and the memory were the
theologicay and enthusiastically speaking, were not
three Gods, but one God in three persons; so our
one soul in three different attributes. Some
people might say we had nothing to do. We had
God did notgive us that grace we were not account
able for our damnation. In many instances God Is
blaspbemed by
suPERrIcIAL CHRISTIANS AND FREE THINKERS.
In the act classification he found three different
parasitic CALL the answer and the election-the
ton from God again. In this country we had a
national call which would be reprOach to
every American at the tribunal Of God II
chapels prayer meetings and Bible were the
national call. Had we as nation, and then as in
we become real true believers in Jesus Christ
DO not ask your pastors If you are justified because
they do not know your souls and hearts, and can
not answer. If your hearts tell you that you are real
believers In Jesus Christ then tell you from this
platform. with the nfallible Word of God, you are
justified in Jesus Christ and by Jesus Christ you are
saved. Don't tell me, in concluding my sermon,
that I have COMPOUNDED everything because by
making our election dependent upon our answer
have admitted that human work Is the justification
OF the soul. Your answer is, not the work. IL Is
only
and never read in any. philosophy that an act Of
voltion was work. without your free will and con-
currence God will not save you. Father Gavazzi re-
erred to the honors and gifts conferred on the Duke
of Wellington and said that before he received them
he was waited upon by deputation to see whether
he would accept. They could not make him ac-
cept them, He did accept them. and after he died
the estates passed to his son, and would pass to his
heirs They remained the gifts of the British nation
So 1t was with the preachers subject The call was
from God, and He asked our concurrence and
answer. If we accepted the gift OF God and are
elected by justification did the justification cease
by our acceptance? No; 1t would be forever free
gift OF God.
CLOSING APPEAL.
Father GavaZZi concluded his remarks as fol-
lows:-"Let us not be ashamed OF Jesus Christ
No When soldiers are not ashamed of the uni
forms of their nations let not be ashamed to be
servants and soldiers of Jesus Christ. Let us
acknowledge Jesus Christ. Let confess Jesus
Christ before fellow men, particularly
when our Jesus is Knocked by some and
despised by others. Let us, then, pro-
1essedly and courageously acknowledge Him.
What will be our reward? He that acknowledges
me before men shall be acknowledged by me before
my Heavenly Father Oh to be acknowledged by
Jesus Christ before His Heavenly Father Is the
same as to say that the Heavenly Father will re-
ceive us as His own bosom children, shall crown US
with the crown Of JOY the crown Of bliss the crown
of love, the crown of glory eternal. Amen"
collection was taken up for the evangelstic
work OF the Free italian Church.
MEETING OF THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF
INTERNATIONALS.