The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-15
MTElLECTUAL|SM
AND FEM|A|SM

Very Rev Peter j. O'Cailahan, G, s.
I RI. rector Of the Apostolic mission
house. o.. the Catholic university,
Washington. last night al Sacred Heart
cathedral. delivered a sermon on Uni
tAriAnism and Universalisn before a
large Lenten congregation His ad-
Dress in part.
Two OF the false gods of modern
progress are intellectually and FEM
-tAiam@x The cult. the former ~ G1i-
iATianism and of the latter uniYer-
zM&Hxns. fHteftecTnalism is not intel
Z iActual, but rather a distortion of right
xeAspn. Both are products OF mental
AAgenerarss and moral torpor, They
4Aftte emily among the few whose
T&6aHtaYy Evrs and lack of Yigor make
or unwholeseme thinking
Right reason trusts itself and dares
70 think and TO believe 1t loathes the
anorvatang influences of kkepticism. 1t
1DowE what III knows and what 1t does
ut know. /; knows that 1t has hmits
1lcns and honestly admits them. But il
does not doubt the reality of what ~
beyond it's ken IL recognizes that
4 nothing it knows liz more real than the
truth which in beyond it's eonnrehen-
sion. 1t hnds in the fact that there 10
N inconceivable body of truth beyond
as1k8 KfASp. All iuHhstNuF anu as hSSdf
sAmc4 Of divinity.
This sense of relief is an evidence
~ mental health.
.slps the face OF things it is evidence
that any statement as 10 the nature and
sDAiHg Of God lis inadequate II it is en-
a4fr<fy comprehensive ty tfTc tfnTte
Naind. The mere assertion that there
Ne but one God Is sufficient only for the
sdhfaRcy OF the race AS soon as man
rApxs Aa nj q r,s "a
thj1e that although God is one. He must
- ono something. and they insist
ssknowing what tina. something is,
~They know that God is not merely
~ single vacuity. but the fullness oi
life Gnd the very source Of all power
ssAa NOON ss God IN thought of as In &C
@@1ea. more must he predcated OF him
Eakhan mere singieness Of existence.
u His omnipresence as well as His
aMMnipotence. show forth richer
life than he unitaria nism cam com
haas
"a 1--WE nerd 10 know more Of God
3l1an that he exists and that He is
e%h% emily true God. We admit the
h 9mpoSsibiiity- of fnding an ADEQUATE
|s4tatement Of God in human rhilos
F5pphifs. II il enough for them 70
perNuade US that there is a Cod. oniy
divine reveia ton can manifest God
- xasch wise thar He save uS from
Nhe ruin into which our ignorance
Il maHat plunge us quite as surely as
s0nr sins
M 1.-THE need az revelation is one with
Z the need of Saviour. Each demon
i strates inevitably both must be If
there be God who hath n Gaze for
y Hin people
.Universalisnn ls based upon ia Use
fundamentally. To say that God Ia
tcck kind 10 punish any soul with
everlAssing punishment is entirety
Il 9fMtitious Such an assertion docs
nat contemplate the possibility OF
there being another form OF view be
94es this sentimental one. The very
Mature Of sin Is such that everlastinf.
M pMMtxhment is inevitable. The Law
~ makes heaven possibility
EM1Qk&S hell a logical necessity. God
eposes not 10 be mercifui because
en become wiilful aud wicked.
5s The purpose II railroad diree-
@A4eM Ia furnishing fast trains be-
MU4aA our great cities is benevolent.
~ ~ man jump Off a fast train, its
49, draws him beneath the wheets
MAAhes him to pieces. No pur-
Al changed when the man is de-
D10d- Sc are all of Gods laws as
efentnK express trains designed for
11 comfort and salvation They
~ bring US 10 life eternal But
- UNTO him who jumps off.
INSTRUMENTATION has nothing nf
qb4 reason TO commend IL. and IL
AEnA4A ltSNH "a s@as4Taeaaalat yS sai1&esa
D4ts defensfhie. because IL II nor
u4 on reason. A mothers love
f0rture = Maynard son. He can
mf0rtable only when he forgets
No one would wish that mother
1e different even II her per-
IT love continues to haunt her
&49ful 0pn.
~ r u with Gods love ~ His
1ReG IL Ha- &ere n t., ,ossassr n,
hem, or were to put righteous
9oA rim upon q par either now
eouqhOut eternity. lie would not
God. He would cease e