El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-18

written law is not law at all unless in
terpreted by living voice and mind.
Take Peters faith as the rock and
then build your faith on it.
| The doctrine of the infalibility of the
Pope was expounded and defended, the
speaker holding it meant unfaiiing
faith, and the vatican council in pro-
mu lgating it simply declares that the
successor of st. Peter has living, un-
failing faith. We have been united
| for ages, and will be until the end of
| time. The unity in the Catholic
church makes an akin throughout all
the world.
AS the true church must be one in
government, faith and worship. it must
be holy. for the church is the bride of
the lamb of God. Rome first commits
sion was to hold the whole command
ment, and this commandment of unity
is enforced. There would never had
been the great abbeys, csthedrals and
universities in England, but for the RO-
man Catholic church. England was
Rome's eldest daughter, until Henry
VIII wanted the pope to give him di-
vorce which was justly and promptly
refused, for it is on the sanctity of the
marriage vows and family ties that the
veal of the community is based. So
this potentate threw off allegiance to
Rome and founded a church which he
placed himself at the head of. and call
ed himself the defender of the faith.
Whom God hath joined together, let no
man put asunder! DR.. Sherman spoke
sarcasttcally on the canGonization re-
Gently by another church. OF Charles L
of England, who would have been a
Catholic had he dared. He is trnly a
mock saint The real heroes of life are
to be found in the Roman Catholic COM
muniOn.
Sometime was given to explaining
Catholic faith cures and apparitions,
proving that the reality of the true
church was proven by supernatural
signs: and then the speaker called at
tention to the localization of other
communions while the Catholic church
was universal. He said, if you are a
Lutheran, your church is German: If
of Calvin, your church is Swiss: if of
Wesley, your church is English. while
find myself at home in church all
over the world. The true church
knows no national limit. You can be
Catholic in reality only by giving your
submission to the holy see. There is
no catholicity without unity, and no
union without submission to Rome.
The 256 popes are living chain. GER
tain apostolic succession from Peter
the rock In closing Dr.. Sherman
men were being led astray into agnes
ticism and iufidelity.
The services were ere'participated in by
Bishop, Matz. of Denver, and Fathers
Pinto and Cahill. The music of the
choir consisted of ''Veni Creator" and
Ave Maria" by Millard, the ave
Varum'' by Mercadante and the IAN
tum Ergo" by Rossi.
The distinguished Jesuit has power
full voice that can be heard for long
distance. it is pleasant to listen too,
and he is clear in his enunciation and =
considerable of a rbetor1cian, besides
being a profound scholar, he has no
trouble in holding ton whether
his hearers agree with him or not. Dr.
Sherman graduated from Yale in 1876,
but has spent seventeen years in Jesuit
ical study, after two years of study at
the law school in ST. Louis. where he
was given the degree of LIB. The
doctor really graduated from his
thorough course of study last summer,
so that he has been a full tiedged grad
uate of the order less than a year. He
said last night to a HERALD reporter
that the Jesuits did not intend to turn
any of their students out until middle
life, and he rather guessed they were
right. He has travelled extensively
over Europe and other countries. and
is thoroughly accomplished man.
When told that some day he would be
a bishop, he replied that it was the
policy of the Jesuit order to discourage
members from such aspirations, al
though the pope did occasionally aD-
point bishop from the order. Every
member was made to feel that he must
sacrifice all hopes OF personal prefer
ment for the good of the order, and to
devote to it all the energies of body,
soul and mind. Self was to be buried
completely out of sight.
Dr.. Sherman said he was in the west
on mission business, or what the other
denominations would call holding re-
vival.meetings, and was trying to bring
souls to the foot of the cross and into
the Catholic church, and to make
devout Christians of them. He has
completed his labors at Albuquerque,
and has lately been to Fort Huachuca
where he otficiated as chaplain for
short time at the request OF Col. Bacon,
the commanding officer. The doctor
aud Captain Wakeman, Yale class
mate. the surgeon of the post. helped
review the troops ere the Chaplain left.
He left Ell Paso on this Moons Santa
Fe train for Denver, where he Will
hold further meetings DR.. Sherman's
mother was one of the best known wo-
men in the church. So Jealous had
she been. and effective in her work of
collecting Peters pence for the pope
that that fuuctionary presented her
with the golden rose, something the
pope only gives out on rare occasions.
The visitor left town with the best
wishes of many friends.
Much of life's misery IS due to indi-
| geStion; for who can be happy With
pain in his stomach? AS a corrective
| and streugtheuer of the allmentary or
| gans. Ayers Pills are invaluable. their
use being always attended with marked
benefit.