Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-11

MISSION OPENS
Will Continue for Week at ST,
Bridget's, Under Direction
of PauIist Fathers.

\ weeks mission for non-Catholics
was opened yesterday at st. Brlage'ts
Roman Catholic Church by Rev. John
Bernard Harvey, of the Paulist Faith
ers. of New York.
Father Harvey with Father James
n. Gllis, recently gave two weeks
mission at st. Bridget's for Catholics.
His address at the II O'Clock mass
yesterday was. The Good Shop
herd" Last night the church was
thronged when he made an address
on What Think We Of Christ"
His schedule of lectures is Is fol-
lows:
Tonight The Catholic Church
and the Bible;" tomorrow night, The
Church of Christ" Wednesday night,
"Papal Infallibility;" Thursday night,
THE Confession Of SIM" Friday
night. The Lords supper, Christ
HIMSELF" Sunday morning at II
O'Clock External Religion" and
Sunday night at o'clock "Why /
Am a Catholic"
The series of talks are primarily
for non Catholics because they tell of
the Catholic faith and practises in de-
tail. The purpose of Father Harvey
is to explain and defend the doctrines
of the Catholic Church in a kindly
spirit.
In conjunction with the lectures
Father Harvey will devote a half
hour each evening while he is here
to answering any questions which
may relate to the Catholic religion.
a box will be placed near the door OF
st. Bridgets Church and whatever
inquiries viii be found therein bear
ing upon the claims, teachings, laws,
leo If ~
will be answered frankly and as fully
as time will permit. Books viii be
distributed free to all nOn-CathOlicS
seeking information. Those who de-
sire to discuss particular questions
may call at St. Budgets rectory, BAL
Washington street, between and D
p. m. The lectures will be free to all
In addressing an audience in St.
Bridget's Church, which included
many non-Catholics, last night Father
Harvey said in part:
1.-THE question with regard TO the
divinity of Jesus Christ is of deep and
thrilling Importance to every man.
Eternal results depend on the answer
we give TO it. 1t has been answered
in different ways.
''To some Christ is merely man
good. truthful. wise, noble, spotlessly
pure. the saint, the type, the model
of ali men (Goethe.) BY his great
ness and goodness, He throws all
other human attainments into oh
security tChanning) TO His eye God
opens the unlimited stretch of the fu-
/ tUre; to Him God lends the support
of Infinite power. More He is a
/ teacher, a leader sent from God. He
/ is the mouthpiece of God He speaks
! with an authority as infallible and
/ unquestionable as that of God-fol
/ God is with Him in His every under
/ taking, enabling Him to fulfill every
promise and execute every threat. He
| is raised to the highest possible pin
nacle of human perfection, but thai
| perfection, be it remembered is hu,
man. Ia nature, in essence, Jesus is
never, to their thinking, anything
other than a man.
ITO US, however, He is the true anC
living God. In Him there are two
natures, wonderfully and inseparabll
united, the divine and the human
each in its fulness and perfection
Though joined, these two natures ar
not blended they both remain dis
tinct, each retaining its own Identity
it's own proper character and quail
ties. He the second Person Of tn
blessed Trinity, is true God and tru
man.