The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-02

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\ restraints Of spiritual power. fawned upon
| despotic princes, flattered the vain and the
| licentious, melted the human to control the
divine, and surrendered mans moral and
| spiritual care to the capricious despotism
! of Caesar.
| Unity of religious faith is no more an
| evidence of the surrender Of human rea-
son to unlawful authority than national
unity is proof of an enlightened peoples
| surrender to despotism. Human reason
| easily leads honest men to recognition
| OF ChriSts divinity. ana hence of his d.
/ vine authority. Supernatural faith resting
upon the testimony of God. enightens rea-
/ son and makes clear the credibility of s,l-
pernatural truth. The submission of mans
reason to the truthfulness Of God is no
pase surrender of human reason to a DOW
or that has no right to its service. God
Is tne author of reason. the source of all
truth. nay Truth itself. He has absolute
dominion over the reason as we'll az over
me llves and the destnies Of men. In
.1' ing MS church to be teaching au-
unoity IN the world. Jesus Christ showed
"oefiIl condescenson to human weak
ness. He presented u noble tribute of re-
safd Tor the intelligence Of man and fnr
Wy fiSnts or human reason. Go tearh all
nt'e'ohs was the grandest tribute of rn
speet ever paid to human reason. Teach-
10 p,esoppose Intelligence to receive in
s so u' en,, Men who do not use their rea-
son son cannot be taught. God demands of
human reason no service to which he has
no fisht ana of which enlightened reason
cannot fully approve. Human reason, en-
| isn'eHed by supernatural faith. freed from
the delusion and darkness in which nrrnr
would enchain 1t. must proclaim to nm mn
peheVihs age its gratitude to God its an
l,.or' Tor protecting it against the dominion
| OF spiritual despotsm.
- ne essence of despotism." declares one
:; ~ our greatest philosophers, .'is not that
| 1t is authority, bat that il is ,mtt ,nit,
"ilnout right. will without reason nnwn,
"lthout Justice. We cannot sl1nnnse 80
~, 'e NJ or God without supposing author
nis,,, a.; ','iS authority. claimed and cxer-
eis," IN MS name by the church is dos
p"lisi1l. II will be then because he has ~,
ah'nt 10 II. If no right to it, he is NOT
a" ,i,', II not sovereign he does NOT
| thn .. nc absence Of authority supposcs
| ."e PfeSenc" of dcSpotism or liconse ~,
remove license or despotism leoi,i,r,t 10
.nori'E Is needed The church hainn ~
sp's'i'a'lNe of the divine sov.ra;,,ni,,. 80
"a, Ea'th' Introduces legitimate authorlt oN U,i
de s ,nni presence necessarily displaces both
,espo''sm ana license that is ,st,hlish,
oo.h order and liberty"
| .,,: ruin and Gods law must NOT la
| I"o1ec!ed To human judgment In, ,,,,, w.
nn, he,li.eu ana interpreted by the sov,ra.
G God h,ns, lr""1 which they spring, namely
~ 49,. ., h'''self. 1t is violation Of Tho r,,,s,
| ~ y. 'he supernat ural to ltten,nt r., , snts
| ~ ~, human opinion. judgment or me-
| ono ha ' ai'l opinion BE- the opinion of
co,,n,I' S"nnS private Judgment, it ia
human on u,urler as well as If it worc the
| richt ~ cp''iloh OF many. To defend INA
,i y! human Reason and to n,n,nn, ~. 81
Chmt VI men against the dcceits of .' .i,e
| iznd Si'lp'iShcd his church as an ,n,hor
honrc, I"' , r"SppnsibIe teacher. "He ,hat
| ,inn 49,, ~" heat"th me-" is Tho ,1o,.,
'i"h mat has secured m, .an,,u ~ uocilra-
! rlnllS mon ''ifiii"hcc of Sc
lusions w "t' ,l'IS ana varied are tb. ao
lns,i'.,o "a ,'''sio,Is error The ycI,ism ne
IN. "',,. 1hr Told of Christ ana rnt,nlI, !,
w., ,.,e onward march of the h,,,n.,m , ,'' ,''iei
'4''c 'hah hundred years w.. NINA ior
| ,r''' ''of al religious right ,u, r,;;
/ !, ~" II, 10 IN" calling dcSpotism of c,,.,r
IN w." W. 'he rh'hronng of the secular ,,y'.,.
n,,,, 49,, %Hhr'"iry of God, and the "usl,v,-
~ -, VI S"uiS' whom Christ has mad. frca
| IN the tolls of human ana ,,n,,i,', 'e
~, ~ ~" wonder that within 80 yr,rs .,f,'',
| .hiS ocaecr;iiion of the sanctuary Of 49,,
' ,, 'ne human mind rchnllc,l arui,s, Ina
nav i',,' w. Sophlslry ana the connucs,s of
~" lucas substituting human Indictment
! ,"r 'h' divine authority of the ch,Irrh 81
! ~ ''t Wrr" arrested and made no fr:r, i,nr
,en'IlS. rue human mind. mis!rh bv .rrn,.
IL y .;i INK mo the dark pit of unbclicf. hut
! c'ro' hN act of parliament.
| III an human affairs earnest mon rnrar
.t'"I we imperative need Of unity of lar
nonN or action. in order to secure ,i,.ir
| desired aims. In this frecst ana hest n,
|
/ stunt republic has been lavishly cxD.ndrl
| ana the blood of thousands of our brav.st
ana n"hl"st sons has heen generously shed,
| th't Il free people. people capable of
governing themselves intcIlil;rntIy mirht
| hr IA united and harmonious nation ~,
| l'iurib'is tn'lm' is national motto a
| motto expressive of the most secure rn
| 1oyment of the inacnabc rights Of man
| eyer heard OF in human history. This
| blessed unity. however. can be neither So
cured nor preserved without authority. nh,
| authority must exercise it's power in a law
| ful manner and for the good of tn. gov
'rhtd lhe national unity of which we
| are 50 justly proud. am. for which w.
| as Tree people, are grateful would
! never have been ours to enjoy, were if
not FOR the patriotism of columbia's sons
sustaining the authority of the central
| government Obedience To lawful nu-
| thorltN IN the civil order. is the most re-
liable ana hopeful evidence of enlightened
| civilization. Obedience to the sovereign au-
th"rlty or Christ. expressed through his
| 'hurch, is the test Of enlightened re-
| lgious faith.
| Christ WAS not unmindful of the vagaries
! OF human passion or of the pervcrsity OF
I human nature. Those who had seen the
winds and the sea obey him. rejected his
| authority and would have no king bu,
| Caesar. Those who had seen him rn:s
back to life the victims of the tomb con-
dcmnrd him as a baSphemcr. The fact
! that he taught only the truth and went
about doing only good. WAS no security
that tn" evil mrilations of vain or cor
+, rupt hci4ts would not mpcl men to resist
his hrn"ticent authority. 10 place how
ever, the mission "f his apostles upon Il
secure foundation be invested them with
, his own power, and With his own authority
for the sublime work of leading Il sinful
| world to The service of his eternal father.
In order TO give that visible authority
greater strength in the eyes of men, he
established it In unity, he conferred ii in
one individual. whom he placed over the
! "lamhs and the sheep" all the members;
of his united fold. While All the members
Of the apostolic band were invested with
authority to preach the gospel and teach all
| nations only one received the symbols of
sovereign authority. only one Received the
| keys Of the kingdom of heaven. Upon
that one. to whom he gave IL name tina
should be Il symbol OF his office and power
he declared that he would build his church
and pledged his unfaling word that the
gates of hell. all the powers Of evil. would
never prevail against 1t.
To guard this sublime authority and tn
protect the inalienahlc rights OF man in
| the spiritual order. the wttchmcn on the
wallis of the city of God have cried out
night and day and have not been silent in
the presence OF death or of danger The
cpiScopute of the church of Christ Is the
bond and defense of unity of faith and
the safeguard OF Christian morality anon,
Christ's followers. An organized body can
not exist without unity between the head
and members. The Christian bishop is the
link that binds thC lllnlhCSt nltnllrr of y,