Daily Republican., 1878-11-08
THIRD EDITION.
For the Daily Republican.
OR1tictsm IN the sriticissn Of Btsh-
Op Becker's sermon.

bpiscopdl III youT Ihsut tp udy. III
reading his criticism, my first feeling
was enc OF sadness or mrlancholy, thai
men, religious men, could allow their
min 10 be SO divested Of reason, and
eontrolid by biss or prejudice, as to
misunderstand and misrepr-sent, the
plain statements Of those who disagree
witt them in religion. Yet this Is what
"Pf"t"stant Episcopal has done. To
his first statement that discussion re-
gardinG the antiquity and authority Of
the 70 niSh church from our different
stanA- points would br worse than use
less, | reply that II, man is justified
in taking a stand noint from which he
canuoi see the truth "P. e. endeav
ors to establish the truth Of the charge
Of Bishop Lee. which Bish"p Becker un- /
drItpok to refute. In IN air OF triumph, .
h" asks; that it (thr Ronish church, is
soul lighting and sonl crushing des
po'ism what further proof can We r..
qnire than the teachings o. the church
which drbara rs meIai ers both priest !
aud la'man pom my trerciSe o. their
or" ~H "dnsc"nc,, or drsire. Take a.
i'"s'"ati", OF this, bishop Becker's .
o~n words. III j. not free for M To
max" nv views the guide of my path
TO etpruity;n vii not characterize the
unfairness Of ''P. f." in taking this
s"nts'Dca from Bishop Becker's sermon .
detached from what preceded and fol. /
lowed il.
Th" preceding sentence is: "now the
Ca'ho,i church IL 'i'f ipostoic ,-recd,
in that ct Nice and in tha, of CoDstan
tinoplr rlovly defines hat We are tu
b li'v concerning Jesus Chrrt. Then
il is no longer quest IN Of opinion
TIE shop plam'v sIy lr is MT FREE
to hav" ley other faith of or IN Jesus
Christ t'1u The in plainly defined
by these councils Of TIA" church, and
thinE Bishop Lee on reflection will ad-
NIT t'9' h" himself is not free TO have
any o,her faith 'hHu thai Ja,us Christ
is tn So, q tbr eternal God. By this
10 nat "a, a. tia, he is slave ana
must l.l We lhr dortriur whether he,
will ~ ut In saying that Bishop h.
is nj ire to reject the doctrine Of tt,'
divinity VI Jesus Christ, 10 not m,ar
it absolU vIy. for be could like 80 map,
oth.rs -, C, ana become an infdI.
This is All that Bishop Becker meant.
or intended to say. or that fair inter
p a .or viii make him sly.
10 prove taat there is no despoti i>rp
in the c9rboiic Chnreh. he appealed +,
tot, pa 'n ;act that every intelligent
Protestant knows, viz; chat Catholic.
are ,. aarop"ll,j TO remain Catholic,
on. tlv iu"-.'r 'hau they wisL. !.
thrro. n} Catholic in Wilmington com
PEELED against lis i'll tp r"uain in tn" y
Catholic .turchi m only compnl~ou
und + hicl he acr, .s his IA til, ly,
witch Ion'li.r"-nn undoubtedly, that un 3
LIS nr hlr4 aud dies in the Catholic d
Chur.,, h. win be- .aln~d olernally. .
His hrllrt may appear To- .hc Pro'r taLt
despr1r BHl their church which ,
t".cIu ~ is ro more despuItc than J.
her nual.r. Jesus Christ. whrn lie
ra,d ",r '0U bI'rvtA no, will b q
damned Ngrk lGr. j. God dr,potc. ,
vh, e 'y- "Ihou -Aal' not ,t,a and ,
t. che / any man erls lu@ dies nitHf..e
Dut p,,.u. IT, VIII ~ Du urIi.
Go e ,n.lsnod th" rt'i,".ir ,hDr,3. d
and .d-rd ~ Ili- pow ,r ,ud Hi. pc.
prrual lurs,U,' u r her .ua"-s and per d
pr,uo'jou to the end Of tau world, !
Mat . IA. Every Cath lie brtjry,.. :
witt u.'nUOtsr fljl' thN tais .hurr
teaA e. AN hat GoI revealed and nDtu
ing Dut what .,pi revealed. How rA- =
c".din- on-,d against the tauth mus /,
tlem.r b who calls lhi. u soul UlighO- T.
Ing fajjD. "
About rrrnsuhstanti1tio,. -. Il.
savs, "NUu our saviour said this In J.
my Do'y, lie used tue .Xp's. ion f-u
ratiycly as IA used naHy utnrr slmIial
expr s,iols, such as i an thr vin" !
am the door, i AN the good ,hrph.rd,
&c. Dos /. II iu,i-t that b"cau-, our {
Saviour n,u spoke Il gura , ,rr a. ;
wals -ro>" 'Ar.' pid lie uot d
Alwn' uh,r HguIatlycly Uri .
such lau,uagr ~ 10 be uu- I
,-luo& at least 10y Ills apo,ilrst Dil /
a. y .ralrr mI.undcrotand lIm whrn =
H." saII, - am the vine - g.. il, =
spok, v"Iy uf'ru IN figures, and Hlo
ori"nja' lsTn5 loved u hear fgnra-
Il r. Ian, ut-r.
New Y,r'turm whore our Saviom ia
spoke Ggur .n"ly and was uisundrr !
stood anr d persisted in the same tx a
urn am wi lis d.su,i., even anau '
doncd iIur. U,.@,oor what He said WAS :
too Lard ou Dnrm To- b"IIo'r. Can all, (
oue b.iS. tD.jJ ~ Cm,>t vas Col, .
.nt d.u 80. np, KNOW. as we'll a, nov :
"a eat church. with her hun +
dirda ,u u.jIIms q. m"Wl"rs in every J.
alr wuuIi eli We Him literally to mea, i
what lie -t.d, and knowing 1t, would {
st Il pJs, IA repeating ~ a varie y D.,
Of form, auu even in the form Of an ,
ua0L, u aul'-s they eat the flesh o o
th. son VI ,.nu .nd dr nix his bIood 4
they wo,I. j.DNe no llc lu thon.-- Il
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