Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-10
REV. ME-. DRYDEN.
His Response to the Last Communication
of Rt. Rey. Bishop Kaln.

To ae Editor Qfac Reg5str:
SIR: The RI. Rev. Bishop Kaiu, in his
rfply TO my article of the 7th inst, eX-
hibifs = degree of cordillity that is really
remarkable. when one considers it as
comlng from q Catholic Prelate. The
Bishop, | suppose, is becoming more
liberal in his views OF "Apostoiic succession"
and is now willing to admit into his fell
lowship a Methodist Preacher. The
,royyf does more and men are becoming
wiser and better,
The Bishop kindly invites me to hear his
lecture on next Sabbath afternoon. l ac-
cept the invitation, and in return | invite
the Bishop to come and hear my lecture
on Sunday night, l purpose to discuss
this subject, The Bible a Sufficient Rule
Of Faith and Practice and | promise
faithfully to prove my position, and | shall
expect the Bishop TO prove his. lie also
offers to loan me the works
of Irenaeus. Certainly he is very
generous. But would inform
the eminent divine that | have Il copy of
my own. | known perfectly well what
~Irenaeus teaches upon this subject, but it
seems that Bishop Kahn has read him to
little purpose. In his reply he asks a
great many questions about the Protestant
faith and at the proper time | shall be CAD
to answer them. But l shall not leave the
subject under discussion to consider any
side issue that may be raised. The sub.
iect before us is haRSuJstuntiatiOa, and
| deny that it is anywhere taught in the
Scripture, And now | repeat, il the Bishop
il TO pass in this community rs an iutalli-
BILE teacher he must clearly yrorc two things,
which his Church demands at his hands. He
must show that the doctrine of CEl ist's
"~cOrpOr,dI presence is taught i'll the Bible
and that upon this subject he has the
ut1lin.ODs consent OF the fathers. And
when he has quoted tho fathers
We claim the light to rHlr out the testi
mony Cf every one that cOntradiCtg the
teaching Of Christ aud has holy Apostles.
And / now submit this proposition to an
impartial public to determine its fairness.
Now Bishop, You see the werk before you,
Are you equal 10 the task We shall see.
And now | state again, the position taken
by Bishop Kahn in his last lecture, the fall
LACY Of which | proved III my first article.
In speaking Of the Jewish Passover he
said 1T was only in the Catholic doc
trine Of Christ's true flesh and blood being
contained in the Sacrament OF the Eucha-
rist that some of the most strikingo OF thess
and figures found their realization
In proof OF this statement he cited the
and eating Ct the Paschal lamb.
And NOW, / repeat, ii this proves anything
in favor u his position ii proves too mach,
!oI the blood OF the victim wa drunk
by neither priest nor p,Opie. And we in
sist, II the bishop IL to be consistent with
his argument, be must Danish the emp from
the holy sacrament altogether, contrary to
the teaching Of Christ and his Apostles.
lie also cited the mama with winch the
Israelites were fed. as pointing 10 the real
7t,h and JloOd Of Chjistin the sacrament.
We say again the mama was a type Of
Immortality and nothing more. Ga this
see Rev. 2.l7, also John 6.5l.
And in John ISL, Christ does not promise
to give His disciples His h.sh 10 eat but
refers 10 His sacrililiaI death upon
the cross. ga this subject see alaO Hebrews
10. 5th-lOth. Aud | say again, Christ
settled the question Of his x]yiitVdi
pres, nc, OHig, whcn re uttered these words,
The flesh pTOhteth nothing; the
words that | speak uuto you, they are
spjrit and they are ht.' The Bishop in
his Lecture also used these words, 'the
popularity Of his .Melchisedeck'sJ priest
hood was that he offered up Jredd and
The italics are my own. l deny
this because it c%ontradicts the Apostle,
lie says nothing about bread AID
in this connection. This was the
chief popularity of his priesthood. Made
ike unto The son of Goa he "Abideth =
priest continually.
And 10 this respect he was a type Of
Christ. Ga this subject STE Hebrews 7th
But the Bishop says in his reply
to my argument, The doctrine cl tTausub
sanitation, Ike the doctrine Of tie Trinity,
is 9 question not Of abstract reason bat OF
pure evidence" These words are very
carefully arranged but uuder them there il
ftllacy. Evidently the design is to throw
aside reason altogether; this cod no where
Grau. the Bishops position
and all Argument is at m end. The HCcpter
: taken ont Of the hand ofreasOn and faith
gives place to blind superstition. ! deny
lis proposition emphaticIlly. The Trinity
md the Incarnation we admit are profound
mysteries and are TO be received as such.
But to call the "Corportal prescGce' q
mystery il a m"i,tDmrr. Ii Is not q mystery
but a hprr>V 1t CCntraGicls the senses,
and the wOIi of Col And | would
.emini the good Bishop again that this
.srrsg originated in the Council OF Con
,taullnOpIe in 75i. aud the first treats"
Ip1n the sui Ct was written By Pa~cha-
ia -}l. Again, ! cite Irsuigus upon
this subject, for though the Bi4hop tried
hard 10 change the opinion Of this
father, he heiag dead yet s~p-aketh, % and
lis testimony is in favor OF Protestant
teaching IrcneGu5 says, The J.Cdd
which Is from the earth receiving ths
divine invocation is no longer common
etc. Not common bread because
apart for a holy use bat still Jr,ui and
not the fish OF the Sln of God. TertuliiaH
IA commenting OF the phrase: This is My
body" adds that is a UgUrr of Ny body
Now this is the testimony Of these two
and both Of then contradict the
teaching OF the Catholic Church upon this
In conclusion | would sly, ! have
40 disposition to hurry the Bishop IN his
argument, hut if he thinks thIs article
merits q reply, | ask thai he condne him
self to the subject.
NJ. f. DRYDEN,
North Street Church, Wheeling.
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