The Globe-republican., 1900-05-24
The CatkelIc Mission.

people listened to an interesting sermon
| from the visiting priest. The Mission
will hold during the week. morning and
evening, until Sunday next. Father
Donohue said questions on points contro-
verted would be answered during the
Mission. 1t was not intended to give any
offence to any one, and all Catholics and
non-Catholics are cordially invited to
attend the services.
Rev Bernadine delivered an excellent
sermon. lie said in part: s.These Mis-
sfons are held once in ten years, some
times not in ten years. We give good
deal of time of our life to making money.
We ought to give some of our time to
our Spiritual affairs 1t wonld be neglect
ing grace to fail to hear instructions
given in the Missions.
When We hear the voice of God harden
not your hearts These words were ad-
dressed to the people by the prophet. 1t
was at a time when people had avoided
the voice of God and followed after the
hardness of hearts. There is more reason
to heed this warming now than ever be-
fore.
Mans mind was in the image of God.
but only by sin was his mi nd darkened
and turned away from the eternal truth.
When the people worshipped idols God
warned them many times. So much did
mankind become perverted that God re-
GREETED he created man, and sent the de-
luge to wipe cut man. He sent fire and
birthstone on the cities of Sodom and Co
naarrah a another time. The warnings
of the prophets were not needed. Man
followed the instincts of his own heart,
the Jews worshipping the golden calf. In
spite of Gods warnings man needed not.
do
Christ spoke as man spoke and yet
the people would not believe because of
their corrupt hearts. All things done by
Him were not recognized. He was cruci-
fed and suffered death.
why is all this done to this day? Why
does man prefer to walk in darkness?
Unless we accept his teaching and light
we canuot enter His abode.
With 1900 years of gospel Christ the
same error is done. Christ is ignored. Be-
cause truth is Objectionable One reason
of this is sin-the darkness of heart and
perverseness of will. Truth must be the
guiding star of our life. 1t means curb
ing of our hearts, and to live life of
charity and penhance. We must deny our
selves and live in humility, in the igno-
miny of the cross, and a follow of
jesus
He spoke of the opposition that is be-
fore the people to prevent them from go
ing to the heavenly home.
Truth was the principle. We are to be-
come truthful. obcdient, ETC., like Jesus.
We see all the world in the struggle to
deprive tls of the destiny God has created
for US.
God calls out TO us today as when the
peophet called, harden not your hearts.
1t is by truth that we will be saved If
our lives do not correspond to the truth
we believe, weAare not received in heaven.
in modern christianity there those
who say they believe in Jesus Christ, yet
their lives do not correspond to their
beliefs.
He said people must use their intellect
and prepare for eternity. 1t is all well
eneughto speak of advancing christian
ity, but we are farther away from it than
the Pagans, because our s5as are greater.
II is more ignored today than in Pagan
times. The idolators worshipped God in
their ignorant notions, but man today in
his enlightenne Mt says he will be his own
God. He is like the mule with no intel
lect- He is ignoring the Holy spirit AS
though man was created only for money,
and for little honor among men. There
was not that moral degradation in old
Pagan days as today. 1t was not SO
general then
He spoke of some of the methods of
modern christianity. In Pagan times the
putting away of Il wife. or disannuling
the marriage tie, was not tolerated, but
in modern paganism Christs teaching is
ignored in the matter of divorce and the
marriage tie.
If God would wipe out iniquity it
would be a temporal blessing. The spir-
itual blindness has made man horse or
mule with no in tenect, concentrating
self pride, envy, etc--tIat is the religion
of today Animal excitement is consider
ed sanctIfeation by some What a horri-
bic example,.
The heart of man still hardened with
the religion of 1900 years. They who
give themselves up to corruption are wor-
shipped. but those who follow the humil-
ity of Christ are the s.insane.,'
In the warning, when the punishment
comes, happy day to those who worship
ped God, and followed Christ
There is place of eternal reward and