The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-12-15


chalice the whole Christ is bodily pre-
sent So then it is Christ that is frozenl
1t is our Lord who must be wrapped in
warm cloths, placed in hot water, and
melted For certainly something is
frozen, unless we are to conclude with
Father Muller" that as it was the ap-
pearance of bread that was broken, so it
is the appearance of wine that is frozen
Again if through carelessness some of
the blood of Christ have fallen-if indeed
on the earth or on the board, let it be
licked acath the tongue, and let the place
itself be scraped as much as is sufficient,
and let what has been scraped off be
burned, and let the ashes be laid up in
the sacrarium. But if it have fallen on
the stone of the altar, let the priest suck
up the drop, and let the place be well
washed, etc. Now 1 ask again, Can the
Romanist who believes that Christ is
really present in every particle of the
fluid that has fallen, consent that this
licking, scraping, burning etc., of His
dear sacred body shall be performed as
the rubric requires2 Finally, eff the
priest vonait forth the eucharist, if the
species appear entire, let them be rever-
emily taken q. e., eaten AGAIN. unless
nausea arise. In that case let the con-
secrated species be carefully separated,
and let them be replaced in some sacred
place until they are corrupted and after
wards let them be thrown into the sacra-
rum. But If the species do not appear
let the vomit be burned and the ashes be
thrown into the sacrarium. Now think
for moment what it is, or rather aOho it
is that, according to this fiction of the
real presence, is thus represented as be-
ing eaten, vomited, and then eaten again
Can those who treat the consecrated wafer
in this way really believe with the Coun-
Gil of Trent "that same God to be pre-
sent therein of whom the Eternal Father,
when introducing Him into the world,
says: And let all the angels of God wor-
ship Him'2 And if there is ono more
bread nor wine but Christ alone, true
God as well as true man present in it,
then how can the corruption take place
of which the Missal speaks2 Can the
immortal body of Christ see corruption
Can the flesh and blood of our Lord be-
come putrid? And if not, what does the
Missal mean, unless forsooth, it is the op-
pearonce again that putrifes? But the
strangest of all the tenets connected with
this myth of the real presence, is that
which holds that our Lord ate his own
body and drank his own blood in the
first institution of the Lords Supper.
Thus Father Muller" says, (Holy Mass,
page 1897, 1.-The body of Jesus Christ was
then in the host, and his blood in the
chalice. x y Our Lord then deposited
the holy victim upon the table, placing
it there in the state of sacrifice, and
offering it to His Father in mystic and
unbloody manner. To complete the sac
utice by kind Of mystic death-the loss
of his sacramental life-He partook of 1t
Himself anu then commanded the apos-
ties to partake # it also, etc.; SO that
here our Lord is actually represented as
sitting down in his own bodily presence,
visible to the eyes of his disciples, and
yet holding himself, body, soul, and di-
vinity, in his own hands, breaking him
self, eating himself, and giving himself
to his disciples to eat. And they are
represented as consciously eating and
swallowing Him, whilst He is sitting and
conversing with them as He had done
hundred times before. Can anything be
more absurd? And all this simply be-
cause our Lord said, "This is my body,
just as He had said, 81 am the vine, Z" I
am the door, ETC., or just as, if Father
Muller" were to come to Richmond and
walk with me through Capitol Square,
would say, pointing to the statues as we
passed, "this is Stonewall Jackson" this
is Washington, this is Chief Justice
Marshall etc. How wicked in the
Council of Trent to say that if any man
SAYS the host is not to be solemnly borne
about in procession and presented pub
licly to the people for alteration, let him
be anathema."
7. D. WITHERsPooN.
P. s. The Visitor of 9th ult., is be-
fore me with characteristic letter from
DR.. O'Connell-no arguments but the old
cry of "illiberal bigotry," fanaticism, "
righteousness, and dishonesty" In
deed he has gone so far as to discover
that | am neither a man of sense, nor
"a Christian" This would seem to be
coup de grace; but as he asks me several
questions and insists upon the answers, l
will give them, and then ask him single
one which 1 hope he will answer. Cues.
Was DR.. Witherspoon the author OF the
tract, or one of them2" Ans. 1 was not.
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