St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-27
BEYOND The CRAVE.
Archbishop Ireland breaches
a Strong Palm Sunday
Discourse.
Who Shall Be Saved From
He'll and Upon What Con-
ditiOnS.
God Is Adjust and All-Mer-
eiful on Day of Reckon
ing.
The Various Conditions OF
the Soul Of Mankind Con-
sidered.

Archbishop Ireland preached a Palm
Sunday sermon at the cathedral last
night, to the usual overlooking audi
ence. He said: \ life beyond the
grave! A life or bliss or of misery! n
life in either condition enduring for
ever! Truths these are mysterious and
dread; yet truths most necessary and
most certain.
A life of bliss or of misery! Who the
Judge. with authority to assign souls TO
one or the other? And upon what
record shall His-decisiOn be based?
The Judge is the Supreme Master OF
heaven and earth. the Lord of life and
death. the Infinite, ADJUST and all
merciful, God is ADJUST. Thou art
mst, o Lord" says the Psalmist, land
Thy judgment Is right" And then
will the Son of Man," says the Saviour
Himself, render to every one accord
ing to his works." Gods justice amid
our strugglings and darkened ways Is
our sweetest consolation. He knows all
things, the deepest secrets of the soul.
There is no possibility of mistake before
His tribunal. and as the deserts so shall
be the sentence. The lost souls. turn
ing away in fierce despair from His face,
shall be compelled to say: Thou art dst
and thy judgment is right" God is all
merciful. 1.-The Lord is gracious and
merciful; patient and plenteouS In per-
cv. The Lord is sweet to all, and HIS
mercies are above all His works" we
are not in our probationary exile dealing
with task master. We call Him "Our
Father, who art in Heaven" Bethie
hem and Calvary reveal the warmth or
His love. the extent of His mercy. NOT
until the appeals of mercy have tllhe
after time remained unheeded Shall
Justice begin its course, ana, When al Is
cOnSummated. while one hand or the gu
preme Judge lets loose the thunderooltS
of Justice, tile other in mercy's name Is
reached out to lower them below the III
tended mark. His mercies are above
all His works" In the solemn moment
Of Justices triumph, Mercy shall put IN
her claims, Even then, shall 1t be true:
Mercy and Truth have met each other;
Justice and Peace have kissed"
Individual Conscience.
The record upon which the final SEN
tence shall be based is each ones lndl-
vidual conscience. Gods laws, natural
and positive, are the objective standard
TO which all men are Obliged TO adjust
their conduct. This Is an unalterable
principle of divine government. see
how in the application of the principle,
divine attributes, justice, wisdom.
mercy, blend in beauteOuS harmony:
The works OF God are perfect, and all
His ways are judgments; God Is faith
full. and without any inIquity. He Is just
and right" Gods law weighs upon
rational beings only so far as
its voice reaches them, and It's
apprehended by them. The individual
APPREHENSION Of the law is conscience.
Conscience in individual man has all
the force and authority OF GODS word.
Even though Gods word may suffer
refractiOn in passing into the intel
lectuaI medium Of each. it is not there
fore so affected as 10 lose its character
of being the divine law, but still has, as
such, the DrerOgatiye of commanding
| obedience" A law not apprehended by
conscience is, practically and judIcially,
no law; law wrongly appre-
hended obliges in its perverted
| form. 1t is never lawful to go
against conscience. The Catholic
| Council of Lateran has declared
Whatever is done against conscience
builds up for hell" Conscience is mon
arch above all exterior, objective procla-
nation of law. The commands OF pom
tiff. of church, ave, of Christ Himself,
so apprehendedaS to contradict tie CON-
mand of a thoroughly sincere conscience,
must be dIsObeyed, rather than con-
| sciences command. Truth in principle
is above sincerity; in-the individual act
sincerity is supreme. Our cOnSciences.
may they be ever true 10
law and truth! 1t is the high
est moral duty of man to
form them to truth; this duty is con-
sciences own first law; but all due
efforts made, the sincere conscience,
| even if not true, is the rule we must
follow; for we believe it to be God S
voice. and God, believed to be present,
| is the Master, to Whom prompt obedi-
| ence must be given. Conscience,
| writes so beautifully Cardinal Newman,
us the aboriginal vicar OF Christ, a
| prophet in its iDformationS, monarch
| in its peremptOTinesS, priest Iii IT'S
| blessings and anathemaS, and. even
| though the eternal priesthood through
out the church should cease TO be. IN 1t
the sacerdotal principle would remain
and would-have sway"
EnyincibIe Ignorance.
From this explanation of conscience
the OfU-Quoted term ''invincible ignO
rance" is easily understood. One is ig-
norant of the law, of which conscious
violation is a serious Offense, bringing
| down Gods ire: he will not be punished
because his own conscience made t
him no proclamation of the law. Re
mark we'll the adjective. 'inyincible,'
which implies utter sincerity. All dut
efforts to find truth, of which purt
conscience may have given notice, mus
have been made. and no excuse ShOulC
have been drawn from slotD to entel
upon the suggested search. or from tim
Idity of the practical sequences, which
are seen in the distance.
Nor do all violations of conscience
commands, but those of which there ha
been no repentance obtain Gods con
domination, During the time of gu
probation on earth, Gods mercy con
tinuouSly awaits us. HIS grace pur
sues US. inviting us to return and Seel
the pardon which is never refused 10
penitent soul. The gospel is the grea
message of mercy to the sinner ~ al
not come" He said, ITO call the just
but sinners" Even the sorrowing THE
on the cross receives the promise Q
paradise. The violation in knowledg
of Gods law. perSevered in. unrepente
of-this, and this only, condemns a sou
to hell. Before the dread words ar
| spOken-"Depart from me, We cursed
into everlasting fire"-time has usual
| been allowed for a return TO duty, grace
refused, loves offering spurned. If. {
last. the soul is lost, upon whom tn
,, blame? So long as justice, holiness an
divine supremacy hold, the unrepen
ing sinner must be condemned.
VeniaI and Mortal Sins.
Nor is all SAID vet for divine mercy.