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CHURCH FOUNDED
BY CHRIST" The
SUBJECT OF tai
REV. FATHER ALLARD, PREACH
ING AT ST. MICHAEL'S, DEALS
WITH HISTORY OF CATHOLIC
CHURCH.

The sermon last night at St. Mich
ael's church was on, '"The Church
Founded y Christ" AS on previous
evenings, Rev. Father Allard read
from the Bible several texts as
foundation for his argument.
Taking up the subject of the SER
mon, the speaker briefly reviewed the
matter of two preceding sermons,
''The Divinity Of Christ" and ''The
Private Judgment of the Scriptures"
"Christ as God came on earth and
taught the truths of the Kingdom Of
Heaven and the way of salvation to
the people who lived in His own coun-
try and day." said the speaker. ''He
demanded their belief, but no more
so than He demands our belief in the
same truth today, for He says to us
just as plainly as he did to them, He
who believeth and is baptized will be
saved, and he that believeth not will
be damned If Christ who was God
demands such faith from us in His
gospel, then He owed it to US in SIM
| pie justice, either to have remained
with US and teach US today as He
| taught the men and women of Pal
estire nineteen hundred years ago, or
failing to do that, then He should
have left some teacher to take His
place and that teacher one that could
fulfill its mission till the end of time"
He said that the Bible privately in
terpreted cannot take the place of
Christ; it did not in history, and was
not intended by Christ to do so"
The speaker contended that Christ
established church to teach for Him
and promised to remain with it for
ever, and to send the Holy Spirit to
teach it all truth, and further prom
Used that the gates of hell would
never prevail against it. ct follows
them" said the speaker, "that if
Christ is God, that church which he
so founded must be in the world to-
day, teaching as He Himself taught;
that is to say, with authority, Civ
ing infallible certainty and teaching
a doctrine of absolute unity.
''The earnest inquirer for truth
naturally asks the question, How can
/ find the true church of Christ? p
Upon investigation he finds that it is
| the Catholic Church, and the Catholic
Church alone, that has within it, or
even claims to possess the principle
of infallibility that will enable it to
teach with authority, to give infalli-
BILE certainty or teach doctrine of
absolute unity. Logically, he con-
cludes that it is this church, and this
church alone, whose method of teach
ing is like that of Christ. Finally
the inquirer looks for the history of
any church that claims to teach the
gospel, to discover if it has been
sent
"This test" continued Father Al
lard, demonstrates the fact that the
Catholic Church is the historical
church, going back, as impartial his
tory testifes, to the days of Christ
and the Apostles, when He said unto
them, 10, | am with you all days
even to the end of the world II
that promise failed even once, Their
the divinity of church must be de-
MED"
Miss Grace de Camp sang "Oper
Thy Gates" and Miss Dimple McMil.
Ian offered the religious version OF
''The Dream" Both of the soloistS
charmed their hearers by their ex
cellent and temperamental renditions
Mr.. O'Brien Motta played the violir
} obligata for the singing for the sing,
; ing and apple Blossoms" as solo
as usual he rendered same with ex
; ouisite touch and feeling.