The Irish standard., 1889-10-12
WHY ARE We CsTHOLlcSqH
Interesting sermon Delivered BY Rev.
Father Andersen in the Church Of
the Holy Name. Manchester.
PILLAR AND GROUND OF TRUTH.
The Church Possessed of Unity
Strong Enough to Convince an
Unbehevlng World.

ELTOnS hnOug0 10 UQuviuCc an
Unbehsvlng World.
In the Church of the Holy Name.
Manchester. on Sunday the 9Th ult..
Father Anderson s. r., gave the second
sermon of his September course on the
subject named above. Owing to some
misapprehension, he thought it well TO
recapitulate briefly the topics OF his for
mer discourse. He therefore showed /
again that the fact of Creation resulted
from the infinite goodness and com.
municativeness of God Who would
love and be beloved by creatures capable
in their measure of knowing and loving /
Him. Next, having created, Almighty I
God would, from the same motive, re |
veal Himself to His intelligent creation. |
This revelation, once given, would be
perpetuated, kept safe and incOrrupti-
BILE. and that by special organization
called into existence for the purpose.
The revelation thus given possesses au-
| thority over the conscience Of man. AS
| the expression of the Divine truth and
will, it must needs claim his belief, his
submission and obedience. But, to
substantiate that claim, the Organiza-
tion containing aud propounding the
revelation must be visible and unmis-
| taxable; it must be endowed with GER
tain mai ks, certain characteristics, evi
dent to the simplest, to 1.-The poor to
whom the Gospel is preached Such
was the promise. "A path and way
shall be there, and 1t shall be called the
| holy way ~. and this shall be
unto you straight way SO that fools
shall not err therein What, then tie
continued). was the first OF those marks?
We read ii IN Our Lold's prayer for His
disciples, addressed to the Eternal
i Father. 1.-The night before He suffered.
II pray for those also who through their
word shall believe in me, that they all
may be one, as Thou. Father. in Me,
and / in Thee, that they also may be
one in Us, that the world may believe
that Thou hast sent Me- He prayed
that His Church should possess unity.
and manifest it; unity strong enough
to convince an unbelieving world. That
unity was to exalt the Church before all
mems eyes above the character of a
mere denomination" or religious per-
suasion, and show it as "a city seated on
Y mountain that cannot be hid
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of mutually repellent and inconsistent
elements, bound together by State
pressure. That was the expedient OF
the Tudor and the Stuart when they
made their new departure from Cath
olic unity. They passed an Act OF
/, Uniformity,'' and with what result? 1t
resulted that men came together to
worship, not according to their con-
sciences, but against them. The timid
Catholic. fearful of fines and imprison-
ment, found himself side by side with
the stern Puritan, who revolted even
! from the sign OF the Cross. The Act OF
. Uniformity bound men together like a
gang Of slaves collared by the same
chain. When politics became more
Y liberal. uniformity was relaxed. and
liverLy at once degenerated into f4rthel
license Of misbelief, until now our di
vided England presented the appalling
y spectacle of some hundred and forty
! denomination all claiming to be ths
I true Christian faith. Far different i.
T the unity OF Gods Church. 1t is base(
9 on the Divine unity in the Godhead
e "One Lord. Que faith, one baptism.
2 It is aDprehended by every child of th
q Church as being His peremptory an.
q exclusive will. It interpreEs our inmos
E CONVICTIONS, and animates them as al
y instinct. 1t Is Witnessed. too, even b
. those who are most widely separated
IS from us; for they charge us with mar
rowness, intolerance, bigotry, simpl
u because we believe the fulness of th
=. meaning of Our Lord 8 last prayer, Ha
:. that prayer been fulfilled? If th
Church's unity is not a mere huma
q; combination, if 1t is not founded on
u compromise, an agreement TO differ,
ii IL uAItSd AlCHs HoG cIuip ply Usi CAlrA LAO
al and non essentials. but on the weigh
or ier things Of the law, judgment. mere,
Ut and faith" then it must be q super
e, natural bond and rover indeed. FL
ed the tendency of man is ever to divera
Is. in opinion from his fellow-man. I
ld promote some practical object, men ma
"a combine but always under the provil
IN that their inferior thoughts and OPT
iit ions shall be free as air, The operate
Cd Of the Holy spirit OF Truth goes furth
I than this. .God is the Lord, WI
he maketh men to be Of one mind in
house, 4 all OF them deeply, Intimate