, 1881-02-26
BISHOP SPALDlNG

sS'S>e .A$s" shfNhh '-t'Nf '"'s*s ~
OF Peoria,
rnott., m. rc, st-,,svruryn 4. .n1,r,ny,n.
~ .,.. s ts '"' ~ -. -, I: I. ''''.t ~, '' r.,,
~ trhsal!tsfH 10 YEN tno '.silten r''les '"F tn's
tIaccsc, l'cR leave. utt,n tho nnpr,nAuh 1T tho
yn,trsrlr nnd t,r,v, ,n,,. Il, N, ,,rr,, rn,ni,.
ird II. v.,,,r c't., .rim. ~ no,,on',t, ro ti,nr,
.s" w. y""s e"ta nss ~ u,aeh ,.' "su ..'''us
t,tts,m"t except ly thnse wi,nsc hearts nro prr'
,rt4) to receive II. ls p,st tt,y epnkcn when tim
HNersu1 ~. t."Fe" ~ o,"e" =" i"slne nsl' r.hse'
Ml"re mo 'heohe o. "o'l' esnNrt you. snese'
t"re' m.t,r =" the lsc spr'i %'h" i y"rse
n,v,,, ,,,,i I'm, .,,n fr,, y, .o,,r ,,s,rs. ,nnx
n',' ''t ~ .,,s ~
tnstuht. tn Be,lsou, utIt Of spnsnn; rcprnye,
trc,tt, rcbrse With al, pationcc nnsl oc,sIne.''
Thu l"'wer Ut l,rrnoh'"u Is prsnty III tho llrc of
'ho t'r"et'cr. for, slnco !t''t o'lco IA nut sacfl'
mental. tho grace Of Gnl llwtlts rAthsr IN hln,
eiVn alum .it,trs, ic Il sum oi, t1.erx3" M, hence,
iu'. ti,u upceIut significance ar ,Iu fnrtn uf cx.
lt he HIT In. Xii n XIX 4. n shIi ' ,er w1' h NJ s
1I,u ss,1jct;s which c,,ts,s,iet,st estuusa,lly to
us ut;Mrtt ~ a III ~ n sf sato itE III ="
uur l,rGpir il tin Religions ci,Ieation nf iho
I,ti.s,lc schuo il like fnIiy %itt,sHl, inoihor:
Thu erh chi 1T iM,t perform i,t tlio
1's. ,s T M I @ r1 Tp q y t., 5 ;xrxs. ,ss.
wnStli!g: a'n, in tnu !,so liz, siisy sl,Srr eli.
s,auairx IN H.. ,ns. If 1T, ;i%i.i;eyls xs.sr;-
ti0il. Nnrr Ut it,. i suppose, wis, to bs wigrr
tfin tho Ch.irrl, of Cl,ris,, wEls,. ever, though
stIl,. 10 n tIln.inttfui n,id Wul-tninrlne MUD,
IAc must venerable M,tthority knI,wm to men.
When wo consider tho many centuries during
whirh 1t hns uiul.lrptl, tho many struggles,
whether physical. sr tI,s,r, nr IHtci!uus.iul. II
llas nutlved, tho miny changes wiIh il s,ic-
rt,IJ
II has rr1t,ultirtl i1l,rllnnuetl, tho countless
numbers uf It's n,lhcrrnts TT every turt
It hollis them sli1 hris tlulu in,u Il bu,,i,pr.
hokl united uy filth, hnpu. mud cllnrliy W. e,,-
s x a' T. IsfSs,ys ;IS y ;t t, i u; a s, @ It Ws
which Is ut oco tic sir,Ysst MD tic wnrthrst
nf reverence ii MY shu, Ills over tai,l clii to
ins lrnl,ut thu Snvere!,;n Ts,ntitf uni tho
lsIshnps OF tho Choiic world, tuclires to-day,
as it i'.s always declared ti,at. snru man l,as,
excludes tho imich,g Uf religious truth anil
nu,ril!ity is biksrd tliotl f,lise urucipus uiut
InllYt in the I,uv run undermine struty ItxfE,
which rests ulN,n Il religious foundations. WHO
nru TIC ,slynrute3 VI secular rIlilcntiop in
lion ts une,,,les 1r Nil rnstjvo raIiEIunt trg
| sogc.Iur the ntrls III thu wtrli ii every stl,t.
Or Upitllnn frtl,., lilo tn,,cera OF ntktn ntAeism
aud I,lutcrulistli Il, mo i,rffCsyur5 Of tho vlrs
iUrtns OF ucIsi1 md yon 4iIl titui il,u, In the
miist of iiu,l,sand c,i,tr,.tlIe,ory a,lG conct.
nhsppsi.lS,, to rc!Irious c;,ca.!or, Kid
| they, mud they nlpuu. nrr logical In tu1sny liu
this position They reject MI positive Religions
t'Irtrncs ~ sttlprstftlnl,Y u;1d nlys,rj anu they
nro c,,lisstunt III accisipK Il, uxc,,,, til"ln fruit
tuo el,ss. rum ! i'm nnt blind to ito iacs ii,at
| this country MT nny hG,i 10 ErrcliEuits lntct,-
tian, but were fur the must ptrt pr.E0llly
e"Sines 6, ,Y e 's @ pI ,, ',, T,s
csste purpose: aad It's jt.stiluatIom its Is sorht fnr
,if thi4 tl,A unt ,Jtrrrt i'm ~ fr,,,I,,,,nv