The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-20
VI. His remarks in condensed form
wprr rs follows:

VI. His remarks in condensed form
were Us follows:
The ordination OF Il prizes Is = rare
md solemn rite. For that We are hc:n
assembled. AL both priests ana rcnpl"
do well 70 pause awh!l" and lake n rs
deep Significance What IS Il priest
! To answer we must go up stream 10 the
Soulce and tount of ali pr!cs'nnoa'
! Jesus Christ, tbs great High Priest. me
! lrcdrnatc Son of God. what was his
| ;'riCslhuoLc II was the Office he as
! Sumcd for the saving OF the world ny
| tn. oblatiOn Of himself IN he \cSturc "i
our human nature. He is Altar. Priest
! and Victim. But there is 10 record In
! the Sacred Scriptures OF h!s ever BEING
| ordained. Oh. yes, my brethren! Inc
! junction. OF His sacred humanity. Dy ms
: awful and iner .,hlc Divinity was His
| ordination. This young nlau Will nave
, his tanCs only physically Amounted
| Clr:s,'s sacred humanity was ana"'nt.
| cd ~ Divinity n every atom. e:erE
| muscle every hpnc, every sinnw. every
! corpuscle Of his blood: IL every Power.
: IN every luuCr'nOSt rr'rSS "t HIS hu'ian
Soul. linen saturated ~i;h OIL. Ere ."r-
, a,ea,ing tho iro. plunged int" ii. hight
! irr:da'ir tn" crystal. The all embracing
! and al pcnetral 'ng air. tncsa are but
! poor SMILES Of this ln-dwcilinS OF The
! divinity! Read the fourth Chapter OF
! ST Luke. verses 1871 and YOU Will get
some inkling of CnriSt's office as priest.
; he willrd To- share win weak. sinful
, ltl,u this prizes thuud. There are not two
| priesthoods AZ there are are not two
| sacrifices Ever priest is taken From
: among mcu. Christ. III choosing thS ma
! ;urc IN which He was :" he Il Ecd""ni"r
: passed down III" flashing lnnum"rahi"
;hrungS OF tn. trembling Powers. tn''
{ ador!ng Dnmiut!i"rS. the Majestic
Thrones. tn" t."i uhinl. the Scraphlm:
: III. strricd hosts Of the .lrchang"lH and
) tho Angels. Kill. by SlupcndouS dc
scent H.: assumed mans l"wly stature.
! III. cmpii.l Himself taking the form
! o. servant.
; AS he yhoSr natures. so NJ chooses
persons il. that nature. GoI alone
! chooses priests. As It was N the begin
ming. 50 now You hav. not chosen ms.
; but have chosen YOU" John Ky. l6l
! He walks by the shore of thc lake. Two
, uisn arc n"nding .h"ir nctS. Come yc
after a.. he says.
The Call.
; When IN" hour rf IN" 'iIsi comes God
: 'akes :Iut. Tic sets him apart. Hc
isolated him from IN" world by immur.
ms him IN ciHIS,tcrcd shades. by new
form Of dress by uu$tcrc ohscrranceS.
Marx we'll. The Seminary is i SACRED
nos: in which tod "ululLs him in His
wings In That silence God speaks TO
! Inn. .,uriti"S n:m. Gtiligh'cn$ him. lie
nourishrS aim with the bread of truth
Nhlr!l IS doctrine. il" causes him TO
drink ~ the livinS sources OF holiness
. Wn:"h ar III" Sa"ramcnt@. To him hc
4 Il 49,, l.,,,s -s,s,t.y
meditation. says III. isalmiS;. imiarts
~ children Il Wisdom greater than that
,.: cid men.
He = as old as JESUS Christ. All.
| mry very we'll call you Father said a
recent convert 10 L YOUNG priest OF thir-
~ Years. l am sixty years old. but
lDt' arn nineteen hundred A Sayin 8
most pruInund. The priest is as old as
Ir>uS Christ. Like unto Christ he was
Yesterday. h" is today and forever. He
is as old As the world. Indeed 1t may be
said that M IS eternal. His doctrine is.
tic has the undergraduates OF Christ.
H., * free from worldly cares. free from
Family tics. God is his sole portion.
Dominus Pars Hereditatis Meae. The
extension Of Gods kingdom is mis- sole
aim.
lie has divine mission: And as the
Father !la;n sent inc l also Scnu you.
IL ana teach.
H.. has tn" Holy Spiri: Receive We
tn Holy Ghost
ii" hu.> his powers: He binds heaven
Itself by his judgment. H. has free in
i,r.SS 70 III" divinity. When he speaks
t;"d listens not with the condcsccnsion
~ master to servant but with the low
nr Kindness OF friend to friend. Il
VIII not now call you scrvants--hut
have called you friends" re said 10 His
first priests in the upper chamber. (John
Nv. ~ Most into Significance. he call;
Cod in tn" highest heavens 10 descend
and he d"SCends.
He bears divinity within himself rs
did Jesus Christ. Hc is 4 living. breath
Iug sacrament of holiness. the hand
with which God bless"s, the voice with
Whl"h hr speaks. the heart with which
h" loves
Til" iiisilop closed by defining tho
- NJ