Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-06-16
Seventh Biennial Convention.
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and why are we to pride ourselves upon
those gifts which came from God alone?
No. dearly beloved brethren, while re-
ioicing in Gods mercy and Gods love,
we must humble ourselves and be on our
guard against that pride and conceit
which lead men to make fools OF them
selves in regard to God and with regard
to the divinely constituted authority
which He has left upon this earth.
Therefore. today, we will make an act Of
Faith as mere Christian men. We will
make an act of Faith in the existence, in
the infinite projections of the Holy
Ghost. the third person of the Blessed
Trinity. We will make an act of Faith
in the fundamental mystery of Chris
tianity, the Trinity, one God IN three
distinct persons, and we accept 1t because
it is a mystery, we accept 1t because we
know that if there is God, he must
know things that we cannot understand.
For if we could understand God, II we
could comprehend all of His perfectlons,
He would not be God and we would be
almost His superior, and because we are
only elements of His creation, imperfect
elements, and we must understand that
God knows things which we do not
know.
In the actual world, in the supernat-
ural world, thousands of things, together
with this universe, were called out OF
the chaos in which it had lain perhaps
for millions of years, when all the ele-
ments which constitute this beautiful
world were in confused, chaotic mass,
God sent forth that spirit which was to
complete its work and it moved over
the waters and it vivified and quickened
that great mass, and by activity and
strength it began to move because the
spirit of God had given them life, ana the
sun appeared in the Heavens, ana the
waters were separated from the earth
and the mountains rose up ana the val
leys went down into their places, ana tne
waters ran between the channels made
nv the mountains. and all this world
sprung into its beauty because it was
ouickened by the spirit that moved over
the waters. And some thousands of
years afterwards another creation was to
be brought into existence in the super
natural order, and it was to give the
greatest glory to God. and that was to
be the formation of the human body OF
Jesus Christ, and once again that spirit
comes down and it is not over dlsorgan-
lied mass that he breaches, but over the
BODY of lust and beautiful girl and out
of her substance was created announcer
world, the world of the humanity OF
Jesus Christ, and the second person OF
the Blessed Trinity came down from
Heaven and took possession OF the
humanity and life with human body
and died by the separation OF the human
soul from that human body, and again
Jesus Christ did His work, and He laid
the foundations firm and He cemented
them with His blood and the structure
was to remain forever impregnated by
the spirit of God.
There is another creation. 1t is that
of God in every human soul at Bcptlsm
there is a new birth, the birth of the
life of God Himself, but that remains
dormant and silent until Confirmation
which auickens that life into activity.
Nv dear brethren, let US adore the mys-
terious dispensations whereby GOD IN his
three-fold personality completes, our
creation by our redemption and our
sanctification. Let us acknowledge that
there is no light but from God, there Is
no truth but from God, there is no activl-
ty but from God. My dear brethren,
nv dear brother Foresters, if you will go
back better Catholics, humber Catho-
lies, more faithful Catholics, and there
fore better citizens and better men, l
beg our Lord Jesus Christ to send His
holy spirit into your hearts to fill you
with the spirit of brotherly love, and that
going back from here, you will go back
with deeper sense of your own dignity
not merely as Foresters, not merely as
men who wear uniforms or badges TO
distinguish them from the rest of citizens.
but that you will go back better Chris
tians and Soldiers of Jesus Christ.
At the close of the service at the
church the parade reformed and
marched to the town hall, where the
state officers and delegates opened the
convention formally. Tuesday afternoon
was given over to routine formal work
The following committees were elected:
Finance committee, j. B. Beauregard,
Burlington; Charles F. McKenna, Mont
pelier; Cyril Lavally, Jr., Shoreham;
Fred Lockwood, Brandon; A. j. Cote,
Sandy Hill, N. Y; bylaws, Frank j.
Landry, st. Johnsbury; Hugh P. ONeil,
White River Junction; j. T. Fitzim-