Daily Republican., 1878-11-21

Of . visible ministry 10, the Church OF
God. The old visible Jewish organized
church was 10 be merged into the new
organized church. The one was pre-.
paratovy for the other. And one came
forth ~ithout any break in the work Of
God from the other. as the butterfly
comes forth from the caterpillar. God,
who, from the beginning, prepared His
church, preserved His church, now
perfected His church, ~ far ~ church
given by Him 10 sinful men possessed
OF free will to do good or evil, could be
perfected. II was poss@ssed OF tw0 ele.
ments, the divine and human. All the
power OF God In Heaven and on earth,
and the perpetual presence Of Jesus
Christ. and the Holy Ghost promised,
John IA, 18, TO be with II forever, form
cd the divine element, that can never
fail converted sinners formed the hu-
man element. The two elements. like
the soul and body Of man, formed ono
undivided and indivisibls church. To
this church "tbe Lord daily added such
As should he saved" Acts ID chapter.
Into this churcl, the rites Of the jew
ish church were not allowed to enter"
Acts XIV.
This is the Church which st. Paul
says, the Holy Ghost appointed Bishops
To rule and which Jesus had purch ased
with His own blood, Acts 20, %. This 10
the church which 81. Paul calls the
church Of the living God, the pillar and
ground Of truth, Tim. 3, l5. This
church was planted BY the Apostles and
their succ-ssors In every province Of til.
Roman empire. History testinss to her
existence, trials and progreas; In every
age, from thu day our Savior gave His
Apostles their commission, 70 teach all
nations, until the present. She 10 the
work Of God snd there isn break In the
work Of God.
Now lst n. A. look again at his prin.
cipal text Matt. $40 which he says
gives you ths basis Of the only church
visible known 10 Scripturss-ths text
Is: "Whers two or thrse are gathered
together in nv name there ] am In tn.
midst Of them" Now these words
prove for N. A. thu basis Of the only
church visible known to Scriptures.
How easily Ia N. A. satisfied with
proofs for his church and how hard II IL
To please him with proofs for the Roman
Church, which Is the only church that
can. in history. show her existsncs in
every century, to her foundation on
the commission given by Christ to
teach all nations TO the end Of tilns. II
the President Of the U. 8. In some Of
his public addresses, to show the con.
slant care OF the government over its
citizens, would say that where two or
three Of them we're assembled with the
American Flag over tn, m, the protect.
Ing arm Of government would be there.
WhSt man in his senses would conclude
fIom this saying Of the president that
the U. s. Government was not visible
ons, Or II 1t was II could bs found, only
where two or three citizens, with the
American Flag, were assembled.
would recommend TO NJ. A. in his in.
terpretation Of tn. splendid prophesies
or promises made TO the Abrahsmit
church" or 10 the then futnr. church o.
Christ, not TO make the same uistak.
which the Jews made, In their inter
probation Of the splendid prophssie'
about the Messiah. One set Of thsss
prophssiss regarded his divinity, AZ
element which really existed in Jesu'
Christ but not visible to the human
eye. The set Of prophesies which re
f.rr.d 10 his humanity they appeared
to overlook. "As in Jesus there wer'
two natures, the divine and human, 8,
In his church there are two elements
the divine and human. The divine
element is not visible. at least in III
spl-ndor 70 the naked eye but II exist
in the church, In the sacraments, in
transubstantiation for instance. Bu
as faitn was necessary for the one who
looked on Jesus TO recognize His divine
character. SO faith is necessary to rec
ogniz. the divine element in the church
There are plenty Of open plain rational
proofs TO establish the divine charac.
| IrT 'oi thS ChuTcu,SiL thVbe PdSoaSee ="
scripture quoted above--h-r commence
nent from Jesus Himself-h.r contin
ued exist-nce IN all the nations OF tn
world these 1900 years-the power sh'
showed in converting all the nations
so far converted, her unity, surpassinl
all human power. have not spac'
to aus wrr all IN. AS" questions. Ba
they are all contained in the above as
corollary is contained ina geornetrica
proposition from which 1t flows.
CATHOLIC.