Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-01-18
BISHOP KAHN
-,,,-yDS TO A LARGE CONGREGATION THE
NTaNES OF THE INCARNATION.
. S-s.. and Holy Name Of Jesus the Epibms
ta, Christian ReliSion-Ihe Many Beau
a. D3v,d0ns D5ScribN-Fgn Text
Of the Sermon.


,-Tfed Co large congregation the
l.-t,lf, doctrine of the Incarnation,
Chris, Jesus is true God aud true
l. and exposed the tendency OF
I'. .',,,rr,ism TO subvert this and other
.,-ss of the Bible.
Co. reading the Gospel duke III,
s,5 calling attention 20 the Feast
.,b the Church was celebrating yes
..-iry: the Feast Of the Holy name of
,..~s-the Bishop Said:-
',nr,r BRETHREN: The sweet and
meme of Jesus is the epitOme OF the
-....,.sr religiOu-the summing up in
varI Of all those sacred truths
..,t form the Christian creed. II is
..-.ss..5n Of our faith, like 70 that
-..b blessed Peter, speaking under
...rsr.r.ug influence Of the Eternal
r,.tsr. thus briefly summarized
.r-rg arJ the Christ, the Son OF the
...r, God" 10 is that profession, made
.-,rs first OF her supreme pastors,
...r the Catholic Church has so jeal-
....v guarded and faithfully expou nded
y. now well nigh nineteen centuries
-tss been her Shibboleth-her battle
.-f- every contest with the hosts OF
..-- which Satan has successfully
-.-,bg'si against her, age after age,
ing the past two thousand years.
FIR II we cast our eyes backward on
..rsr-vries which have elapsed from
-...s- 70 our day we find that almost
low Ee-esy which has aSSailed the
-...-fgn church has involved in some
Iva denial Of the true character Of
Lord Jesus Christ as God and man.
NJ, If we Sift the errors of our own
/ ,-ss. we plainly discover that these,
IN tmgucu, openly or cOyertly, the
--a sacred doctrine OF the union Of
. .sf.y.ne and human natures in the
one same person Of the Goldman.
In faer. despite the glorious victories
4 ,a.yed oy virtue Of that divine name
4 -rrsus OF Nazareth-during the past
,.Uvgars Of tho worlds history, the
-s- Of our day outside the pale Of the
. -,17..c church, seem to be almost as
--,r go loss TO define his true charaC-
..-as were the men Of his own day.
. who do men say that he is?' is QueS-
I'm 20 which divers and disCOrdant
,-sgsrs are sill given. a great teach
ra holy man, q wonderful prophet, a
use philosopher, q worker OF wonders,
founder OF new religious system.
Amid the C'ashing Of these human
v.Ts. the eternal Father still speaks
trough Peter and the Church, OF which
holds the keys Of dogmatic authOri-
- saving: ale is my we'll beloved son;
s-ye him. Never has the Catholic
1-uh faltered in re-eChOing this sub
ne truth Of the divinity Of our Lord
Jesus Christ. Remove this foundation
r.-e from the edifCe Of Christianity
al The whole fabric tOtters into ruin.
HUMAN NATURE OF JESUS.
i -is. be is man we know; that he is
G55, the second person Of the adorable
unity, we believe as firmly as we be-
s7s ID the existence Of God. We do
Do. overlook his sacred humanity.
Z. y.ls love 70 think of il so often, and
,7srs 10 so ferveutly, and adore it so
.-J'gundly, as do the children Of the
/ H5r Catholic Church. In her many
i .-lr.-mOving, sOul-Stirring devOtiOnS
ne Church calls our attention TO the
ran body Of Christ, which is as real
4 sour own bodies and perfect in all its
. -s-,s and all its operations.
Atone time his Sacred Heart-united,
tg5urse, as is his whole humanity TO
ls G0dhead-is proposed 70 our love
-5 4d0ration. All that can be con-
agsi Of any human heart, as the cen
--0i the hottest and sweetest senti-
-a-,s that can attract and eHnOble and
4-.uiy, is true OF that divine heart.
0- how we'll the children Of the Church
lW from their own experience, the
--.a1n that flows as q torrent OK sane
i-lu0n from the Sacred Heart OF the
! -lG0i. Christ Jesus. AT another
,-s bis pierced hands and feet are
1sl uD before us as memorials OF his
--g.lg love for Us.
Weare hidden to draw near and hear
Gle dear Jesus speaking TO US as to the
y.sged disciples whom he visited
lie day Of his resurrection, showing his
lands and his feet, as much as TO say:
Behold the pledges WHICH |, though
:,1 from the dead, still bear about
"a and viii carry even into my heaven
home. Then again, we are Invited
O gaze lovingly on his sacred blood
ed adore that most precious blood as
O.. aver which Cleanses our souls from
.a-y deEIemeut of sin. IL is only the
C.,aa OF the Church who are aware
C.le many attractive methods which
DE Holy Church employs and the
MANY BEAUTIFUL DEvoTIONs
she sanctions and encourages in order
aurl our thoughts and win our love
. The sacred humanity Of our Lord
ssls Christ. or these methods none Is
aggweriu as the devotion so constant
5-g5i toward that sacred humanity
Present. 10 the adorable Sacrament OF
-s Altar over and over again, too,
De Ne reminded that the sacred body
@ .-rst is animated by human soul
-as 90 our owu-that soul which sor-
owed with the sorrows of death in the
.'-sa Of agony; that soul which Jesus,
a..ag on the cross, commended TO MS
a.-l. Father.
al. these sacred truths connected
- his human nature may be truly
ed 90 be- contained in that one great
ga SD faithfully inCulcated, thaI
.'.s is the child OF the Virgin Mary;
As the Church so frequently and low
.,g expresses it, the Virgin Mary is
~ bis mother.
-sgi0ached with sacrificing the honor
~ 10 our Lord to the honor Of His
1t-ge,, we are intensely conscious
--.a., our other devotiouS are but
-s--s 20 lead Us on sweetly to Jesus,
blessed Savior. Nowhere out OF
Catholic Church are so many proofs
.'sl o.. sIucerest, tenderest love OF the
s'sl humanity. in which ths Son Of
redeemed us. The children Of the
--'y1 cannot forget, they are not
united TO forget, the soul which ago
81 .or US IN the garden Of Gethsem-
and on the mount Of Cavalry; the