Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-06
FATHER CONWAY OPENS
SERIES OF SERVICES
raulist Priest Speaks Twice at
Cathedral OF Sacred
Heart.
DIVINITY OF CHRIST
Answers Those Who Would Substi-
tutc Humanitarian Theories for
the Christ of ChriStendOni--Will
Continue Talks Through Week.

Father Bertrand l.. Conway. of the
Paulist Fathers. New York. yesterday
morning began his series Of noncon-
troversial sermons in Sacred Heart
Cathedral. AT high mass he spoke on
the subject The Good Shephcr and
at night on 'rhe Divinity of Christ
In the course of his morning lecture.
Father Conway said that Christ wished
all to belong to one church. to the
church OF his founding, and quoted
Christ as saying: And other sheep |
have that are not of this fold. Them
also | must bring. and they shall hear
my voice, and there shall be one fold
and one shepherd" (John y. l6.)
Indeed" said Father Conway. our
Lord is more solicitous for the out
siders than for the Catholics. of whose
loyalty He is assured. AS devoted fol-
lowers of the Master we must be full
OF zeal for the great work If extend
ing His kingdom upon earth. We can
not wrap ourselves up I'm our own in
terests and in those of our Catholic
brethren, and at the same time be
true to the missionary spirit OF
Christs church.
UNITED STATES HAS NEVER
MADE WAR on CHURCH
Never perhaps. in the history of the
world has the Catholic Church had so
great Il field for her growth as in our
own beloved country. AS nation the
United states has never made war upon
the church. as all the nations of
Europe have done at various periods
OF their history: and although bigotry
and prcjudices have at times arisen in
organized protest. the sturdy good
sense of the American people soon
laughed them out of court.
Many Jealous priests among us can
give testimony to the deep vein Of re-
ligion that runs through the honest.
independent American character. No.
where is it more evident than in the
missions to non-Catholics. whether In
the large cities or in the smaller coun-
try towns" He said that many Ameri
cans had become indiferentistS and
unbclicvcrs. but Il was not because
they hated Christianity. but because.
through faulty education. they were
given the Gospel in a form that reason
rejected.
In his evening sermon. Father Con-
way upheld the doctrine of the divinity
Of Christ. answering an oft-timcs-cN-
pressed doubt as to the Incarnation
III the words Of the Athanasian Greed
chat He is God OF substance of the
Father, born before all ages, and man
Of the substance of Ills Mother. born
in time: perfect God and perfect man.
subsisting OF rational soul and a
human body: equal to His Father nc-
cording to His divinity. and less than
His father according 10 His humanity"
Further proof OF His divinity came
from Chr!st's own lips when He said,
among other things. Before abraham
was made I am and from His own
deeds in sitting the storm with word,
in walking upon the sea- in feeding
the multitudes with n few !oaves and
fishes, in changing water :nto wine.
in healing the halt. the ma med and
the blind. in raising the dead and,
lastly. in His own act OF resurrection.
Su'nJVp. .
OMIT MIRACLES FROM BIBLE
The unbclievers of our day have
StriVen TO give us Il life OF Jesus in
which they deny the historical reality
of the miracles recorded in the Gospel.
lIut to omit the miracles from the life
OF Christ is to destroy. as one has
we'll said, the identity of the Christ OF
the Gospels. 1t is TO substitute a new
Christ for tho Christ of Christcndom.
The Gospels present a block of diff
culties 10 humanitarian theories, and
these difficulties can only he removed
by mutations of the narrative SO
wholesale and radical as to destroy
their substantial interest"
Father Conway is conducting
question box in conjunction with his
series % lectures. and he will also re-
"eivc visitors at the Cathedral rec
tory from to 1:45 o'clock each even
ing. All inquiries on moral and relig-
ious matters will he answered in n non
controversial spirit
The titles of the different subjects
IN the course Of lectures are us fol-
lows:
Monhay, December 6, ?, Ms
one Church as Good as Another"
Tuesday. Deccmbc: :. S T. M.-"Rca-
son OF Faith"
Wednesday, December s. r. Nj
The Church and the Bible
Thursday, December 9, F. M.--"The