The Irish standard., 1913-04-26

We are happy to be in a position
to present to our readers the thor
oush and instructive discourse deliv-
cred by Rt. Rev. Austin bowling
when Bishop Duffy WAS elevated to
the position which we know he will
dignity: and which, by his work of
years in Wyoming he has richly
earned. The sermon speaks for it,
self. Any comment Of ours would
be out Of place.
! He said therefore TO them: Peace
be to you. as the Father hath sent
me so also | send you. st. John xX:
81.
/ We are assisting this morning at
the most solemn and important Of
fec in the liturgy-that venerable
rite by which the church of Christ
rencws itself in one of her chief
pastors and hands Oh the fullness OF
her charge and her powers to a new
| successor of the apostles. 1t it nat
uraly the most vital function in the
ecclesiastical organism. yet 1t breathes
the spirit Of the past. It's ceremon-
les, developed in the course of many
centuries, lead us back to customs
and uses that have long since been
obsolete except OH an occasion such
as this. but are here perpetuated as
| If to show that the conservation of
a bishop, while providing primarily
for the future OF the church. is cr-
fected by an authority for whom the
forms and fashions of Christian an
tiquity arc still tho familiar and ade.
quate modes Of prayer.
) Thoughts Turn Back.
Remember your prelates," says
ST.. Paul in the epistle to the He
brews, who have spoken the word
Of God 10 you. whose faith follow.
considering the end or their conver.
sation Jesus Christ, yesterday, today.
the same forever" This ceremony
this morning turns our thoughts
backward to the church of yesterday
which is one with the church Of to-
day in Jesus Christ. who is the same
+, forever. Still abiding in his church.
he sends another man this morning.
even as the Father sent him to take
the place OF this ministry and apos-
tleship," "to give himself continually
TO prayer and the ministry of the
F, Word"
The Father sent him, the word
made flesh. into the world to save
men as man. There was attached
to his human life and death the tre-
mendous fact of the worlds redemp.
tion. The truth he brought TO men
was himself 81 am the way, the
/ truth. and the life" II might be
formulated into dogmas. il might be
systematized into theology, It
might give rise 10 a wide and copi-
ons literature. but in its earliest pres.
cntation in it's essential form It was
identified with himself with a
mans life, needs and personality.
albeit that man was both God and
man in one. Hence he babe his fol-
lowers to follow him rather than n
doctrine. He called for faith in him
| self rather than in a creed. II his
words should not pass away as he
promised, it was because he should
not pass away but should remain "all
days. even to the consummatiOn Of
the world" He should indeed die, be
buried his sepuchre should be in
the sight Of men, but be should never
be remembered as one who had
passed away for the memorial Chris
tian rite was his real presence and
his disciples should always know
him in the breaking Of the bread"
The distinctive mark OF Christianity
i as a system of thought and a phil
osophy was it's association with the
life, death and resurrection Of Jesus.
You can never understand Christian.
ity until you "find" Christ. It is a
living organism which existed before
and is independent of its literary ex-
preston. The inspired scriptures
are but witness to the word of God.
What is even more remarkable is
i that mankind even while it studies
the text of holy writ must always
exclam as the Ennuch in the Acts
of the Apostles. "How can under
stand unless some man show mel"
AS st. Paul wrote to the Romans.
GLOW can they believe him of whom
they have not heard, and how cal