Year: 1872

The Necessity OF tho ChristfNn Perforln-
ing Good Works-SalvatiOn Only At
tafned by Works OF Love and Charity
Discourse by Vicar General STAIRS.


The attendance at the Cathedral In Mott street
was quite large, Notwithstanding the heat, and the
usual masses were celebrated. The sermon was
preached by Rev. Father STAIRS, who took for his
text the passage Of Scripture In Matthew vii. 15-
'.Beware of false prophets, which come to you In
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous
Volves,n &c. He said that In the Gospel, from the
18th to the 2lst verse. our Saviour admonishes His
disciples on two very important points. In the
1rst place He warns them to


BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS


and evr and In the second place He inculcates the
great moral duties of the Gospel, OF performing
good works, In order to procure our salvation. He
declares that every tree that brings not forth good
6uit shall be cut down and cast into the fire. In
other words, every prOfessed Christian who per-
forms not good works shall be cast into the fire.
This is one Of the most important subjects-the
necessity Of performing good works in order to
sttain the kingdom Of heaven. That good works
are necessary to salvation is laid down in other
portions Of the Scripture. Christ says:-"Not every
enc that says Lord, Lord, shall enter Into the king
dom Of heaven, but he that d0eth the will OF my
Father who is In heaven.n


THE WILL OF THE FATHER


u that we keep His commandments. We must not
be disobedient to God. This caused the expulsion
OF our first parents from the earthly paradise. II
obedience Is necessary to salvation, then disObedi-
ence Of His commands excludes us from salvation.
We mast perform good works in order to gain
heaven. All acknowledge that neither fornlcators,
drunkards, nor murdereis nor evildoers shall enter
into the Kingdom Of heaven. Only the just and
pure who DO the win Of God SHAH enter into that
mercy are sufficient 10 obtain our salvation. This
p not true; The mercy OF Christ alone will mot not
works by the spirit Of prayer, then his good works
are sanctionedby


Our Saviour says .'Let not thy lett hand know
what thy right hand doeth." In the twenty NTH
chapter or Matthew we find this subject laid down
In special manner. There we read an account Of
the day Of final Judgment OF the Just and the
wicked. lie invites the just TO enter into the rest
gcred and ye gave me meat, l was thirsty and
yc gave me drink lie says to the wicked, BE
gave me no meat when was thirsty ye s gave me s
one win be Judged according to the works
performing good works in this life in order to at
plied with this duty OF the Gospel Our saviour
tells that every tree that bringeth not forth good
ifut shan be cast into the re You are re- the v,sr
You, young and old, rich and poor, are trees In
His vineyard and each one must bring forth fruit
IN good season. We are not all bound to bring
fOrfh the same kind OF fruit, but each according
20 his state In life. OF him who has much, much
Will be required. or him who has little little will
be required. Man must give TO the poor and per-
form works. or he cannot be excused. What is
, the proportion man is requested to give In
looking through the ordinance Of the old law find
each one was obliged to give 1.-THE OF one-tenth
Of his yearly income as


PORTION GIVEN TO GOD.


Il may be said that you cannot give, as you must
support your families. But you must give child'a
portion to Cod III You cannot give money you can
% acts Of charity; visit the poor, cheer the sick
and perform such other works as lies In your
power. Thus You will lay up treasures for the next
theves break through and steal. ''Blessed, blessed
ere those who die in the Lord for their works shal
follow them.1