Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-17
REV. FATHER M'ELLIGorT.
His Crlticism Of Rev. Mr. Dryden's Lecture
on Observation-Disclosures.


SIR:-Tbe portion of Rev. Mr.. Dryden's
sermon of Sunday last, published in to-
days REGJsTER, is bus rehssh Of his for
mer powerful (?) augmentation against
our doctrine. He continues to argue after
this brilliant style: Jesus Christ says that
the Eucharist is His body and blood; there
fore il is the solemn duty of Catholics to
prove that He meant what He said! Oar
Lord is in the Eucharist spiritually, asserts
Rev. Mr.. D., ard not ccrporally. He would
prove his assertion somewhat after this
manner: Christ says the Eucharist Is His
body, therefore it is His spirit and not His
body. Yes, Rev. sir; it is his real, true
body ths. is present in the Eucharist, but
not in the natural manner in which bodies
show themselves, but in some supernatural
manner, as the Lutheran minister Of Graf.
ton, in bis recent controversy with Bishop
KaiD, contended. Will Rev. Mr.. D. deny
that this is possible9 He hsrps on the
point that ut the time OF The institution Of
the Holy Eucharist Christ was not yet
glorifed. What does he mean by
glori6ed? Wss not that sacred body
glorifed on Tbabor in the mystery
Of the trapfgurstiop9 VIII this
Methodist divine have the hardihood
to deny that Christ could, at His Last Sup
per or st anv time during His mortal life,
impart TO His body all the qualities OF 3
gloriied body? He is nardly so rash
so impious. Clarke's new edition is
q new book contsining the
very same old matter. Clarke's argument
is now rejected by all Oriental biblical
scholars, even Protestants, as founded ON n
falsehocd thoroughly exploded.
In sticking to it Rev. Mr.. d. boldly pro-
claims himself better posted in the
Oriental language than all the
eminent philologes Of the last
half century. A very modest
boast! So the willy Jesuits were able TO
pervert all those Eastern and African
Chr stians sufficiently to make them &C.
cept the monstrous doctrine Of Transnb-
which only the ignorant and
believe, but not TO win them
over entirely 10 the Roman Catholic
Church! Rev. Mr.. d. may, in the SIM
plicity of his innocent heart. believe this
assertion, but your readers,
Mr. Editor, will not be found quite so SIM
pie and gullible. The Rev. Mr.. D jocosely
remarks that the Ri Rev, Bishop pur-
posely confounded the Real Presence with
Transnbstantiation in order to count the
fifty millions of Lutherans with those who
have not accepted the opinions Of Protest
ants regarding the Holy Eucharist. say
jocosely, because when writing that state
ment the Rev. Mr.. d. no doubt said to
himself, 81 know the Bishop was adhering
to the theme of his Lenten lec-
tures, for he was then Discussing the ques-
ton: Why Docs Professionalism Reject the
Real Presence but my readers will not
notice this slight prevaricstion / must
make in o5der to have a foundation
for my argument" The Rev. Mr.. d.
il still shrewd enough not to furnish
the references to the Fathers he pretends
to quote. But there il not word even as
given by Rev. Mr.. Il. from St. Ambrose,
st. Augustine, st. Cyril and Leo the Great,
which every Catholic does not heartily en-
dorss. Rev. Mr.. ID. has been told usgue dd
ndusedm that the body of Christ in the
Eucharist, though His real true body.
is not present there as il was seen on earth
after its natural mode of existence-but
in a supernatural manner. The Rev. Mr.
ID. need not 90 to the trouble Of proving
what we all admit. viz. that Christ has
withdrawn his visible presence from earth.
The question, Rev. Sir, is, HAS he left us
His true body in the Sacrament in Q
supernatural and invisible mannerg" The
texts you cite do not say that He has bot,
az you falsely pretend. Those Fathers did
not contradict themselves ss Rev. Mr.. d.
has done throughout this controversy.
They all taught the Catholic doctrine in
the clearest terms, and Rev. Mr. ID. could
tion. Thus st. Ambrose: Ch. viii. Of his
treatise De Mysteriis, where he not only
gives our doctrine, but goes to work TO
systematically prove it. st. Augustine, in
his Commentary on the 90th Psalm, he
writes: 'No one esteth His fesh
(the flesh OF Christ in the Eucharist) with
out having first adored it; and not only do
we not sin by sdering, bat we even sin by
not adoring it," The Rev. Mr.. ID. would
call this 'adoring a wafer"! st. Cyril Of
Ale1:-His magnificent commentary On
John vi. 81 ct, seqq. covers over thirty
pages, and is the very one alluded TO and
.olloged by the 1t. Rev. Bishop In his
third lecture which Rev. Mr. d. heard de-
liveIed. The explanations Of John vi.
given by the Bishop may there be found.
Perhaps in years to come, some one will
argue from our r.. Rev. Bishops lecture on
that chapter that he did not believe the
Catholic doctrine! 1.-THE Rev. Mr.. d. wishes
to read the commentary Of St Cyril, / will
place it in the REGISTER Office for his
perusal. st. Leo the Great expresses him
self thus upon the Eucharist: THE Lord
having said, Unless you eat Of the flesh Of
the Son Of Man, and drink His blood, you
shall not have life in you;' communicate,
therefore, at the sacred table in such q
manner that you entertain no doubt what
ever as to the truth of the body and blood
of Jesus Christ: for we there receive by the
mouth what is believed by faith, and
vainly do we reply Amen lit is true) II any
doubt is entertained as TO what IL re.
ceived." Discourse vi. on the fast of the
seventh month.
Here then is our position uDssssiled and
unassailsble. Not single Father can be
produced who says that the Holy Eucharist
is merely figure of Christ's body, but not
His real body; but numbers Of them can be
cited who positively declare that 1t Is His
real body, and not merely figure Of His
body, and some of these wrots 10 the very
Language in which the Rev. Mr.. ID. would
have us believe there is no word which tx-
presses the idea Of figure or sign.
En- passdnt will Kew. Mr.. ID. ask soDe He
brew scholar II the word osh Gen. xvii, III
does not bear the meaning Of . signY
Eminent Protestant authorities, such as
Grotius and Bishop Kip have been given
in proof Of the antiquity Of the liturgy Of
st. James. These and Others who might
be cited against Du Pin, whose character
has been already shown, are Sufficient Ia
refute Rev. Mr.. ID g position in this mst.
ter. This man Du Pin, the Rev. Mr.. ID.
has not blushed TO parade - model ol
Christian piety. II he consults Du Pins
contemporaries, be will find that be was ~
much Of . hypocrite in his profession oi
morality as Of Catholic fAifh. He
did indeed recant aud profess repentance
Was he sincere9 That In mt for us IN