Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-05
FROM THE BAY.
AT CHURCH AND SOME THOUGHTS ON
RELIGION.
Photography, Engraving, Designing, Art
and Women Artists in San
Francisco.
San FRANCISCO. February 2, 1881.


I have had recent opportunity to con-
trast two prominent cburchmen-but hold
With one am in sympathy, and allowance
must be made for my prejudice against the
other. On Sunday night, inclement as was
the weather, welcome and informal re-
eeption was given to Bishop Haven, most
genial and hearty and Christian and
Methodist gentleman, prominently associ-
ated with educational institutions of his
church in Michigan, New York, and other
States. Incidentally, also, let me mention
the reception at Calvary Church to vel
come sixty-ive new members just ac-
cepted into communion. The evening
given to Bishop Haven was passed at
Howard street Methodist Church, at
present presided over by Rev. NJ. c.
Briggs. formerly of Sacramento. Method
ism seems to me peculiarly
FRANK, OPEN AND FREE
As society or institution, and the gentle.
man under remark equally warm and
friendly. Then last week went to hear
the Rev. Father Buchard lecture at st.
Joseph's Church, the subject being is
salvation Possible Outside the Catholic
Church? ?" Just here pause and allow for
prejudice. He seemed tc me sleek,
smooth, secretive and not up to the stand
ard I had placed for him. He wore
long beard-unusual practice for priest,
and had a sanctimonlous way OF crossing
his hands The man and his surroundings,
the rising incense, the pretty images, the
cheap, stiff flowers, the gowns and robes,
the troops of altar boys, the chanting
choir, the hard, uncushioned, bench.like
pews. the crossings and mutterings, seemed
strange and all unlike the other man and
the Simple severity of his Methodism.
But | have been raised very much nearer
to the one than to the other. 1t may be
interesting to hear the Reverend Father
answer his own questions 1t is curious to
note that his text was one OF the verses OF
the final nine in Marks last chapter re-
iected in the new translation of the Bible:
" He that believeth and is baptised shall
be saved but he that belieyeth not shall
be damned" or, as the Donay bible has
it. condemned. Hear, now, the Rev
erend Father. Christ, during his sojourn
on earth, taught his doctrines to his twelve
apostles, and sent them forth to teach the
same in the very same sense to
ALL THE WORLD.
He thus founded his church, built it upon
this rock, and made his preachers or priests
set of teachers. If they taught his doc
trines in another way or sense than he first
/ taught them they were not his church.
| No: salvation is not possible outside of the
| Catholic Church, therefore, because it alone
t teaches Christ's doctrines in the true sense,
and every other church, to be consistent
with its own belief, must say that as it
alone teaches the true doctrine in the true
sense, so salvation is not possible outside
| of itself. But while the Methodists and
Presbyterians and Bspsists, at loggerheads
with each other upon essential points, each
holds itself tie true faith, yet, for the
sake of liberality and popularity, admits
the possible salvation of the rest, the Cath
/ olic Church, one and undivided since Christ
| first established its infalibility, alone has
the courage to stand by its belief in the
face of all opposition ana unpopularity, and
declare that there is no possibility OF sal.
walton outside its belief. But how about
the heather who has never heard of the
Catholic Church? Well, the church
teaches, that if his heart is in such con.
dition as to receive the Catholic doctrine II
! it was presented to him, then that heather
is safe. And then what about that Pres
byterian or that Methodist or that Baptist
who has always lived pious life and done
the best he knew, and worshiped God IN
sincerity in the only way he has learned
can he by any possibility hope for bliss
Well. the church teaches, that if he has
done this, and his heart is in such condi-
ton as to receive, etc, then there Is a
chance for him, too Here the lecture
closed and l marveled, feeling that Father
Buchard, very strangely indeed, was very
sure I could never 60 to heaven because
was not a Catholic, and yet, gave me a
chance after all, even though a Protestant,
and then there was mass and more boys
and censers and kneeling and came hons
quite bewildered as to what the Catholic
Church really teaches on the subject.
AT THE HAVEN RECEPTION
Mrs. Chas. Goodall gave a short, bright
and exceedingly appreoiativo address Of
welcome to Mrs. Haven. Mrs, Goodall i:
a lady indefatigable in charities and
thoroughly mistress in society work. She
is President of the Methodist Home and
School for Chinese Women on Washington
street, and is regarded with veneratior
by the charges there. 1t has come to bt
quite feature in assemblies of different
kinds -a very noticeable feature, though
in these days not an unusual one-fol
women to make suggestions, reports, re-
marks, pertinent to the question, and
they all do it in dignifed, earnest, un
embarrassed manner, which makes the in
novation fit in quite naturally. l have
heard eloquent prayers in the seclusion q
the women's prayer meetings which
delivered with the same fearful cheek and
quivering lip and full, free flow of Ian guage
would fall like fresh rain upon thirsty soil
could it only be spoken before the genera
Church prayer meeting. | met the Other
day the wife of DIR. w. f. Smith, the
oculist-for wife she is in spite Of his
forced
ARIZONA DIVORCE