The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-11
LESTEX LECTUREs,
Last Discourse Of . series Delivered by
NJ. Rev. Bishop Kahn.

NJ. Rev. Bishop Kahn.
Bishop KRin delivered the last Of 8 &C.
ries Of lsnten lectures at the Cathedral
yesterday afternoon, the ediAce, as usual,
being crowded with attentive listeners.
The lectures have been source Of much
enjoyment and edlfcatlon to the congre'
cations that have assembled each Sunday
during their delivery. The Bishop ia an
able expounder of the faith and Script
tuTes, and nothing can better attest the
popularity OF the reverend pIelate and the
appreciation OF the people Of his INSTRUCT
i've discouraea than the numbers that have
thronged TO hear him.
The subject Of yesterdays lecture was,
"God, Our RsGeemer," The text was
taken from First Timothy, ii SO. In his
exordium the Bishop briefly summed up
the five previous lectures, in which. he
had shown that there is one all.perteCt
God, subsistipg in three divine persons;
that the second person Of this Holy Trim
ity had assumed our human nature that
God Is the Creator OF man and OF all finite
beings, He then proceeded to argue that
man, ss he now exists, cannot be the work
Of an all.wise and an all.good God-henCe
the fall and It's consequences. 1t was TO
repair these sad consequences that the
Son OF God had become man. Man had
ahmed, and that sin was transmitted to
every individual Of the human race.
Christ, the Goldman, suffered and died,
and thereby made satisfaction TO the
Divine Majesty outraged by sin. The
Bishop strenuously upheld the orthodox
view OF the redemption as q real atone
ment for sin, The actions and sutertng9
OF the Goldman are OF infinite value, and
all these He offered to the Trinity 10 re-
pair the insult OF which the sinner is
guilty. The death OF Christ was q real
population for sin, and the Holy Trinity
was more pleased by the obedience unto
death OF the InCarnate God, than offended
or insulted by the pride OF the rebellioui
sinner,
In the second part OF his discourse, the
Bishop replied to certain objections raised
against this doctrine, chiefly on the ground
that 1t encourages the wicked In their evil
WAYS, "For," men sometimes argue, VI
Christ has made full satisfaction for al
sins, then all men must be saved, no mat
Ter what may have been their lives.
Christ has indeed made ample PREPARATION
for sin; but He has also established meant
for the application Of His redemption to In
diyidual soulP, and the sinner Is free 10 &C
capt or 10 reject those means, When the
sinner complies with the prescribed con
ditions and shares in the atoning merit
OF Christ, he is not merely reputed just
but his sins are, truly RENTED, an!
through Christ he becomes a child OF God
0 Hence by this vital union as q membe
. with Christ bis Divine head, he becomel
! capable Of performing acts pleasing TO God
] and deserving Of heavenly reward. Thi
{ union Of the soul with Christ Ia the basiBo
q the Catholic doctrine OF merit, Whilst
q man Is Rsinner, he cannot indeed do any
: thing worthy OF q supernatural reward
but once he 70, by the mercy and grace o
< God, brought into union with Christ
. and as long as no persevereB 10 that vita
/ union with the InCarnate God, he may d.
8 works worthy Of supernatural reward
!. Tor then he can truly say: " live, nos
i not |, but Christ liveth In me"
The third part Of the lecture was an ex
: position OF the means by which the merit
Of redemption are applied TO iudividus
souls, The Bishop took the ground tina
! the church which 1t. Paul calls the Spouse
= OF Christ, and St. John the Bride Of th'
Lamb, was instituted that through he
: ministry the graCes oil redemption may b
!, dispensed. Baptism, the first Sacramen
, she administers, regenerates the soul, ant
makes II o shield OF God. This grace o
: regeneration once forfeited, 10 restored BY
. the sacrament OF penanCe, through which
sins committed after baptism are forgiven
! "Whose sins you shall forgive, they ar
: forgiven them, John xx,23. This new anC
! supernatural lilo Is chiefly nolrisheC
J through tho sacrament OF Ohrists BODY
8 and blood. "He that eateth my flesh ant
; drinketh my blood, abldeth In me and
In him." John vi, 81. Running rapidly
over the other saCrnments, he pointed GU
how by them the Saviour had made pro
: visions for all the needs OF our soul and 81
1t is through. the ministry Of His church
that these saoraments are given, and thu
graCes attached 10 them communicated
lie thereby justified tho title bestowed By
the sacred writer's on tho ChurCh-"spous'
Of Christi
The conclusion Of the lecture was I
| spirited exhortation to all the member
/ Of the church 10 appreciate their privil
eyes as Catholics, and 10 testify their ap
probation by their virtuous and exem
plary lives, 80 that they may bear the test
"By your fruits shall ye be known"
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