Year: 1871

| miracles-assaied ny enemies on all sfdosf Her
sole aim Is to conduct man to his natural and true
AFFAIRS; FOR wnaG Intervention can be greater than
CHRIST lncarnate with her, and the holy Ghost en-
livening that mystical body which God has made on
FAR ABOVE THE TEMPORAL


ana above reason itself What, tnen, are the rela.
tiOns between thens They cannot be united so that
one shali eclipse or cancel the other or destroy It's
functions; such union would be destruction. A
OF temporal fuller but he does not
necessarily thereby destroy the existence or
snr,,,o cannot say 9" ~. ~, 49,. s'afe Much
less can the temporal say 70 s:s spiritual, "Come
down from your LOFTY eminence and oDey me; VIII
control you and chain and imprison your minister's:
between them is that in which the State shall obey
the voice OF God speaking through the spiritual
can lead men TO eternal happiness. Now, there is-
no spiritual power but IN the Catholic Church; for
there can oe mono in other sects which don't pre-
tend to guide the people and don't agree them
selves. In religion there must be some such guiding


MUST BE INFALLIBrLIry


because COD ls lnallible. The Catholic Church has
been, and snal ever be. Kingdom which no power
can overthrow. This kingdom not OF this world,
indeed We are told that she desires both here and
In Europe % to usurp % the temporal and make herself
jtst hands on the temporal Kings sought TO
crush her; yet sne invariably taught men to submit
conscience sako.u ana that revolution and rebellion
lea 70 anarchy. Men may grow wise, as they tnlnk;





contrasted at length the action OF the Catholic
Church with that OF helerodox rulers who
prosecuted Catholics even to death, and he
condemned the established religions OF Russia and
England especially the atter-where the bishops
are more subservcnt TO the privy council than 10
God. The Catholic Church never shall attempt to
control the government She cannot debase
herself because her mission is to teach the truths
OF revelation and the principles which should be
mems mems & guide through life. Ii ner voice be only


FABRIC OF OUR GOVERNMENT


shall never rent by such terrible revolutions as
sion, permit me to put you on your guard against
two heresies, which are to be found in almost
poral power from l God; that thaI governments
are only from the win Of the people, and
that when . man obeys his governor he 0beys him.
sell. Now, II the government OF the United States
has no authority from God am free to dlsobcy 1t,
and II DO rise against peace happiness and pros
turn our government Far from such unholy
thoughts is the heart Of every Catholic because he
knows that In rebeling against it he rebels against
COO. The other error Is that there Is no spiritual
authority whatever. Now. If there be no objective
spiritual authority there is none for what authority
fore, or this error which denies God himself Christ
the Lord, by whose blood alone men can be
saved; which denies the natural order and reason
itself, and would thus inaugurate reign OF


UNIVERSAL sCEPTICISM.


One word more. II those who write and talk about
the Catholic Church without knowing either herself
or her history, could only penetrate the hearts OF
her children and know them, they would melt down
for very shame. They may drive Catholics from
places or honor call their ministers by apprObrlOuS
names calumnate them and manac!e them. What
OIL all this Did the cross on which they CruCi1ed
Christ put an end to Chrlstianitys The more they
deny US and oppose us the more we will stand in
serried ranks We shall nave no ear and in our
captivity we shall have but one prayer-that God
people VINO have ventured TO put implous hands
upon our ministers. Father Preston concluded with
an animated exhortaton to stand fast by the prin-
cpes OF right and justice derived from the lesson in
the gospel or the day.