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

but the orozier and mitre came from Europe They
are all OF the most superior description.
BISHOP BAILEY'S SERMON.
Mter the nrst gospel Bishop Bailey assembled tho
pulpit and delivered the following discourse,
to his Apostles-"Go, therefore and teach ali
mv dsar On such occasions as the present,
attributes or privileges OF the Church OF God. in
unison Win the festive character OF the solemntV
to-day OF the ofiice of the Church al a reaching
Church-eccelsia docens-as the means cstab
divine truth among men, One OF the drt,es ~ ,hs
newly consecrated bishop win be to declare to
those committed CO nan to TO-, his charge the whole
confidence and authority, because he viii teach not
what he has received from men, but the reveiation
and preserved by the immediate action ana guild
ance OF the Holy Ghost the spirit OF truth, nom ali
time, however, shall only have time to urge
THE CLAIMS OF THE CHURCH
from reason, as proving that the very idea or Q
revelation OF Gods will to man necessarily implies
an infallibe teacher. 1t is not necessary that
should enter upon any long discourse to prove to
you that man In his present fallen condition needs
o divine revelation The whole history OF the hu-
man race shows that without this he becomes the
victim Of the most shameful errors. Not only the
loses the eevating Influences Of Christianity and
goes back to fetichism and devil worship, but the
intellectual, clear-headed white man, as soon a.
ne REJECTS his divine guidance, wanderS on
into errors and decisions that the old pagans even
would have been ashamed of. Even In those things
In nature which have been given up to him for bis
investigation by God, chiefly, as it would seem, to
keep him out OF mischief, while he discovers many
THE HUMAN REASON.
when rightly directed, may find out God, but It In
not to gloriy him as God, and the various schemes
but too clearly what bungling work the
brightest human intellect makes Of the
simplest natural principles when it attempts
to Investigate them without any reference to
the and author Of all truth Man, at his best
estate cannot bring out truth from his own brain.
1t must come to him from above. He needs teacher
and in the of spiritual truth he needs divine
teacher. The wiscst and best of the old heather
philosophers recognized this when ne asserted that
1t was necessary that master should come from
above to teach the human race and the apostle st.
Paul tells us the same thing, In words more to our
teachers are appointed in the Church. In order that
may be in the unity Of fait and not be children
tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind OF
doctrine" Man, then, in his present condition
needs
DIVINE REVELATION,
divine law to guide him into the way to Heaven,
and it is necessary also that that revelation should
be certain and certainly atanable or else 1t would
be Of no use to him. II we would reflect upon the
matter moment without prejudice we would I'M
medately perceive that this necessary certainty In
regard to Gods will can only be obtained by two
methods-either by the direct, immediate action OF
the Holy Ghost upon the soul Of each individual I'LL
ing it with the knowledge of revealed truth, or else
an infalible Church-that Is, body OF teachers
commissioned for this purpose, following one an
other In perpetual succession, and handing down
from generation to generation these apostolical
doctrines and preserved by the direct action OF the
Holy Ghost from falling into doctrinal error. do
not speak OF
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
In connection with this matter, because the aSser.
ton that they alone an authority and snicient
guide in matters Of faith is in direct opposition to
stituted by God for the purpose of teaching HIS
will to man, we must all acknowledge, must have
We ali KNOW that t millions Mill lived and died in the be-
lief and practice Of Christianity before the first
word of the New Testament was committed 70
writing. Besides, II this had been the way by
which God saw fit to reveal His truth to
us He would have made it accessible
Of printing Hefs int in the fifteenth century not one
in a million could have obtained copy OF the
Scriptures, and not one In ten thousand could nave
his truth dependent upon mere mechanical In
vention 1t is not necessary that should speak In
detail Of
THE CONFUSION IN RELIGIOUS MATTERS
which has been the result OF taking the Scriptures
alone as guide. Every doctrine of our religion
the most Important and fundamental eyen-has
been derived, not only by individuals who profess
to find their faith In the Scriptures, but by
whole sects and denominations This holy and
by any fault of its own but because it has been used
for purpose for which it was never intended. All
the writings which go to make up what Is called
the New Testament were addressed to persons who
already believed who had already been instructed
voice and practice of the Church to interpret and
explain it, Just as we now have. There remains,
then, only the alternative of which have spoken,
and there can be no other. Either we must have
what we may call an individual personal inspira-
ton OF an lnfalllbe Church Now about
PERSONAL INSPIRATION
there can be no question. God indeed, spoke to
the patriarch, as it WERE face to face; He inspired
His prophets for particular purposes; He poured
the fulness of His divine spirit into the souls OF the
Apostles the day Of Pentecost in order that they
might go out into all parts Of the world and preach
the same Identical doctrine to every creature. But
as universal means of communicating knOwl-
edge Of his truth to man personal inspiration has
never been claimed to have existed, and by the
very terms Of the revelation itself we are subjected
NY Father hath sent Me, so send you" There has
never been time when there was not upon TINS
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which man was bound to listen to and obey Under
the old dspensation there were the patrarchs, the
Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, came upon earth,
the synagogue was set aside, and He was the infa-
lible teacher and when He, in His turn, ceased to
speak to man face to face lie left His Church in His
place. Bishop Bailey then briefly reviewed the
history OF the Church and its triumph over hereses
this How worthy of God! How full Of advantage
to man The only wonder to us is not that God
Church, because that was absolutely necessary, but
THAT man should reject it. And what do those who
reject the living voice Of the Church put in Its
place Their own
PRIVATE JUDGEMENT.
What curious scheme OF divine revelation would
that bel Gods revealed truth given over to the
to receive reject it, according to his pleasure, az
il it not true for him until he had smmered 1t,
If may the word, in his own shallow brain
pan II this the test Of truth there Is nothing
to hinder there being as many religions In this
world as there are heads on mems shoulders.
And that Is the wherever this principle
Is really carried out. IF this system
had existed at the beginning Of our re-
ligion, with no loving voice Of the Church to
protect us from error, not one Of the fundamental
doctrines of our religion would have survived And
as tree is known by its fruits principle by It's
7 mill ort w n a
sonable man settles the whole case. 1t is apr0Of
as clear as the sun In the heavens. refer to the
UNITY AND CATHOLICITY
of the Church. IfGOd has made q revelation OF His
win to man, it must be one. II God has established
a Church in this world 1t must teach one doctrine.
And where, ask, will you find this except In Gods
holy Catholic Church THAT church which
teaches everywhere identically the same doc
trne, which rests upon the ENDS OF
the earth, and whose centre Is where
Divine Lord placed 1t, when he said, upon this
rock will build my Church. and the gates OF hell
shall not prevail against IT. Men may initiate her