St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-31
BURRELL's ANSWER.

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BURRELL's ANSWER.
A Reply to Archbishop Ireland on
Professionalism.
Westminster church was crowded to
the doors last evening to listen to Rev.
David James Burrell. One cause for
the unusual attendance was the con-
troversy that has been going on between
him and the New York society that has
rendered him a call, and another the
fact that it had become known that his
sermon was to be answer to sermon
delivered by Archbishop Ireland, OF
st. Paul, in which he said that Protest
antism was on the Wane. DIR. Bussejl
took for his text the words. "Ihoa az
Peter: and upon this rock will build
my church; and the gates of hell sRaN
not prevail against it," Matthew xvi. rs.
The speaker introduced his discourse
by giving reasons for believing that the
rock here referred to is not Peter but
Christ; all opinion which had been de-
Tended not only by distinguished Prot
estant scholars, but by st. jerome, st.
Augustine, Pope Leo l., Chrysostom,
Theodoret, Fabricius, Venerable Bede
and Pope Gregory VIII. The only
foundation Of the Christian church is
Christ, as it Is written "Other founda-
ton can no man lay than that is laid.
which is Jesus Christi The holy Cath
Ollie church is made up of all true be-
levers in Christ. If there is any organ
izaton claiming to be q Christian
church, founded OH anything else than
the rock of Christ Jesus, it is spurious
and deluSive. The true church is
founded on Christ, and as such it must
oppose itself to anti-Chrst; in other
words. it must be Protestant. All trueh
is protestant in the nature of the case.
How old is Professionalism? As old
as truth. Moses was protestant when
he stood in the palace of the Piara0tls
and protested against the wrongs whioA
were inflicted on Israel. Nathan was Il
protestant when he rebuked David for
his sins. Elijah was protestant when
he, alone, on Mount Carmel, confrented
400 priests of the state religion. Jonah
was a protestant when he startled the
Ninehvites with the cry, yet forty
days and Nineveh shall be destroyed!"
Isaiah was protestant when he stood
IN the temple porch and proclaimed the
rite and ceremony. John the BapnSt
was a protestant reformer. Peter,
the alleged father of the popes.
was a pronounced protestant when
on the day of Pentecost he charged
the orthodox Jews with the murder of
Jesus. Paul was Protestant when he
preached before Felix on righteous
ness, temperance and Judgment to
come" The martyrs who under Nero
were covered with pitch and set on fire
to illuminate the imperial city were
slain for protesting against error. lg-
natius, who was ground to Gods fine
flour" and Polycarp. who ''played the
man in the fire. were PrOteStantS; and
SO were the Puritans, the Waldenses,
the HuguenOts, the PuritanS, the Beg
CARS of Holland, and multitude Of
other faithful ones who climbed
the steep ascent to heaven" with
bleeding feet. John Huss, who on
his. way TO execution wore hat
dec GRATED with painted devils, and Mar
the door of the chapel royal, rang
around the world, were mighty protest
ants. But among all the children of
men who have couyageOusly lifted up
their voices in protest against faisehood
and unrighteouSneSS, none has ever so
grandly indicated his right to be called
a protestant as Christ himself. His
words aimed at venerable error were
fierce as the lightning. "WOe unto you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, how
shall We escape the damnatiOn of hell"'
His life itself was continual protest
against all forms of sin.
The Professionalism Of these days
stands pre-eminently for three things,
light, freedom and progress. 1t is not a
dead thing, but living organism, and
as such its very life depends on its
growing. Its motto is Nunquam idem,
Never the Same" 1t does not stagnate
like pool, but flows like river to the
sea. But while Professionalism glories
in it's progressive life, there are two es-
sential truths to which it holds with a
never-relaXing grasp. The first of these
the only infallihle rule of faith
divine truth of the Bible from
Genesis to Revelation; it protests
agSlAst the assumption that apocryphAl
traditions or ecclesiastical manifestos
are authoritative as holy writ, and it
holds up the Bible wide open and free
to all. The other essential truth of
Professionalism is justification by faith
in Jesus Christ. 1t protests against the
furnishing of the crown of Emmanuel by
those who deny his godhood; it protests
against the lmpiety of those who rob
Jesus of His glory by offering homage
to the virgin mother and the saints; it
protests against the unholy as
sumptons of all who would, by the
interposition of guards OF medlators,
prevent the humbleSt sinner on earth
from betaking himself to Him who said,
"Come unto Me, all We who labor and
are heavy laden and 1 will give you
rest" It clears the way to the king
dom, cas- ting out the stumbling stones
and driving off highwaymen. and lifts
up clear voice of guidance and invita-
ton, HE that believeth IN the Lord
Jesus Christ shall be saved.' 1t as
cribes the praise of salvation to Christ
alone, "Bring forth the royal diadem
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