Daily Republican., 1878-11-04
s,i Which even thsR,. Ras.el, Item tisman i'd.

pointment. That one Of .ses acramen,
which even the RI. RSt.Ssi tlsman I'D
mits as ordinarily necessary for saliva
tion, is baptism, wherein, the churc
teaches us we are regeneratsd, and a
least a large number of Anglicans an
others admit still to he rather a usefu
ceremony. Where then is the snbst
tute Of that spurious and unchristia
faith
The next specific charge made b
Bishop Lee against the Roman churc
is that Of Paganisln, and it is -quall.
groundless. lie dares to say that sh
Substitutes for or in place Of Jesu
Christ, the Blessed Virgin and tn
saints. Now the Church honors tn
Blessed Virgin and v.nprates her oDl
in the position in which God placs
her. God necessarily sprepared he
TO be the Mother Of the divine word in
carnate, Jesus Christ. As Jesus Chris
Is the son Of God, the Blessed Virgin i
mother Of God. for Christ Is God in tw
distinct natures and one person forever
therefore, she who is truly the mothe
Of Christ, 10 also necessarily the moth
or Of God, and no man who calls it il
question believes In the incarnation
rightly. She is not the mother OF th
Divinity, but she is the mother Of tn
eternal son Of God, who was born o
her, man; for by the power of the Holy
Ghost, God the Son took true body ant
reasonable soul, both created, unitet
them at the same ipdivisible moment o
theirassumption 20 his Divine Eternal
Person and nature, and thus from tba
time forward was true God, as He al
ways is, and true man, In two distinct
natures, the divine and human, ant
was born Of the Blessed Virgin Mary
II, then, this be the highest place 4
creature could have or hold, II 1t be the
nearest to God possible, Il even a com
mand Of God demands honor to be paid
to ordinary parents (Which is the only
command with promise annexed { Ephes
VI 2, 3,) was that not place Of honor
nay even the highest honor oonceiv able
for a creature 7
II John the Baptist, with the inspira.
tion Of divine faith, held in such vene.
ration even the latch-ts of our Lords
so that he declared himself un.
worthy to loose them, shall we b.
deemed guilty Of superstition who hold
in indefinitely greater veneration the
mother OF Jesus ?
When the poor woman afflicted with
an incurabl- disease, said within her.
self: "lf | only touch the hem of His
garment, shall be healed" was her
faith superstition She approached
Jesus in crowd, touched Him, and
was instantly healed. Our Lord fully
knowing the difference between super
stition and genuine faith, wishing his
followers also to know it, turned Ia
those standing around, and asked
"Who touched m- 2" St. Peter sur
prised said "Lord, Thou seest how
they press upon US, and yet Thou say
est /: Who touched meY" Mark v.
20(g30. Jesus perceived that special
virtue had gone out from Him by the
touch Of the faithful woman, whereup-
On the woman, seeing that she was
known, fell upon her knees and ac-
knowledged that II was she: then our
Lord said: THY faith hath mad the
whole" Had Bishop Lee been there
he would have probably cried out
against the superstition of the woman,
and instructed her to approach
At once to the Lord and not
stop a. the hem or any other
portion Of His mere garments! Our
Lord, on the contrary, took pains to de-
clare through the surrounding crowd,
and in the Gospels, to all future genera
ions that the woman was right that
ner faith was genuine. Now this is
the faith which Catholics
nave now, as she had then. We honor
iod above all things, and for his sake,
W honor all things that relate to God,
md in proportion as they relate to Him.
But the Blessed Virgin is in reference
% God, and in His honor, the highest Of
Ill creatures, the most closely united
o Him, more SO :han any creature ever
vas, or ever can be again, the most in
in that perfect work OF sal
,ation, different from all other mothers
IS knowing and choosing Of whom she
would be the mother for the sword of
sorrow was also to pierce her breast
Dt. Luke II, 35) of Him who as her
owed son and God would be our Sa-
piour. God made her worthy to give
Him the substance by which He became
he man, Christ Jesus. Our Lord is the
bon. of her bone, flesh OF her flesh.
Could anything be nearer to God than
he flesh and blood Of the Blessed Vir.
,in, except the flesh and blood of Je
'us Christi
Is then she, whom God delighted to
nonor so highly, she who served God a.
lever God was loved and adored by
before, to be slightel by US ?
Who are those who refuse honor to the
Virgin Mother of God They are
hose who protest against the Church,
md they are usually hidden Nrstor-
ans, whose pride inspired by herrsy
llone forbids them from honoring her,
n causes them to prohibit sinners, for
whom her Divine Son died from having
'-c0urse to her who hecame Mother OF
Tod, knowing the fearful cost, that
sinners mi sht be sa"ed. Eer-tics claim
.lways to teach the Church; they know
ler doctrines even hett"r than she her
elf knows them; they come to teach
he Church not to b- taught by her.
The Church condemns all who give
he honor due TO God to any creature.
Thr Church teaches that the Blessed
Virgin is simpIya creature, saved also
~ her Divine Son by prevention rather
han cure. We do not honor her AS a
iod or goddess. The Church honors
l.r only with the honors dur to her,
md which regulation authorizes and