New-York tribune., 1878-05-11

Sresf oneston II ycu decide for the first alternative,
then you Protestant If you decide for the seconu,
remain in one, undyng, ever fresh, amazing organic
Visible, audible tangible and pSay GS on on
earth, out into which His body natural has with9ut
whether you are OF the Anglican, Roman Greek part
is a Subsequent question; but you are Catholic; wanna
'Oh yes, Professionalism; God came lsoo years
ago TO place Himself physically en- rapport with us; He
stayed tbirtytnree years. and then he went away anu
organic speaking body Of human matter. But when lie
thus went away He left behind Him, Tor our certainty III
sEd t Of aT snbme 6 f IL is WITH tins that
rapport since He left and tneh ne senua a
recondite spiritual and transceudena sense helps eaeh
Of find the truth as we apply ourselves 10 thiS'
His precious legacy"
CoNJEcTrRE STIMULATED BY THE BIBLE
Certainly, reply this is ntelligble theory ana
commcnds my respect. But | 20 decide which way
am to CO. Permit ask Of you, then, What Is TIE
supernatural truth touching punishment here
aftcrl Some OF who accept the Bible Only
claim that 1t Is eternal and others hold that
il Is not" Touching the necessity OF baptism
and the sacramcnts generalyl "sOme Of US hold that
they are necessary others that they quite un
necessary" Touching the number Of the sacramentsi
"We some Of us claim that they are ordinances only
and net sacraments at ALL that some claim that out
OF the seven there are only wo and Others that there are
all" Touching the atoninS crossi some oI us m
claim that was universa others that s effect
was particular only bat to"eF'ng 'ts tsf S the
Bible only claim that II is necessary and Others wa,
it not" Touching the necessity OF good me- me-
We'll there arc some that claun IL TO he necessary
to have wrought at least hour, from the
eleventh to The twGllth, for % the penny %,
il all completed II ono, as the CLOCK
Of life Is stn$ t%Gys IeFT tne tf
Touching hcrclitcri "Some claim that there Is only
an eternal Heaven aud eternal ic; others that be-
sides these there an intermediate temporal state OF
wailiug; aud stil others, cIe no Hell at all Touch
ing salaul "Som" OF Us think there l. such being
ot1crs DENY it," Touching God Hnnscti Well, we
are not az cd; some OF rs that accept The Bible oniy
hold taut God i, Trinity; otheye that The Father alone
is God" and = on 10 the end Of the chapter.
But if God camc aud thus went away and LETT only
Book and a vague influence do not SEE, o Protestant
ism that We are very helped. do not see that we
are all I ID drowning IN ocean az mere com H.
what that Book says DO not see tnat We are noi m
lc still concctusnn. touching The mighlct ana most
vastly mrortant i@Ss phgn@menn aE' aw1 "' EhcS EIic
alone you say yoI have been ieit' ,h1.a Ra.n
Things thousand-fold. Before, we knew II was al
L.r,- WUra now YOU all busy ai rss-WorK ana
theory, o Professionalism, loving God flew to world
that was drownng ia a9 ocean oi Goiretnt&f & GInG
Him which hurled thrn baoh mo, N"sltI
backcr ana cupcs tuUs ocean Of conjecture than
mas done Sltaus work. By your theory potcut
God ha, risen from His Throne 20 srlyc TO do work
God mas devised and executed plan which has mseI-
ably flcd amid laughter OF cii Your rccondtoI
To- ,,dy You into certain Trh-vhat has become OF II
/ love you, o my relatives! / respect your sacred
bypJih aud the dark and incVtricahc s"alnIs luto
winch lcads-t is WY fcr ne 10 tread must bli
able il hc past but venerable not ts errors they
tell that medTylsm is dead beyond resurrection. 20
itIs But the sixteenth century is last as dead too Bt
gone, snectcd and sinking coTpsc lhe ulheiecblh
century hath We viii live with the hVihG ana
Gentlemen. have led you up 10 the presence OF your
second great question. IL was this "ud haNihE CONT %
i'm 4, shlp ioim, must have done one ot Nv" ony
things: either have departed or remained; ana ~,
named too, In the vague, spiritual trag7ceud'htl
is practically To have dcparcd-hui remained Ia real
Tangible, visible and organic form Gongh Thlch ne ga"
ana does speak audiDly 10 the world II lie drrIfNu
and lett "A book only, then We are ProteStauts. IL ne
remained " God with US, then we are Catholics But
we cannot ador this position that lie departed bodh!
EtIoHa Vss c ain "o,crfuI and loving God without
hng driven to he position that lie God who str0yc
to do " hat lie could not God dcyrluK a plan ihdt
t2,ir1" a God Wishing 10 help us hat powcrrss
a loving God giving us a hope. but cheating NJ.
and leaving us worse of than before. We % are
tive, namely, that having come ~ speaking body
Of human matter lie remains IN speaking DOdy' an
organic form OF human matter And We mud This one
organic form. the human part Of the God Man to-day
on EARTH ia his Body Mystical out INTO which He body
natural OF Palestine has, without break or assure,
gradually expanded over tue EARTH as human beings.
puckcd Ike branches from the root Of the htrt Adam
nave out Of all generations, been grated into unity
with IL by baptism and rs His Body and Blood
passing through the Eucharist equally INTO all the
branches have incorporated them into Ilm7e,h In
lie Is st the God Man on earth he PeIpntnhiy , IN
nature 10 himself and abiding IN one visible f'th @ "
matter That Form Is the Catholic ChurcI III - hot =
society uf u j. the ono ann
of Christ Hy IL aud through ami IT. marvellous arms
aud limbs lie literally touches that his grhces may
now through his touch In H. as NJ lNihH hou, anu
through H. lie speaks 60 audihy that We may be Ger
tihcd havO the ruth. -, -. -
W. arc moi che tcd We stiu have, by logic, by the
necessities of our case by the sanction of the DIVINE "
tributes aud IN actual historic and present existence
Inc Ouulsccut God earth, remaining among u, ac-
c0rdlng to the promise lie made ~ moment "hrh'
othcrwise Wc would have thought lie WIS departing
10 am with you all days, cV Il unto the coh'uWha
HON OF the world. Ia Him. In this God embodied W
the one Church, IN tLs God Continuously NISiDie
and audible therefore, behold EcHicmcn the fountain
uf ufalliDy when you seek; for God Himself cihh3
err nor alsfy Aud a. the Holy Catholic 'hurch III
m s uars His own lody, raises It's voice dnd chahts
I'm uuisOn round and round the woIin unbiokrn sifJh
following the tire roulh the centuries aud the
mieuius the solemn Catholic Creed of Ncc, tonslhl'
tiuOplc and Afhanass listen II - the iocr oi Goa on
rartn who chauted the great prophetic psalm Deus
D.u. from tho cross chanting aloud that all the people
I'm AN time may hear aud be without excuse, the unai-
tering irrcfOrmaDle Truth.