The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-12
THE LORDS SUPPER.

Bishop Knln's Reply to Questions Asked by
aProtostant.
To he Editor oftht InteiligeaoT'
Sm:-tt takes but few words 10 ask u
question, the satisfactory answer to
which may require several pages; but as
you have admitted into your columns
five questions addressed to me, you
cannot honorably refuse me tho neces-
sary space TO reply.
First question:" Does it require a
miacle-working power on the part OF
the priest who consecrates the elements
TO effect change Of their substances"
Answer-C Certainly the power Of con-
seCrating implies the performance Of q
miracle in the supernatural order, Does
Protestant deny such u power in the
Church Of Christ? 1t he does he contra
diets the words OF our Savior, who says;
"Amen, amen | say TO you, he that he
lievcth in me, the works that do, no
also shall do, and greater than these shall
he do,'--JOhn xiv, Y. Those Protest.
ants who still profess the Scripture doc
trine Of u true regeneration through the
sacrament OF baptism, must admit that
through the ministry of him who bap.
tics, most extraordinary miracl 10 OF
grace is wrought in the soul OF tho h9ps
tized, who from "A child OF wrath is
made u sou OF God" and heir Of heaven.
In the civil order, officers possess powers
which do not belong % them " mere
citizens; why should this not he also
true in the Church of Christi II u min
lister has no more power than that con-
ferrcd gu him by the people, his proper
title is u minister of mon, and Aot u min
lister OF God.
Second question-When Christ used
the terms; "'fhis is my body-this is
my blood" did no lhon hold o part Of
his own bpdy between his thumb and
iipgcr2 And ii so, what partP
ADsWor-As Protestant, your cores
pondent takes m Hpwarrantable liberty
in thus interpOlating the Scriptures,
How does he know that Christ held
what he gave the apostles, between his
thumb and his finger? The Bible does
moi say so, What he held in his hands
was his own sacred body, Whale ang el:
tire, us he himself declares; and his
declaration, "this is my body" should,
| think, be sufficient authority for any
good Protestant. Il your correspondent
wishes to know the correct teaching OF
the Catholic church and to present it
fairly, he should not try to evolve that
doctrine from his own inner conscious
ness, or take il secondhand from the false
representations Of oHr4dyerariesi but no
should, 80 to such work rs the Council
OF Trent, &c, where it is correctly and
authoritatively exposed, The writer
IL evidently lqborigg under the very
common mistake Of Protestanls, viz:
that Catholics entertain the Same low,
rarnal views about Christ's flesh and
Blood In the Eucharist, which the
men OF Carpcrnaum entertained, md
which our blessed Lord strove to remove,
rs ! shall strive TO show in my
lecture tomorrow. But rs h
refutation OF that gross carnal-mind=
edness, l shall, for Protestants
special benefit, transcribc n few pages oil
my lecture containing u hrief eantmen:
tafy on John Vi, SO, 10. When the
Jews (John II, 53) urged their objec-
ton: GLOW can this man give us his
flesh to eat?" the Saviour answered
them by insisting with nm almost useless
repetition, that no would do that very
thing which to them seemed impossible:
This is evidently the plain meaning OF
the six verses which Immediately follow
their interrogation. (54, 50l.
The next objection cOmesfr his own
d{scioIes. "Ihis is n hard SAYING; who
can hear it?" our Lord il panied that
even his disciples, after MI the proofs heG
had given them OF his divinity, should
now question or dispredit his words,
simply because II seemed to them to I'M
ply 50 strange a doctrine. There is gen
lie rebukc In his question: "DQes this
scandalize your We may well believe
that he had laid special stress on the
word yOu, You, who haYe witnessed
my many miracles; you, who have so
often professed your belief in my Divine
character, Are You also scandaliIed ut
nv doCtrine2 He reads their hearts, ne
sees the crude notions they conceive oil
the manner in which his promise is to
be realized, To the Jews, the first obiec-
tors. whose question implies that he
could not fulfill his promise, he does not
design TO return any other answer ex-
cept ian emphatic rc-assertion that he
can and Wilt fulfill his promise, 10 rea-
son upon any doctrine proposed by him,
with those who deny his omnipotence
and therefore his G0dheai, would he
useless. But he shows gracious will:
ingness to relieve the troubled minds Of
those who had already professed their
faith in him and in his almighty power.
Doubtless he had often conyersed with
them on his future suiIeFinga, death,
resurrection and ascension. Panied now
Mt their being scandalized and anxious
TO remove the erroneous impression they
entertained-the very same that Protest.
ants now generally entertain about the
Catholic doctrigG!that Christ meant to
give his flesh and blood in their gross,
natural state and that they must chew
his flesh and crunch his bones, {yp, &fl
Our Lord calls attention to tile future
ascension OF THAT same body into Heaven
how, like n spirit, il will, without being
bruised Dr prunphoi, mt only pass
through the stone-yahlt 81 the Sepul'
chrc, but soar aloft through mid-air into
Heaven. The iNfofeHCe Ito would have
them draw is; that they should Danish
from their minds that repugnance they