The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-07-20
WAS A GRAND ENDING Cioiiug Service of First Catholic
 Mission Preached in AlaskA.

was thronged with people among whom were many Intelligent non-Catholies, eager Go attend the closing service of the mission SO ably and earnestly preached by Fr p. J. Multonrv, :. !. Ills last lec- lure vas a closely reasoned answer tn the affirmative to the query: "ls Christ really truly and substantially prsSen, 10 the conSecratsd hoSt?'
 As ever before, the eloquent lecturer strictly confined himself Co making a clear and forciole exposition ot the Scr'ptufal grounds on which the Catholic belief in Chrst's real presence ln .he EuehaHs' -ests Ne started by reading from St. john, showing how Christ had promised 5n the occasion there mentioned to give himself as the souls spiritual food when he said; "l am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat Of this breld he shall live forever; and the bread that l win give you Is the flesh, which wli give for the lifs of the world"
 That these words were understood llt- erallv," continued the lecturer, "is plain from what follows 'rhs Jews therefore s,rovs among themselves. saving; "How ,an thls man give US his flesh Co eat'" , Now, far from giving any intimltIon that they had mistaken his meaning, Chris, smphatIclllv reasseried his teaching, ss he ever dii. when understood arght, no mat ter what opposition was thereby aroused. 'VsHly, vsdlv sdy unto you, except vs eat ,hs flesh of ,he son Of mn and drink his blood, vs have no l.fs in you"
 That expression To cal ones flesh had Indeed been used in more than one pssslge of the old Testament 10 a dgur' alive sense. but invariably one and 'the same-,hlt 5i talumnlat.ng and blckbIt' Ing-a me,aphorlal meaning Co which ChrIst's words were certainly not open. Hencs his hearers could not help taking them jus, 5s they sounded, and they were shocked. Many, therefore, of his diSci- pies when they had heard this sold: 'Ihls IS an hard swing and who can lar it''' Hard was in the Greek text the iorce of revolting. They were no, cannIbals and could not stand t. From that time many 5f his iiScip,es wen, back and walked no more with him. lf they h1d all along olundsrst by attaching Co his promise a literal meaning which he di not Intend, nothing would have been easier than Co Set them rgh, and thus prevent thelr tefse- i.on There Is DO avoiding the conclusion thl, they had understood him rightly bu, grossly; suffering him tc speak ot his isli flesh Co be given tor food, whilst from the tenor Of his whole discourse, and especially from what he sild ln conclusion, they should have perceived that it was his living glorious bo1v and blood he meant Co bsstov under the appearance of bread and wine, as the breit of lIts eternal, the means Co maintain a living union with hls spirit,
 "Such was Chdsts promise; and an honorable man ever keeps his word. How he kept iJ on the nigh, In which he was behaved we read ln Corinthians, Mltta- sw and Che other SynoptiIs. By the above mentioned discourse. SO held in the syn- ag5gus ot Clpemaym. Jhs twelve who had heard [, and through Peter had pio- issSei their faith and that of the church,
 'lori, Co whom shall we g0' Thou has, the words oi eternal ne, and we believe and arc sure that thou art that Christ, the son Of the living G5t'b ,hs twelve had been prepared Co take in the same obvious literal meaning the words oi Institution of the Eu,hltis, uttered at the last supper When they heard tim say over Che bread, Take ye and eat; this Is my body whieh shall be delivered for you, thls do i0r Che commem5ritI0n Of me, they were at onte naturally reminded oi those other words, the bread which | will give you Is my G.sh.' Ant thus was The conclusion forced upon them that the son of the liy- Ing God whom they had at the wedding feast seen chlnge by ln act of his will the nature of water into the nature of wine, mad now by Che creative power of hls ai- mIghty word oncs more changed the na- ,ure ot one ,reatu. into that of another; bread into his flesh and wine into his blood. However, there Is DO understand ing how this l4n be, ,s it Is a matter of belief utterly beyond the grasp of our limited minds.
 "Ths Eutharis. Is Christ with us the sun of righteousness from which aIl splr- .tual lie radla,es, the center round which the whole system oi Ca,hoic worship ra- dates BIjien by Gods angel, Elias arose from beneath the juniper trees shade, ate Of the heart cake. and In the strength Of that food walked through the desert forty days and forty nights unto the mount of God. Horsb. That miraculous bread was the figure oi the Eucharist, the bread of angels.
 "'ris in the strength of this food d.