The New York herald., 1874-08-10
ST. MARY's STAR OF THE SEA.

aptism-Unity Of Faith-Doubt and
Blasphemy Of the Nineteenth Century
Severely Rsbuked-The Children Of
God-sormon by Rev. Eugene Cassidy.
The sacrl1ce OF the mass was offered by the Rev.
Father Toner at the Church OF st. Mary's Star OF
the Sea, Court street. near Luqueer South Brook
vn, at the principal service yesterday. The
pastor, Rev. Eugene Cassidy, preached. taking his
text from the gospel OF the day-the eleventh Sun
day after Pentecost-St Mark vii, 81, to the end Of
the chapter. The reverend gentleman spoke In
substance rs foliows:-'sHe hath done all things
we'll; he hath made both the deaf hear and the
dumb to speak," No wonder that the crowds shat
gathered about Him were lost In admiration when
they beheld the miracles our Divine Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ performed and that they
should exclaim. He hath done all things
wellr' Why did our Lord take the deaf and dumb
man aside from the multitude before putting His
fingers into his ears and touching his tongue, as
recorded in the G0spel! 1t was because He did
not wish to effect the In the presence OF those
who believed not In the worship OF God. When man
wants to worship Goa he does not wish to do 80 be-
fore those who DO not recognize bis faith. Our
divine Lord pursued form In placing HIS fingers
in the ears OF the anlicted man. Splitting He
touched his tongue"
HE ESTABLISHED BAPTISM
also, and without baptism we cannot be saved.
Baptism is the gate OF the Church, through which
all who would be Christians must enter. Baptism
is threefod in i0rm The first s-that OF an intense
desire to be In the iold OF Christ when the facii
ties tor receiving the sacrament BY the priest and
possible pos & of attainment IT, For instance, "a .
man meeting with sudden death. not baptized,
and begs Him to receive his soul in the true fold.
That man Is as tree from sln as the Child at the
and iie have been poured The second iorm OF
baptism is that OF blood. When persecution RACES
and the children OF IA tn are taken hold OF by bar
bar,ans and iuildels. and put to death Tor their
pro,essed adherence to the iaith OF Him who died
on the hard wood OF the cross OF Calvary, such
crown OF martyrdom. The third form Is that by
water, which Is the same as our Divine Lord es-
man and locsed the string OF his tongue Yet we
are tod IN
THIS MIGHTY AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
and progress-this wonderful nineteenth century
that the Church OF Christ is not a divine institu-
tion We are tod BY a writer In one OF this morn
or did not in the Apostolic Church. and could not
exist unless an essential change should be
Sa %nssy q s
faith are opposed to the senses and that 1t Is
system Of sexon which stands in the way q
was, according to this enlightened age then,
impossible for God TO establish Q church which
SSeS sToMs S mans
called teachers Of the Gospel that the CRurcH could
not be inallible ST. Paul was not infalilble In his
we a Sg 70 ss from
slder the Commandments which God gave to Moses
infalliLle truths Has the Church changed tho
50 base as to say that the Divinity was not pro-
gressive enough in His knowledge OF the require
sS eenerasoni ii M say no more awful blasphemy asp a
S against II the o; oHnSSsnss Goa oous COO Cod
done yesterday He would not be Cod But the
moment man loses sight Of divine authority and
ne Is lost In maze OF perplexlties melted and fed
by the evil one. lt was the programme OF Luther
for himself as TO It's meaning and sgnidcance. AL
Luther, you did not see lar enough when you made
your prSgrSanme you oid not doresse the three
interpreting for themselves.
and that Is termed enlightenment. How Different
Is the case with the children OF faith, who enjoy
Ills is the same when He told the Church that the
gates OF hell should not prevail against her," and
he = @ w o % St nGs 4
thor OF It. He could not create faith: The ONCE
OF the Vicar Of Jesus Christ on earth Is TO promote
created the Catholic Church and said to His
apostles, 100 yc forth and teach all nations and
coosSmmation oo oftime.s The Catholic can have NJ
doubt where the word OF Cod s given AZ uttered
clear, denn1te and explicit, anu ne says, II know
that he established the Church and that lie viii
remain with 1t to the end of time" He knows o
the weakness AMI peryersity OF the human heart
and has left Ills faithful followers the lifegivin(
sacramcnts to sustain them WINE on earth, Then
truly, TO be the child OF faith IL TO be the child o
God. There Is no such assurance given in mani
| offered anchorage for the hope OF eternal life
| What are his shallow assurances and c0rrup
| efforts TO destroy faith when weighed In the sca
| OF reason with the treasures which God has II
store Tor His faithful children. "What viii 1t pr
! man II he gain the whole world and lose hi