The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-22
lis A CLEVER ARGUMENT
That Father Michael Makes in
Support Of the Confessional,
But VIII Scarcely Convince Pro-
testants That He is Right.
A Sermon That was Both Entertaining
and Instructive at the Church of
the Assumption Last Night.


church is so misunderstood, 50 mis-
construed and misrepresented as the
doctrine of confession" This was the
statement made by Father Michael at
the commencement of his lecture on
confession" at the Church Of the AS
sumption last night.
The church was thronged to its ut
most capacity to hear the eloquent
preacher set forth the origin Of con-
fession and the reasons for its practice
in the Catholic church. AS on former
evenings the audience was composed
largely Of protestants.
Continuing Father Michael said:
"ConfessiOn of ones sins is in direct
accordance with the inclinations of the
human heart with common sense, with
scriptural history, and is divine. If L
fail to prove that this IS true tonight
VIII step down from this platform and
out of this church, and 1 viii be Meth
er priest nor Catholic.
Confession is the manifestation Of
our most grievous sins to a duly APP
pointed minister Of God for the pur-
pose of receiving dissolution or forgive
ness. There is nothing so natural to
the human heart, so sweet to the die
tates of our conscience, as to make
known to another our woes, our sor-
rows, our burdens and our trials The
wounds that no one knows except our
selves, a burden of which we cannot
breathe word, a trlal Wnleh we can
not speak of to another becomes un-
bearable; and can there be a wound
SO deep, burden 50 heavy an eNH
tnal slldfts 20 oeeptys as SIN.
II am told that this manifestation
Of our sins is difficult. that it is humil-
iating to admit q fault. This is true,
but nevertheless it is agreeable to the
heart We must need manifest the
evils of our bodies to a physician in or
der to be cured, why not De logical ana
admit that we should be equally ready
to manifest the evils OF our sous t1u-
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