Daily Republican., 1878-11-27
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visible food for . month, or . week, or
even ono day. An invisible church IL
. last resort Of those who~e pride will
not allow them TO live In the church
which Christ actually estsblishsd -
Az invisible church Ia pnk knoW n 70 the
Bible, that ProtsstAntS profess TO rev.
srsncs. When God employed angels In
the ministry Of His church, He made
them Assume the human form; Ehep
ths eternal Son Of God, = spirit came 70
redeem man and establish His church,
Hs psme Invisible human form, horn
an actual living, suffering child. When
Jssus, tbs. son Of God spoke, preached, ,
TO-, He did 10 visibly. When the Holy
Ghost came On Jesus, he came in ths
form Of 3 dove. When ths same Holy
Spirit came on the Apostles He came in
the visible shsps Of tongues Of hrs.
II yen ssk thsss advsFsariss Of the visi-
bic RsmAn Catholic Church for = scrip
turs proof Of an invisible church men.
tionsd In scripture, they refer you TO
that passags Of the old testament where
the prophet complains to Ged that All
the lsrsslites had fallen into idolatry,
God answered that no had preserved
seven thousand that had not bowed
their heads 70 Basl; that Is, that out Of
Iths ten tribes that had apostatissd with
Jsrotoam, there wers seven thousand
that rsmAipsd faithful, though they
we're not visible 10 the eye OF the
prophet. but God does not call them .
church. The prophet does not call
them church. During the late
rebellion there we're no doubt
more than seven thousand Of the Souths
ern.rs, who remained in heart truly
devoted TO the old Government, but
who would think Of calling these true
citissns = Government, q United States.
In human Affairs men are generally
wise. 1t Is only in religion that they
easily show themselves fools. Jesus
compares His church to ield In which
good grain and weeds are growing up
Ito ten, Virgins, Ave Of whom are
foolish, always to something visible
and something imperfect. Rven His
twelve Apostles were not all perfect.
Heaven, not earth. Is the ouly place
where the perfect church Of Christ
exists invisible to the human eye.
II as NJ. A. teaches all intelligent
Pro'estants contend, tn re is ne saliva
tion out Of their Holy Catholic church,
which after all exists only in their im-
agina.ion OF their wishes, why should
the Holy Roman Catholic church actu.
ally established by Christ, be condemn
cd as uneharitabls for teaching the
same. But the R. C. church is not 80
uncharitable as many Protestants sup
pose her to be. She teaches that all
children Of Protestants. &C., who are
correctly baptised by their ministers or
any lay persons will be saved, If they
die before they los. their baptismal in.
nocence by actual sin. And she t-ache
that all ProtestantS who liv. in invinci.
Bile ignorance Of the R. c. church being
the only true church Of fChrist viii not be
condemned to hell for not "-coming men,
bers of her communion before death al
tho they may be- c,nd-luned to hell for
breaking some of the ten command.
mrnts, having no means Of obtaining
pardon. For there is no more reason to
suppose that God will give pardon of sin.
to those who neglect TO have recourse
to the means He has appointed on earth
for the pardon Of 1t, than that He will
give physical life to one who, through
ignorance or other cause, will not eat
the food He has appointed for sustain
ing physical life. God does not make
general law in spirituals more than
physicals and allow them to be disre.
gard ed with iulpunity. CATHOLIC.