Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-15

texts, contrary to the interpretations of tho
whole church past and present, accounting this
entire church wrong and themselves right!
They forgot even that if the church uerew1ong
they had no bible to which they could
appeal, and @he world was invited to folIo:r
them on the strength of thir s Inple word. II
| arraigning the church the secedels denied that
Christ had kept his promises. The gates of
hell ST ali not prevail against Ter, saia Ct1ist;
| they answereo-hell has prevailed against ler.
The spirit of truth shall abide with you all
days.; the spirit of truth, they DIT clare, vi b.
! drew from the church over eight hundred years
ago. Il am with you all days, even unto the
contamination of the world Not SO, say
Luther and his followers; Christ did not re-
teachers of the church. The church which
| Christ had failed to keep in truth Luther CAL
YIN and Henry VIII undertook to r, fo1m and
to set right. And the proof that they were
wiser, and hoher than all past ages. that they
were able to improve Chrlst's worn I heir own
word. The simple truth, view the movement
ut the sixteenth century as you will, is that he
men ho began it, were in open rebellion
against Christ and his church. The full force
of the anat hema fell upon them, which the
that heareth not the church let him be to thee
..Teach, a'tn AI ne that bel Puonhap not
shall be condemned she that despise,h you.
despiseth me- Sects and schisms are always
mortal sins; 20 reason can ever be found to
justify them. This was the position of the so
| called reformers-this is the position of tho
societies they framed. These societies call
themselves churches-mere parodies on Chrsts
one church-God calls them sects and schisms.
Whole generations alas! have been entanged
IN the fatal meshes of the pretended reforma-
ton; the solemn duty of men of these genera
tons Is to abandon at once sects and schisms.
ana be reconclled with Gods church. would
be their most deadly foe. We're l to speak other
thar the plainest language in this regard Sac
rihces, however great and painful they nav be,
which submission to the church would entail
should be made without hestancy. Only one
thing. after all, is necessary-but that is abso-
lutely misrepresentation of the soul. What
; doth it profit man to gain the whole world,
and to lose his soul!' The sacrifices Won d be
: made at the bidding of God-and recompense
is His.
: trust, that having watched this controversy
IN S several stages, you will agree with me in
my estimate OF the opponents-they do not
keep to the question. The controy er, Y ETY. cen
the church and Professionalism does not cover
vide field: it is narrowed down to a few main
points. Christ did not make the discovery OF
his truth to depend on the discussion of
| thousand small questions. There are few
principles to be Notwithstanding more: de-
! TAILS are right OF wrong according to the
dict which general principles deserve. We be-
!. gan the discussion by reference to IL car
uAAai ~ iP4CS VI le11SlOl--1 Iudue charges
e which, if allowed undermine all Prote -tant-
: ISM Alr. Breed alone kept to the hsue.
MIR. Thomas scarcely struck one blow in
/ defense of Professionalism; he aban-
e doned his ground at once, and found
;: occupation in seeking out here and
k there what he 1ancied might be loof Q
h stone in the Catholic edihce. Mr.. Ten Eroeck,
in his first discourse, wrestlea with two of my
e three charges-the second one he never alluded
= to-but since then, in the words of one Of our
dol Iy- Hot,
II departure" The questions were: Is the Epis-
l. copal church communism in religion? Is it in
y possession of means to prove the inspiration Of
a the New Testament? Is it heresy and schism !:
T. In answer. we have comparison between GER
&c tain renderings of the Douay and English
Bibles King James Bible, to listen to Mr..
y len Brock, Is simply perf'c. He b failed.
le however to tell the Protestant proofs of the
inspiration of any bible. He f"rgets. too, that
l: Protestant biblical scholars, in England and
Us perfect. and are at this very time working or
IS a new translation. Worse yet, while Mr.. Ten
&c Brock IN Christ Church. is lauding King
DC james kible, Mr.. Thomas, in st. Pauls cEu oh
boldly asserts that at least two passages of this
eo bible, are egregious interpretations. Mr..
he Thomas first began The controversy with ME
oe Mr.. len Brock appeared II
sc tho areana his assistant no
as wishing to leave the Episcopal church
sly solely in his keeping. 1t would have be. /
N "lec 1oI luc COIuDatduLs 10 agree on tnelr pla!
of attack and defense, before giving battle
ef With this summary of our respective positions
III | remit the discussion to the jury-the cain
re reflection of my hearers.
" In his first lecture MIR. Ten Brock tells O.
Is, his love and reverence for tn" Anglican church
al which is co-extensve with the English Ian
TO guage and has been the home of SO many grea
vi MINDS. There is church, which is not merel,
'r' co-extensive with the English language--w hos
~ children speak the languages of tn
On world, because her Founder babe he
nS to teach all nations. No
u.s. does her career in time cover merely a few cen
or, turies. She is Catholic in time, as she is il
I space. Above all other associations, of what
LUZ ever kind, she towers in grandeur the Him
d., alaya ;alns above the undulations of tn
OF valley. Were to seek church. of which
te- could well be proud, it is this church Cathc
OF lie, whose arms have entwined. as ages wen
OF by, myriads of martyrs. and virgins and con
~ fessors, whose apostles have brought the gospe
no and with the gospel, civilization to every na
Us. ton of Christendom. But Why tell her glor
too plainly. If God did, in the latter days, al
20 ter Assyrians, Persians, Greeks and Roman
ny had built up their human empires, as Dani'
lat had foretold-if God did place upon the cart
KS, kingdom of His own. What society at frt
Gil glance is more worthy than my Catholic churc
te, of being that kingdom. Well, God did bnil
en His kingdom ION this rock, - said He when
ST; appeared on earth, Il will build my CHI rch"-
T., and that church, the proofs are most manifest
e,l is indeed the Catholic church the sole churc
I'm Of history. Not then for her human glorie
however great, do I revere her. and do suhmi
eh to her my Intellect and heart-no human inst
ne tuition could ever secure from me such homa e
nj but because she is Gods church, whom e
com maEGs me to hear and to lore.