The times., 1899-11-27
THE JUDGMENT OF SIN.
The PauIist Superior breaches at s.
Pnups Catholic. Church.

PauIs Catholic Church.
The pulpit of St Paul's Catholic Church,
corner Fifteenth and V Streets, was occu-
pied yesterday morning by Father Elliot,
superior of the Paulist congregation at the
Catholic University. Brookland, The priest
took for his text. Then shall they see the
sign Of the son of man in the heavens and
all shall cry and the earth shall mourn
In part, Father Elliot said: There are
two days which belong especially to the
Lord God One is the beginning-the first
day. God is the beginning, the origin OF
all things. Out of nothing he made US.
each one and all The first day belongs to
him as the sovereign majesty that begins.
And of equally exclusive right the last day
belongs TO God for as he began all things
he alone can end them. This last day, the
last Sunday after penteCust, is particularly
his Of right because he paved the way
for us.
We cannot have eternity" said Father
Elliot, in which 10 put off the living God
when the time of doom is at hand-when
the time of justice has arrived. This eX-
plains to us why Almighty God waits-be-
cause he does not wait forever. The mo-
ment sin is committed that moment the
sinner is judged, but sentence is not exc
cuted then. but rather suspended; but it
lies there against the time when sentence
must be executed for sin cannot go on for
ever.
This great day of doom-ths time of
! change-is preceded by a day of destrue-
! tion. The world viii be worn out. just as
one would write upon a piece of paper and
/ correct and write again upon it until at
/ last the paper with the original writing
with its many corrections. has fulfilled its
! purpose, and we would then crumple it up
/ and throw il into the fire. So with this
! work-these bodies Of ours. God writes
/ upon them, uses them. fulfills their orig
inal purpose and then throws them into the
fire But although the world and our bod
les are thrown into the fire, the thoughts
and that which is the thought, the mind,
/ soul, sense of power of the understanding
that which is the soul-remains just as the
/ thought remains after the paper upon
which it was written has been destroyed,
so that at last the world should be done
( and our bodies having been burned up in
I the eternal judgment Of God, first OF all by
his decision and then in his temporal fires
at the end of this earth. the soul shall re-
turn and take up the essences of the body
and gather them to itself, just as the load
stone gathers the filings of steel about it.
( This comparison is used to show the atiin-
I ity between the soul and the body Then
shall they see the sign of the son of man
in the heavens and all shall cry and the
earth shall mourn.
There is something very singular in the
preference which cur blessed RedeemeI
makes in our favor to himself. He has al
ways put us before himself. He always
gives Us prior right He has given uI
paradise for US, and has come down tC
this earth prefarring Us TO his everlasting
and infinite glory. He gave up all his
happiness for us and finally he stripped
I himself of even life for US. At the las
day he will have our judgment. but eacl
shall also go before the judgment of tht
nations of the earth We shall see eacl
other there, heart TO heart as well as face
TO face. We shall know each other a:
we are That shall be day Of revelation
a perfect manifestation. / can do wroni
ON this earth, and no one may know of it
but there shall come a time when l shall
be found out. The sinner with his hiddeI
crimes will not be able to stand the scru
tiny, not only Of God but of his fellow
men. Some of US would go the round o
this earth to avoid others learning the Sc
crets of our hearts. On that day We mus
face ALL There viii be not only revelation
but manifestation. There will be a spel
upon you. You will 20 to this one an,
that one and say, Stop: l must tell you a
last 1t is 4 horror TO me to do it. but il i
unbearable for me not TO DO il. Know tha
l Cid so and So and so and so.
In conclusion Father Elliot drew pic
lures Of the sinner before the throne O
God and hearing the words. Depart from
me into everlasting fire. Depart from me
I was once thy redeamer but now th,
Judge for now is eternity begun. / con
denim you; I cut you of from my church
! print thee with a mark and stab thee Wit
fire. Depart cut OF my sight.