The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-02-04
the patr1arcns and prophets, the apos.

, the patr1arcns and prophets, the apos-
ties and martyrs, the confessors and
virgins of the church! How much
more glorious for you to have, with
the saints, one mother-the church !;
the same brother-Jesus Christ; to
have with them one Lord. one faith,
one baptism, one God and Father Of
ALL
To sum up: In being worthy Chris
tians you become children of God,
brothers of Christ, temples of the
Holy Ghost. Our Lord is your Adj
vocate in Heaven. He is the Herald
that will usher into His kingdom, ana
you claim as your spiritual kindred
those illustrious men and women who
have reflected honor on our common
humanity.
May l not say to you, not in the
language of eXaggeration, but in the
inspired words of the Apostle: "You
are a chosen people, royal priest
hood" You are chosen generation,
| chosen from thousands of others who
know not God. For, He hath not
done alike to other nations, and hath
| not manifested His mercies to them
as He has to you, "a holy nation, ~
for what people or nation is like to
ours, that hath its God so nigh unto
them as our God is nigh unto us? ga
purchased people, purchased not
with corruptible gold and silver. but
with the precious blood of jesus
Christ ga royal priesthood" He
calls you kings because you are the
sons of God, the King of Kings, and
the Lord of Lords, though you are
outside the sanctuary, and not clothed
in sacred robes. He calls you priests
because you are concentrated in your
baptism that you might offer up on
the altar of your hearts and in the
sanctuary OF your homes the spiritual
victims of praise and Thanksgiving
and supplication to your God.
I said You are children of God
and heirs to His kingdom. Where
there is SO much honor and dignity,
and so grand a prospective inheri-
lance, there must be a corresponding
obligation. But how often does it
happen that son, after having been
appointed by his father the heir of
his estates, has forfeited his inheri-
lance by his ingratitude and disso-
lutte life! Children of God, be care
full not to lose your heavenly in
heritance by dishonoring your Lord.
Royal children of a Royal Father, let
your brow be encircled by the halo
of royal virtues eff I am your Fa-
Their, where is My honor; if I am
your Master, where is My fear?"
1t is customary for students who
have been attending colleges and
academies to return home during the
summer vacation or during the
Christmas or Easter holidays, when
they will recount to their father their
trials and triumphs in the field of
literature, and express to him their
gratitude for the education they re-
ceive. They will gladly listen to his
counsel. and will sit once more with
Joy at the family table.
We ail ere, or we ought to be, pu-
pills of Christ, preparing ourselves
during this life of probation to re.
ceive diploma of sanctity which will
admit us to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Our Heavenly Father invites us to
return to His house at certain times,
particularly on the Lords day, that
we may lay before Him our trials,
temptations and Affections, that we
may again listen to His voice and re-
ceive His paternal counsel, and par
take of the heavenly banquet He had
prepared for Us, and above all, that
we might express our gratitude to
Him for the signal blessings He has
bestowed upon us. Hasten hither on
Sundays with as much eagerness as
children return to the paternal roof
l said you were brothers and sisters
Of Jesus Christ. Never dishonor your
elder Brother. Never consent to any
deed Or thought of which He would
be ashamed. Our Lord gives us the
test of true brotherhood: HE that
doeth the will of My Father who is
in Heaven, he is My brother and sis
ter.n