St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-18
EVE AND MARY.
A Catholic PreIate Draws a Parallel
Between Them.

Archbishop Gross, of Savannah, Ga,
en- route to Portland to enter upon his duties
as bishop of the state of Oregon, delivered
an eloquent sermon at the Cathedral yester-
day, prefacing the same with the reading of
selections from the gospels OF st. Peter and
st. John. Mans fall, he said, was accom-
plished by the interview of Lucifer, the
fallen angel, seeking vengence on God, with
the woman Eve, whom he beguiled with
falSehoods, and she in turn fattered Adam
into the eating of the forbidden fruit. Man
never forgets that he was led away by
woman, or remembers as the head of the
family that it was his own fault to have
been thus overcome. Eve was a perfect being
Such a one in form and beauty the earth
has not since seen, and she was pronounced
beautiful by God, yet all the distress OF the
human race since creation hung on the will
of this woman. But it must be remembered
that mans redemption was also wrought
out by Con from an interview of his arch
angel with woman.
The first cause of EYES fall was want of
faith in God, who told her if she partook of
the forbidden fruit she should surely die,
and her belief in the lie of the devil that if
she did eat she would become like God.
Connected with this was pride and sensu-
ality, and these three had ever proved the
greatest agencies of human downfall.
In contradistinction to the vices as devel-
Oped in Eve were the qualities of the Vir-
gin Mary, whose history was repeated with
beautiful pathos by the Bishop until the
''old story seemed haloed with new glory
Again the destiny of Gods plan hung upon
the will OF woman, who with faith and
humility made atonement for the sins of
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does God always eXalt the humble and cast
down the proud.
From the birth of Jesus in the Manager at
Bethlehem down to the agony of the cross
Mary loved the babe with mothers tender
love, and had faith in him as the Son of
God. Down through all she bore the con-
tempt cast upon Jesus, and stood looking up
in love and sympathy to the boy she bore,
groaning, wounded, bleeding and dying
upon the cross. without murmur from her
lips, and thus, though she was not scourged
in the flesh, her sacrifice and fortitude and
faith have given to her the appellation, ''the
queen of martyrs" To illustrate her
Sufferings in beholding Jesus crucifed, the
speaker recalled the scene of Abraham's
going out to Stay the one son given him by
God, as a reward of his faith, in his old age,
and the agony which must have filled his
bosom before the angel caught the glittering
knife as he was, in obedience to divine
command, about to Stay Isaac The descrip-
ton of a mothers love and the sufferings
of Mary at the foot of the cross was most
touchingly dwelt upon, and thrilled the soul
of every nearer.
Thus in his infinite wisdom has God
turned into truth the falsehood of Satan
wherewith he tempted Eve, that she should
become like God, by making j esus, the fruit
of the virgin, God, and in the fruit of
woman, through faith in Him, to become
the heirs of life eternal, lifting up woman
thereby to be grand worker with Christ
for the salvation of the world. Hail, Mary,
full of grace! Pray for us, Mary, her Son,
our King and our Savior!