Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-11
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cannot afford to delay, can we?
House Of Hope.
This beautiful church was filed in ever,
part last evening, every seat was filed ane
chairs were placed in all the aisles, and vel
many had to stand about the doors and ir
the vestibule. The cause of this unusual
gathering was the announcement that the
pastor would reply to some restrictions made
upon former sermon of his by the North
eoestern Chronicle and Bishop Ireland. The
Rev. D. r. Breed read for the gospel lesson
the twenty third chapter of Matthew, and
for his text he took the 9th chapter OF
Isaiah, Both verse:
ITO the law and to the testimony; if they
speak not according to this word it is because
there is no light in them. -
Mr.. Breed used the authorized Catholic
translation-the Douay Bible. He said that
for once he would preach controversial
sermon. He was induced to do SO from
some allusion made by his friend, the Cath
Ole bishop to sermon he once preached on
religious communism, stating that there
could be no better name for Professionalism
than religious communism. The Chronicle
had stated that atheism, infidelity, material
ism and communism were the outgrowth OF
Professionalism. 1t was just to point out the
position Of Protestantisms that he would
preach just this one sermon, and that it
might not DO said that Professionalism could
not, and dared not vindicate itself. Bishop
Ireland might go on season after Season,
dogmatically asserting the authority and
power of the priesthood, and impressing up
on his hearers the doctrine of implicit blind
obedience to that priesthood because it was
necessary to keep his flock in all due
and humble subsection. It was not neces-
sary in the Protestant church, for we enjoy
in the fullest Gods liberty, and our charity
enables us to believe and hope that in every
church, Protestant and Catholic, there are
the vessels of Gods saving grace.
Protestant ministers are counted as eccle-
siastical Ishmaelites by Bishop Ireland,
without authority and without liberty.
Enlightened statesmen believe that the
extremes of liberty and authority are the
cause of all acknowledgements on the one
hand, and unbridled power Of the people on
the other, between these two extremes is
found true iberty-freedom governed by
law, authority softened by iberality. He
contended that vice could not be the out
growth of liberty. Because of the strike in
Pennsylvania it does not follow VIC should
give up our institutions and be ruled by a
Caesar.
Because freedom is abused, in a measure,
shall we cast away our freedom and embrace
absolutism. The law which governs nations
societies, the church is the same. Political
freedom and religious liberty sometimes are
abused. The Catholic religion is absolutism
and its subjects dare not speak, OF even
DEGREES. It is despotism and
religious despotism goes hand in hand
with civil despotisn. In this connection he
referred to the rack and other horrors of the
tortue chamber. Professionalism is founded
Oh true liberty, and Chrst's religion is based
upon it. In proof of this he quoted some
twenty passages from the Douay bible con
demning religious despotism. The New
Testament he said cannot teacE
the despotism of popery. The gospel is like
a grand Magma Charta. The Hebrew church
was something like the Catholic despotism
which Christ himself condemns. Even the
stood by Paul in his attempted despotism
for Catholics to crack. The bishop has
tried his teeth on it once, let him do so again
We are asked, he continued, on what
authority we preach. The same question
was asked of Christ, and the same reply
would be given-the same authority thai
Moses had and the prophets-the sacred
word of God; deny it who can! There is
one instance of Moses speaking on his owr
aunhority-the authority of the church. L
was before furnishing Israel, when he STRUCK
the rock, and how great was the punishment
for the usurped authority. He quoted
innumerable passages to prove that the only
authority for priest or minister was the wore
of God. Christ himself taught this.
If man find one gospel in the bible
and another in the Catholic church, what il
he to do? Peter himself answers, g if it b.
just to hear you rather than God, judge ye.'
The last sentences of Revelations, the preach
or thought, where most solemn and fearful
and yet the Catholic church was incurrinl
the fearful curse. 1t was but in 1873 that i
: added 'infallibility.''
In proof that directly opposite to Bishop
; Ireland's assertion of the effect of Protest
anism is the truth. Mr.. Breed quote.
France with it's reign of terror, its infdelity
{. materialism and communism against Eng
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the United States, referring to all Catholi
countries contrasted with Professionals.
In refuting the assertion that Protestant
ism was split up into thousands of creed
and that Catholicism was one, he enumerate
the principal heresies arising from 1913 A. D
to the time of the commencement of Pre-
. testantism, stating that these schisms coul
: not be attributed to Protestantism-that q
! late as 1873 the American bishop
l voted against Instability then on discussion
I To-day there is more union anon
!. all sects of Protestants then thel
t is in the Catholic church. Every Catholi
9 priest has a seal to his ips-even Bisho
!. Ireland dare not utter word contrary to I'll
q will of the Pope. OF course, when the tongr
q is padlocked, the mouth gagged, no one di
e sents; but is it unity? There can
IT no unity till the paddock is removed fro
; each tongue. No unity till the priest throw
IS off his arrogance and becomes as lit
Q child sitting at the feet Of Jesus.
He next went on to show that the Cathol
. church did not want its flock to study tt
IS bible. Protestants forced them
!. make a translation, and now
;, is asserted by the church that it is not suf
Il Gent TO teach the way of salvation. The
- have with few passages built up va
IS pyramid, inverted, standing on its apex, al
rs propped up by the authority of the chur,
and ignorance of Gods word. We did n
W dare try and vindicate ourselves, says Il
3 Chronicle. It is time such talk was sto
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