The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1878-01-13
INTRODUCTION.

1 have given to this lecture the title what
Catholics Do Not Believe" because its primary
object 10, a. stated In it's opening, to remove
on what i've DO not believe" The i S"s1siSs
| eide of the question-what We do really he
liere on these points--will be found atated In
nearly every instance, aud implied in all.
did not think it essential, as indeed it would
| be impossible in one lecture, to state oil the
| reasons for the positive side, the ststement
! Of the faot that We did not believe certain doc
trines, being the chief point in view. Thus
the statement in regard to the Catholic intel
iect not being enataved by submission to the
decision Of tribunal which that intellect
nad already accepted as uneEring, did not in
voive the necessity of explaining all the req
soma Tor that previous acceptance, by proving
the Church divine institution. ThsS had
been beloved by the Catholic intellect before
being aeked to accept However, some Of
kindred subject
As to the occasion of the lecture had
promised to deliver disoocrse In aid of o
pressing psrochIaf object-the payment of the
had determined onIhe subject I should select
when was somewhat surprised by an invita-.
ton from the Rev. DR.. Snyder, Pastor of tho
Unitarian Church in this city, to deliver q leo
ture on some Sunday evening, in his church.
on "fhe Claims of the Catholic Church." This
conf rmed my resolution to the SO bject, bat
somewhat changed my mode Of treating it.
The Kew. Doctor assured me of the presence
of large audiencs of Protestants many of
whom, he stated, were ignorant Of Catholicity.
except as defined by it's eBamies and blsnder,
ers., could not resist the Impulse to add res a
such an audience, and defend what is dear to |
me as my very existenoe-tbs old Church. !
trough could not accept tho Doctors invita-
ton to lecture in bis church, hoped that non. |
Catholics wontd not object to meet me on |
neutral kSopnd-MerGaplle Library Hall Il |
wfs not mistaken. The Pastor and many of |
his people Ldsd, and @ morning paper states
That one-haif OF the large audience was Pro-
testant. l hope 1 said nothing that could
pain them. 1t il not, and never wac in my
leart to do go, in discussing religious aues-
lions with outsidsrF. Tho Jews and Samari-
ans did not speak to each other, bot our Lord
md our Model did speak to the Samaritans,
md did select q Samaritan as o model Of fra
ernal charity though he also said, ''SalYatiou
5 of the JswG." Without compromlsIna 4 |
ingle iOts of truth, We can, like Him, be at
noe kind and true. As to the lecture itself
hough had delivered the substance Of 1t be-
ore, bad never written it all out, as the top
- were familiar to ms, as indeed they are to !
very Catholic clergyman, Even now must !
erend, in parts of it, on q corrected stepo-
raphic report, as 1t is expedient not to delay r
utilization. Hence the haste and redundancy !,
extempore speaking will occasiouA ally be de- 4
cted. However, 1 send iC forth with the -
'pe that God may bless it on it's way, and ! =
at for some soul in darkness it may at lee ct "
ZIP to remove the imped linen t. to ighk-lend. :.
& hand as it were, In rolling back the stone a.
at closes the sepulchre; SO that, hearing tie ",
9biPoceRt voice of Grace, the soni may like ~
o brother of Mary aud Martha come out into u
Q life and Light of liberty of that Truth =,
Itch alone loan make her free" ~
LCnis, Feast of st John the ErGRgelis.,
december n, 1877.