The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20
BISHOP O'GORMAN breaches AN
ELOQUENT SERMON ON ITS
INIMoRTaLITY.
MAN MUST ACCOUNT TO GOD.
FOR WHAT BEARS THE IMAGE. AND
INSCRIPTION OF HIS
MAKER.
Must Be Rendered in Tribute as Was
to Caesar the Things Which
Were Caesars.

Bishop O'Gorn1an, of the Catholic
diocese of South Dakota with residence
at Sioux Falls, preached at the Cathe-
oral of st. Paul yesterday morning to
a large congregation. His subject was
Mature and the Immortality of the
Soul
The bishop based his sermon on that
passage of the Bible wherein it is re-
lated that the Pharisees sent doctor of
the law to the Savior to put the ques-
ton for direct answer. rs it lawful
to pay tribute to Caesar?" the purpose
being to entrap the Lord. He was in a
the predieament. Had He answered in
the negative He would have been
charged with rebellion against the Ro-
man government and had He replied
in the affirmative He would have been
adjudged as a patronizing Hebrew. He
escaped censure, however, by cross
examination on the question. Then He
said Render to Caesar the things that
are Caeser's and to God the things that
are Gods"
THE question to be asked and ans
wered," said the bishop, lis what in
man bears the image and inscription
of God and must be accounted for to
God? Not the mere mortal body of
man that bears Gods image, but that
force with the body which makes it to
live and especially to think and will.
1--WE have name for that force-it
is called the soul, and the existence of
this soul is proved as electricity in the
wire is proved-from it's effects. The
heat, the light, and the rotary motion
come from the live wires and prove
that there is electricity in the wire.
Thought, emotion, the noble virtues of
generosity, self-sacrifice, patriotism
and especially love, that come from
man, prove the existence of a force
within him which is that thing we call
a soul. Now, it is this thing which
bears the image of God, because this
thing is a spirit, and God is a spirit.
This thing is present throughout the
whole body; God is present throughout
the whole world. This thing makes
man master of the material universe;
God is creator and supreme master of
| the universe. This spirit in man once
created is immortal God is eternal,
without beginning and without end
"As the soul bears the image of God
so also does it constitute the ability
and dignity of man. 1t is this that
must be rendered in tribute to God as
cCin bearing the image Of Caesar must
be rendered in tribute to Caesar, and
when the final day of rendering comes
may you be able to say as Christ said
While dying upon the cross: Into Thy
hands. Oh Father, I commend my spir-
| it, May God shower upon you all His
greatest blessings is my earnest wish. y
Bishop O'Gorman is an eloquent
speaker, and he held his audience in
pant attention thrOu ghOut his dis
course. He is a guest at st. Pau1's
seminary, where he preached the ser
mon of the retreat at the opening OF
that institution He will attend the
ceremonies as a participant of the
| conservation of Bishop Trebec tomor-
row. They will be conducted by Arch
bishop Ireland, assisted by Archbishop
l<atzer, of Milwaukee, and other mgh
church dignitaries