Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-07

mOnstrous doctrine the Bishop referred to
the Jewish Passover, and 1t he proved any
thing, it was the false teaching OF lis
church upon this subject. In speaking Of
this feast Of the Jews, he says. The chief
events aud ordinances recorded ia the Old
Testament were types OF shadows Of Chris
tiau institutions, - ard then he argues that
1t was only in the Catholic doctrine Of
Christ's true flesh and blood being con-
tanned IN the Sacrament of the Eucharist,
that some OF the most striking OF these
types or figures found their realization
And in proof Of this assertion he cites the
staying and eating Of the I%schal lamb.
The Bishop assumes here that he Aa, made
a point in favor Of transIhstauua-
ton, but lie has sigually
failed. The PdscLNl lamb. We admit,
was a type OF Christ, the Lamb OF God, of
Tered upon the Cross as a sacrifice for sin.
The fact that the l,rlelitcs ate the fish Of
the victim proves nothing IN lty1: OF tran
substantIatiun. II 1t does, it proves too
much, for, while they ate the Pdschal
L2mh, they did Lot d,iuk its blood The
blood, We ale told, was spTiuRled upon the
altar, and here the analogy fails. The
blood was not drunk 10y either priest or
people, but poured out as q type OF tine
D.: %aviOur's blood spit upon the Cross. And
if the Catholic Church is to follow out the
analogy she must Danish the cup from the
Holy Sacrament altogether, contrary to the
teaching OF Christ and HIS Apostles. The
Passover was instituted 10 commemorate
the delIveranCe OF the Israelites from
Egypt. The Lords Supper was instituted
to commemorate the deliverauce Of the
world from sin through the SayiouI's sac
rifcial death. The first institution vas
symbohcal and so is the second. As the
israelites by eating the iesh OF the Paschal
Lamb, were reminded OF their wonderful
deliycrauce, SO III the Holy Sacrament, we
are reminded Of the yicarious and s.cliiicial
death Of Christ, while we par,aEe
OF the bread and wine. Again, in the
course OF his argument, the Bishop referred
to the mama, with which the lSraeltts
were supplied during their wilderness
Journey, and seems 10 think he has found
something here iayO,lng the doctrine OF
Observation-Disclosures. Now the mamma was
q symbol Of immortality, aud in proof Of
this ! cite these texts OF scripture, Il wall
give him to cat Of The hidden mama
Rev. III. This promise is made to him
that o~vcgCometh." The Christian who
shall be true to the end Of lie, God here
promises him eternal lie, ana this shall lac
tally realized when his warfare has been
accomplished. The Savior employees the
same figure in the gospel by St John, q 81,
am the living bread which came down
from heaven. II any man elt OF tbs bread
he shall live forever, and the bread that
will give is my l5sh, which ! viii give for
the ltle Of the world.
Christ does not promise here to give His
flesh to His disciples to eat, but lie plainly
refuses To giving His ilesh upon the Cross
for the lie OF the world ca this sub.
Jet see Hebrews 10: 5th-lOth. But we
are told tia, Christ expressly says except
ye cat the flesh OF the Son OF Man and
dnuk his blood, Sc have no lite ia yCu.n
The Catholic Church insists that this il 10
be taken literally The disciples thought
50 to-" until Christ showed them their or-
rCr lie said to them. the flesh pr1ntcih
nothing the words that / speak uuid you
they are spint and they are lite % The
Interpretation here given by Chu-t COM
plet6Fy G~CeTtuTHS the doctrine Of tJausuh
sanitation. Again the Bishop cites the
passages OF Scripture relating h Melchis-
edsCh and says, ''the popularity Of his
priesthood was that he offered us bread
and wine tie cites these passages OF
Scripture, Thou art a priest forever after
the order oil MelchisedeCh, % Pal. lie i
also Hebrews 9Th chapter. He agrees with
the Pslam,st aud the Apostle that the
priesthood Of Christ was ''atler the
order OF MelchisedecL" and not
after the priesthood Of Aaron
BIT the Bishop agrees with neither the
Psalinist northe Apostle. The Bishop says,
the popularity q his lMelrhisedtchI
priesthood VAS that lie offered up bread
and vine But the Fs1imist and the
Apostle don't say 30. They say nothing
about bread and wine in this connection.
No; the Peculiarities Of his priesthood are
set forth in iiehJrws, ,th chapter lie was
"KIug Of Righteousness aud King OF
Peace. ~ And the chiri popularity il ek-
pressed IN these words, made like unto
the Son OF God - he ''abidetb a priest con
tinually. - His priesthood vas an nm
changesbie priesthood" ard in this respect
he was a type Of Christ. The
Apostlein this chapter plays havoc with the
Bishops Argument and leaves no grounds
for the doctrine OF transUbstantiatiOn.
The inlilliblc teacher ~ has failed, far in
his etlOrts to adduCe ScHptural proof, and
now, | ask, is he able TO furnish us the
unanimous consent OF the fathers The
creed of Pope Plus ~. requires this st his
hands, aud certainly the public will be sat
istied with nothing less. This the learned
Bishop can never do. lie quoted ST.
CypTian, who wrote IN the middle o. the
10th century after the hCrsSy OF transub-
sanitation had taken deep root 10 the
church, but we prefer to hear the
fathers who were not so far re-
moved from Apostolic times. Aud now
| shall close with a few quotations from
the fathers.
Irenaeus, ia the second century, says.
The bread which is from the earth re-
ceiviug the divine Invocation, is no longer
COMMON bread, but the Eucharist, consist
ing of two things, the one earthly, the other
heavenly IdCm, book /, c. 81, he saws
ii is no longer common bread, 81 because
set apart TO a holy use, but it is still
bread and not the flesh of the Son of God
Tertuliian says The bread which be had
taken and distributed to his disciples he
made his body, by saying This il my
body that is, the figure OF my body"
advers. MaTcian, book !. G. IN.
Tertullian says ailsr the bread is
cousscT4ted it is only a hgue
symbol Of Christ'5 b0i,. and
had We space we might quote tn fathers
OF the first seven centuries showing thst
the weight Of their testimony Is on tho side
Professionalism and against The tesrhing
OF the Roman Catholic Church. In closing
l would remind the Bishop that this mon.