The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-18
SERMON BY REv.
 w. D. sHANIEY, IL k. D. Das<zne neu1s1ied E R. Rsctnr of St. Fe1ez,z, Danbury, Discusse es 'sxrf- umph Of the Cethoztc Chtrch-

uzupD or the CeFAoUc Nn1IcD The fun text of Rev. E'ather shan- 5ley's sermon fo1icws-&
 .sTn the days of these kfndon1s the God of Heaven will set up a Kingdom that shall never be destroyed and His. Kingdom shall not be delivered up to : srr4hers people, ana it shall break to- Kingdoms. and it shall stand forever. Daniel IT: A. X
 through the work of Christ the Catholic church triurnp1 1ls- Triumph is the note which sounds all the phases of the history of the GAth oli c church. and rings down through the Christian centuries.
 It is the plan of Heaven that the Church should trfu1nph. but Triumph by suffering. conquer through tfse cross
 1be church which Christ founded must resemble Him. must be marked by Ills characteristics. must repro duce His life and principles Christ trfurnphed by suffering AfeTf put Him to death and buried Him, and be- Hsvsa that hey had buried Ills pow er and fnf3uence forever But the hour of His death. which seemed the climax of His defeat, was the begin ming Of HIS victory He arose tEiuTn- pFiant from the tomb, and the dawn Of th8 resurreetion day was the dawn Of new era quElng 8 W11cAa hltss poWSfss was to extend throu ghout the world for al1 succeeding ages till the day of t1fe neneraR res1tFe dtlonz
 Christ ffzunpi1sd by suffering. He clearly dernonstrated this principle in conversation with the disciples of Emamus on tlae afternoon of Easter day He showed them tfle plan of Heaven. by unfolding the doctrine of Moses and the prophets. Ought not Christ to have sufersd tf ese things, and so ezriek &to WiH g This plan and prinofp1e was totally at var. riance with the worlds view The world had never regarded hunafliatfon asf a condition for glory nor suffering 1 a title to triumph The world was { -sfoolish and slow of heart to believe in all things which the prophets have spoken What is wisdom with God, { is fecifshness in the eyes of men Hence Christ was scandal to the Jews and a stum bling block to the Genef1es-
 Tshis was a new doctrine for the world which had not witnessed tri-H snn1ph evolve from Humiliation nor vic-1 ] tory rise from the tomb. This law | which applies to Christ, must apply to !, His church. and is the law which dom I mates her whole history
 In the very beginning the Lord tsent his representative, the Prince of lfhe Apostles, to the capital of the world, the center in which conyerged tau that was brilliant in the ciyiHza- ton of the ancient empire. He had prepared the Roman empire for a grand and mighty znissfons and had raised her to the height of spiendor and power. The empires of antiquity i had their sexcellences, but Rome had all their greatness, their majesty and power and so much more, that her grandeur was fnconceivaable before her day The Lord had drought all the 11ations Of the world to her feet Her roads led from the center of the cap 1ta1. to the uttermost bounds of civil ixation- Her language was the un- iversal tongue Her great and mighty mission was to be the Instrument for 9k1e spread of Christianity.
 One day, Peter the Galilean fisherman, weak and wayworn, entered Rome, to egtabfish the throne of the great race of popes He came not in the guise o4 a mighty conuueror, yet he was rs.igl11ier than the Roman giants, and their greatest captain
 He came to establish throne which was to endure for all time The throne Of Cambyses had passed away; the throne Of Alexander had crumbIed to dust. and the throne of the Roman Caesars was soon to be overthrown in the crash of an empire whose faH was to shake the universe The throne which that old man estab- 1ished. was the first inmovable throne that the world has ever seen Other thrones will crurlbIe, but the throne of Peter will last while Rome lasts, and when Rome falls, the world will fall Nations and kings will mistake itT 66.z shuman thing. and in their bIiEdE rase.< Htey will sh against 1t to overturn it. but they will dash themselves to pieces in the collision. and win lie wreck and ruin at it's ibase but the throne will remain az ir,an1oxaple as the mountains.
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