The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-01

Hess. WUcTc Is JHe great SUsaT anu fOQIluS
Phatep Where is the prisoner. who with false
testimony was convicted, VINO by cruelty was
nailed to the treeY Eighteen centuries have gone
By ana the prisoner is immortal; within the limits
OF civilization there Is no one who Is not taught to
love this man. not one VINO does not utter bis name
Win reverence. Brethren, let US give to HIM
our allegiance and affection. He mas gu lived HIS
enemies, ana has SAID, Il VIII be with you always,
even unto the end OF the world"
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
BAPTISM NECESSARY TO sALvATIoN-sERMoN BY
THE REV. FATHER MORGAN.
The Rev. Father Horgan preached the sermon In
the Cathedral at tue high mass services yesterday
The reverend gentleman took Tor his text the third
chapter or the Gospel according to ST. John.
NicOdemus he said, did not understand the words
OF the Lord Alright when He said :-"Unless O man
be born again he cannot see the Kingdom OF God"
Nicodemus believed that the second birth the
Saviour made mention Of was a second birth in
the order OF nature; but what was meant was q
spiritual birth. as was seen bv the Lords answer
to Nicodemus wnen the latter asked, "How can Q
man be born when he Is old ?" which an
swer was, "Unless a man be born OF water
and OF the spirit he cannot enter
into the Kingdom OF God." and 'that
which is born OF the nesh is fesh, and that which
is born OF the spirit is spirit" THIS second birth
was baptism. 1t was defined to be, he said. a sec
ond regeneration. and the name OF the sacrament
was very appropriate, as Its Greek origin slgni-
ned ablution. an act OF washing, the expression OF
the effect 1t mad on the soul. Like all the other
sacraments IL had q special matter and form. It
was established when the Lord babe the apostles
to preach the Gospel to all nations, 'paptizing
them In the name OF the Lord" The reverend
gentleman then alluded to the necessity OF bap-
tsm 10 salvation. John the Baptist he said,
preached baptism in order TO prove the sincerity
NJ nf Cnd
Christ had instituted baptism and 1t was the only
gate by which one could enter the Christian rerg-
ion, outside OF which no one could be saved. In
the Epistle to the Romans the apostle said there
was
''No SALVATION WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION,
and no justification without faith In Christ" but
he also assured US that We were all by nature the
children OF God. st. Augustine said that when
Adam sinned all human nature had sinned With
him. BY mis- disobedience Adam had entaied to
his race not only physical disease and death, but
disease TO the soul. Adams sin was a personal
transgression; those wac followed him had never
eaten OF the forbidden fruit OF that particular
sin, therefore, We were guiltless; for no man could
be held accountable for the sin OF another. Yet
there was, he said, another sin growing out OF
that one committed by Adam which makes every
unbaptized babe an object OF wrath in the sight
OF God. ms was original SIN, SO called because
we were Injected with 1t at the very beginning OF
lie. SuCu Was lHe tcdcnlng OIL tue OF
the Church. 10 was this sin which had locked
the gates OF heaven against mankind after
the fail oil our hrst parents and brought down
ron Oh high the Son OF GOD, VINO died on cross
aiter a lie OF suffering and agony, to redeem Us
from the hraldom into " INCH human nature had
been placed; who was bruised Tor our inquiries,
oled ior our redemption and rose from the dead
for our salvation. The Saviour had, he SAID,
obtained Tor graces which only those could
snare In who fulfilled the conditions and adopted
the means whlch'He mad prescribed. Faith was
the root OF all Justification ana tue scriptures said
tn.ir ~
IL was, therefore, an Indispensable condition
without which we could not he saved. Yet
lalth aione was not all that was necessary, for as
the BODY without the spirit Is dead, so also iaIth
without good works is dead; and II was probable,
1eSsed tnat faitn alone was necessary was that
their incnIauons made the idea
BELIEVE FIRMLY AND SIN CoURAGEoUsLYn
rather an easy one To adopt. Baptism he mad
said, was necessity We were all born into the
heaven. Therefore IL was that God Ia His good
ness, seeing our condition, gave Us this means by
which our souls were washed oil tue STAN OF orlRi-
nal sin and placed, as ~ were, on the road leading
to heaven. The reverend gentleman then said
that, besides the baptism OF water, there was a
baptism or desire aud "a baptism OF blood. the
first was that baptism seli-admlnlstered. so TO
speak, when there was no water at nand, by one
VINO, having faith, earnestly desired TO be bap-
tized aud the other was that OF the martyrs-of
those VINO died ior Christ's sake, though they mad
not been baptlz d. Although he said, the Churcn
was accused OF bigotry because OF her doctrine Of
exclusive salvation, the TACT was that her
views in regard TO this essential OF
sism Of desire itse ff alone clearly showed;
yet he contended that the so-caled Christian,
without Iaith and without being bapt zed, VINO at
tempted 10 snelter himself under a God wnom he
refused TO hear mad no better claim tnan the pagan
and the heatnen; lor II the latter had the same
lgnt 10 the truLh that the unDaptzcd, unueuev-
Ing. so-caned Christian nad they might become
true believers. God, he said. was truthful as well
Just, and as justice required that He should
keep HIS word and that
THE GUILTY SHOULD BE PUNISHED,
the unbelieyer nad but little to fail back upon for
hope when confronted with the words, " ne
that belIevetn not shall be condemned" From
an eternity, he SAID, God mad designed
10 form society that would lead 10
heaven, that would be governed by holy laws
ana inspired by hoy purposes, aud He nad formed
IL VAN beauty That made IL loving in His sight,
ana tnls society was the ChurcD. GOD mad de-
signed 10 establish TINS society rom all time;
lore Tue angel made the announcement 10 the
virgin that tne word was TO be made nesn; long
before the dawn OF the first morning OF creation,
before His spirit had made order out OF chaos or the
bodies IN space, us outlines traced In ne mind
Oi the bterna, The reverend gentleman at tas
point pictured the perfect man. Adam IN Paradise.
ana ms intellect unciOuded by SIN, MS body free
from all disease OF I'll, then his sudden TAN and
the consequences that followed % his race the
change that then came over all nature, and how
~ was decreed mat man should earn us bread IN
10 the original dust from which MS body
had been formed. lie then eOquently
portrayed the goodness OF God reentng IN his
wrath rs II were, out OF love lOr Ills creatures
the death Of the SAVIOUR VINO TOOK upon Iimsef the
bur0en Of Gods vengeance IN order mat
might despite The dlsJbedience o. our FIRST par
euts, be able 70 enjoy heaven With Him forever,