El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-05

the Protestant nor Roman Catholic
bible Or it might refer to the author
ity 70 be vested in Peter. Bat he said,
while this was the position of the
RomiSh church, it was neverthe less
true, that the other apostles had equal
power and exercised equal auth Ority,
so that could not be. Or 1t could refer
to the power conferred given by the So
called power to unlock or lock heaven
against whom he would. But the same
power of toe keys was given to the
other apostles and TO the whole church,
The speaker here quoted from the
injunction: IF thou have aught
against thy brother, go to him, etc if
he will not hear thee take two or three
with thee: if he will not hear them tell
it to the church: if he will not he5r the
church, let him be to thee as a heather
or a publican. THAT is, the. COngrega-
ton is authorized to exclude him. DIR.
HARDWOOD went on to show that follow
ing expressions wherever found in the
new testament, the last passage in
Revelation, shows that Christ has
the keys of heaven, hell and
death. He had them and has
them still. All other people have
it only in declaring the conditions
of forgiveness and pardon. There re-
mains but one reason not previously
noticed what Christ's words may have
meant, did they not refer to Peters
confession in answer to the query of our
Lord: Who do men say that L au
He answered, ''Thou art the Christ,
the son of the living God" Upon this
con fessiOn of the true character of
Jesus Christ, dire appreciation and
acceptance Of his divine mission, is the
church of Christ built. This is the
Protestant, Scriptural and correct view.
Again the speaker opposed the posi-
tiOn taken by Father Sherman. that
the pOpes are the regular successors of
Peter ard the viceregents OF Jesus
Christ on earth. He said they claimed
tb ere were 254 pOpes, few claimed
more,a few less, but more or less it did
not matter. The present was a good
and godly man. so the last, 50 the one
before him. But said he. it is true
that no chain is stronger than its weak
est link. In the 18th century we come
to a period, where two popes claimed
to be regularly elected. We find they
anathametized each other and their
respective followers, how finally one
was persuaded 20 resign but would not
for fear the other would not. 20 that a
third different from either might be
elected. There was weak link, in
fact no link at all. It could not be
If he was it is strange that Paul never
mentioned the fact in all his writings
from there, or about Rome. Tn y
say he was pope there % years, but
Peter in all his epistles, never says
anything about it. But suppose he
wae, no one knows who as the next.
nor the next, nor the next All the
Roman Catholic writers are divided
into several groups on the subject.
1ai
other, and so on. The speaker spoke
finally On the subject referred to by
Father" Sherman. that the Roman
Catholic church was the true church,
because it still did work miracles. In
to this statement. the speaker
said they were silly, aud il was an in
suit to modern civilization, to expect
appearance of the virgin, to an Indian, !
or at LouGdes. He said some people |
were afraid of the anathemas OF the |
pOpa. a gentleman. raised a Catholic, |
said he was afraid of them, here in Ell |
Pa5O a NUM- Der of years ago. But said |
Dr.. HarwOCd the blessings of the pope |
ara greater curses, than his curses. |
There was Macmillan He came over |
with the blessings of the pope to form |
an empire. The speaker said he was |
shown. while in the City of Mexico, |
the carriage of state of the emperor |
who was executed .s.because. as Be1ito |
J uarez said, IF we spare him, he may |
come back to try it again, or some |
body else may try That |
carriage had cost thousands of dollars. |
The little buggy of Benito Juarez was
there also. He thought more than |
ever of the latter, for be himself had |
made many thousands of miles in the
same kind of q vehicle.
The close was a consideration of the |
claims of vital spiritual religion. He
said if this was the true church and
Professionalism was wrong then the |
Roman Catholic religion ought to make |
men happy and the other miserable. |
But said he, the religion [ profess has
made me better man 1t has made |
me happy these fifty years or more. 1t
has made me content with my lot, has
given me the spirit of work for my
fellow men. 1t holds out Il bright hope |
before me for the future.
Assistant Rector Andrews preached |
last night upon the theme ofretrospec-
ton, introspection and prOspection, |
the past, the present and the future. |
The speaker said that in Lent special |
efforts are pat forth to bring souls to |
Christ. And it is a good time for souls |
to look in upon themselves and see the |
OF their condition. The music |
was excellent as usual. and as an offer
tory the Organist played, ''Angels ever |
bright and fair
Female weakness" causes nine
tenths of all the wretchedness which |
endure. 1t can never be per-
manenty relieved by ''locaI treat
ments " That is generally an expensive, |
O m barraSSiDu m1!zp-Shift What is |