St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-10
POWERFUL SERMON AT ST. JO-
SEPH's CATHOLIC CHURCH BY
j. p. MORAN.
DEPART FROM NE, YE CURSED
GIFTED WILL ONE DAY }HURL
AT SINNERS.
The Lasting Results of Mortal Sin,
Penalties Never Relaxed by the
IneXOrabIe Judge.

Second IN time, but not in interest,
was the address delivered at St.Joseph's
church last evening by the Rev.
NFr. j, P. Moran, of the Dominican
fathers, who are conducting the spir-
itual mission at that church now. FIR.
Moran, like FIR. Bloomer, who pre-
coded him, is one of the most eloquent
men in the order and is just from a
very successful mission in Montana.
Last evening Mortal SIM was his
topic.
The text was from Matthew, 25th chapter,
4lst verse: Depart from Me, we cursed into
everlasting fire, which was prepared for the
devil and his angels"
''How terrible this sentence" said he
when 1T shall resound in the ears of the
damned on that dread day when the arch
Anglers trumpet shall have assembled the
children of Adam in the valley of Jehosaphat
there to receive from the hands of an all-wise
all-powerful, adjust Judge the inestimable
reward of we'll spent life, or the fearful pun
ishment of sinful course.
What is it that can induce a good and
| merciful Creator to devote to such cruel fate
His noblest handiwork, His fairest creature;
| that creature for whose use and benefit He
made the sun to shine by day, the moon and
| stars by night; that creature for whose sake
lie sent His only begotten Son to take upon
Himself the similitude of the corrupt nature
| that by life of suffering and the most cruel
death of the cross, He might reinstate it's lost
Inheritance.
"Ah, well may we ask this question so full
| or import to us, and with reason may we
tremble at the image which the answer de-
picts to our mind. For rising up in answer to
the question appears that foul stain upon the
marvellous beauty of creation that personifica-
ton of malice, that monster of iniquity, that
only real evil, mortal sin. Yes it is that
grave. deliberate and voluntary act of dis
obedience on the part of that creature that
eHaces from the mind of God the remembrance
OF all that He has done for the immortal soul.
To aid us in realizing the awful meaning
OF that sentence of condemnation, let us con-
trast the conditions of a saved and lost soul.
The spirit cannot but be beautiful whose lot it
is to dwell forever in the regions of bliss. On
the other hand, what loathsome picture the
contemplation of a lost soul presents to our
mind
I'm this life we meet with hardened GRIMM
ais. Long INDUCED habits of crime have left
their traces on their countenances; passions
have distorted their features.
eff such be the appearance of the sinner,
even in this life, while still enjoying so many
of Gods favors and gifts, while with the eye
of mercy He still kindly regards the erring,
what shall be the horror of their appearance
when the countenance of their Judge is turned
| In anger upon them; when the dread sentence
of condemnation has consigned them to the
companionship of demons?
eve are filled with horror when we hear
atheists and infidels deny the existence of
god. But is not the Christian who commits a
mortal sin, if such were possible, worse than
these?
For one sin of the angels God hurled
third part of the angelic host into the abyss
of hell Time for repentance was not given
| them, but In the instant they were reduced
! to the state from which they can never hope
to be redeemed. One would think it punish
ment enough for those celestial beings to be
forever deprived OF that presence which had
constituted their former beatitude. But it
was not sufficient to satisfy the justice of an
offended God. The abyss of hell must be
created to bear testimony to the enormity of
their offense.
What misery and suffering and sorrow did
not the fall OF our first parents introduce into
this world, in which, were it not for sin,
they would have lived in the enjoyment of so
much happiness.
Bitter, indeed, have been the conse-
quences of that first sin. Look back through
all the ages that have since rolled by, and
picture to ourselves the evils which have
afflicted the human race. the sufferings almost
infinite in variety that have attended every
indvidual-as well the innocent babe as the
most hardened sinEer-can we consider all
this and net conceive some idea of the mag
nitude of the offense which merits such pun
| shment? But, besides this general visitation
on sinful race, wehave innumerable in
stances of swift and severe punishment
melted out to individuals and cities and peo-
pies on account of their special sins.
Punishment sure and certain, even in this
| life, ever proclaims Gods detestation of sin.
| But it is only when we come to consider the
! atonement required before man could regain
the friendship of his Creator that sin in all
! it's infinite malice is presented to our view.
! God created the universe in six days. But
small portion of that time was required
! for the creation Of man. But when man had
| become estrayed from his Creator and a
slave to sin, how difficult the work of redemp-
ton! A finite being himself, his offense
was infinite because of the infinite being
against whom it was committed. Yet the
victim of atonement must be man, and more
than man; he must be God. He must be
man for satisfaction; must come from the
offending party; and he must be God, for
none other would render the satisfaction ac-
ceptable to the divine majesty and give it
infinite value necessary to counterbalance the
| infinite result.
Remember if death should overtake you
with the guilt of one mortal sin upon your
soul, the same Jesus Christ who now so
earnestly implores you to have care for
your eternal welfare while there is yet time,
will then, an memorable and just judge, pro-
nounce on you that terrible sentence: De
part from me, you accursed into everlasting
| fire. -