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VOL. 1X. a
t the members, ‘every one of them, in the body as|
it hath pleased him,” * and the eye cannot ‘say: to
hath tempered the body » giving the
abundant honour to that wth wanted i it,
if one member suffer any thing, & the members: sul:
fer with it; or if one member glory, all the
“UNITED STATES CATIIOLIC MISCELLANY.
consistently’ with our faith and discipline.
‘We fa e further declare tv you, that no right of prese
u
tation or p to any one of, our cht ches 0 or
sions, has ever existed or does now exist canoni-
cally, in the tes, and’ moreover, even
m the manner in whicl
the church:property in these states is vested : un
|that even did
not be in oor power, after what we have learned Christ
eminent law t
rejoice with it. Now yo are. the body of Christ
members of membi To us. unworthy as we
e, 2, the same Apostle who thus describes the knit-
ting together of our members into compact. unity,
addresses himself, warni ng that we ‘take heed tu
rselves and to all the flock over which the Holy
God, which he hath purchased. with his b
And indeed we may truly say with the Apostle
that ** we think God hath set us forth as the last”
because * we are made a spectacle to
the world, to augels and to men,” we are assimilat-}
ed-to him in many things, though
adistance in his footsteps, we write not t these things}
to shame you, but to - -admonis ’ dearest
children.” Let ron h if we
nor
we desire to create such right, it iad
. 147
~| steadily obey the precepis of that spouse of Christ’
the pillar and the gro truth,” of which he -
declares himself ‘ he that ‘il not hear tho church,
cause of these things cometh the anger of God upon
the children of unbelief, Be ‘ye not, therefore, par-.
takers with them.” You know * that no furnicator.
unclean, nor covetous person which ig a serving
eeitels. h wth any inherilance in -the kingdom of
8 od ae Hf ve no 0 fellowship with
t e ve
any mode in which it “could be canonically created 5 ;
the nature of our state-constitutions and the disposi-
tions of our state legislatures regarding church- -pro-
_S
a
perty, being so perfectly at variance with the prin. :
ples upon whieh such property must be secured,
fore such right could be created. » It is our duty. as
it is our disposition, 80 to exercise that power which
resides -in us, of making or changing, the appoint-
ments. of your pastors, ¢ as to ‘meet nut only your
ur wishes,
; wholesome isciline
NY.
ing and abstinence are
est, the me mm necessary, and most.
of the church, yet there are
m e write it with- affliction of soul, who
profess to be of our body, and :who disregard those
cepts, he
art of the earlie
&
°
the just desire ‘and expectations of|
meritorious priesis will permit, and we
the discharge of the imost ‘inportant and most
cate duty, we shail always meet with your support ;
as our only object can be your spiritual wellare, for
the ata of which, we are, at the rise of our
erils of rivers, in perils in the city, in perils in the
wilderness, in perils in the sea,.in labour and pain-|t
fulness, in watchin g often, i in hunger and whisat, i in
> and heat? * Besides
our. dai’ of inst ances,
who
in| for the better gifts, and we yet shew
to ‘lay aside all prejudice and par.
tiality reapesting those whom we appoi
children, we exhort you to “ be zealous
© you a more
poingnent to all
exeellent ways a ad the a
the
churche
}
ad we
9
we are not weak, who
burn?
nall this wha’ scan be our object ?—
We t the stations which we fill,
with a full knowledge of their difficulties, not rely-| w
ing upon our own sufficiency, but upon the grace
of God and your co-operation, we boldy say before
tite Gud who will judge us, that it
upon t your
they would be useless. having ‘oad
satisfied; we hav o fainilies to provide for, we
have no relatives to enrich; have]
devoted ourselves, solewnly pledging our souls to|cy
God fur your advantage ; for yous we would willing:
fyspend and be speat. What we could sav m,
your contributions, what we could obtain in foreign
nations hy entreaty, what charity has cnt ted to
expen
‘33
cha
; all this we have. expended for the
gst you. ter the
f our assertions we appeal to yourselves.—}
Are we then unworthy of your confidence ? Has
our conduct been domination ? e God we are
‘conscious of many faults, and we confess and lament}
av!
wanting 'o declare to yous all ihe one of God.”
Y e have en
who, not fally segisinted wih the riper of
rch government, med to reform it up-
on ‘the model of those, whe have separated from us,
or claimed imaginary rights from the misapprehen-
sion of facts and laws with which they ‘were badly, if
atall acquainted ; a been abet-
ignorant or unprincipled priests.; and disas-|
traus schisms have thereby occasionally n..We
jbitter t@irs when we beheld those usurp
ing and ‘frequently immoral delinquents, standing
the -holy places, and profaning the services ofthe
living God ;_ we. have
adherents.
8
deplored the delusion of their
clergyman toor from any b r mission, wi
or without the care of souls, exint i in any one, save|cred g'
the ordinary prelate oft the discess: or, district.in
whieh such ben sion We, of
it holy “father the Pope,’ as the o
dirs prelate ofthe whole cliereh, yeti itis not usual
for him to interfere, save very ex
éasions ;, this right never bas been conceded by ¢
church to any other body, hor could’t it be conceded,
but]i
s for your sake | the
s|round, to enter into holy converse with the kindred
raordinary oc-|i
you are called.”
walked amidst the dry bones that ay scattered on
e|the plain, entrusted to our care? e they were
covered with sinews and flesh, and animated with
e spirit of those bodies were the tab-rna-
cles of the Holy Ghost ; ; delighted ‘angels hovered
souls which dwelt within ; the elastic air was feagraut
with the breathings of prayer ; 3 the soft eye of pious
gratitude collected i a its effugence the complacen-
as lik whe
God vouch safed | to become. fumiline with the chil-
dren of dust: it was well for.us to be there : how
we desired to build tabernacles and to make it our
abode! But alas, the serpent came, sin was enter-
tained, death ‘triumphed, and the silence of desola-
on and the
our voices could effect in you, the change
whieh that of the Prophet was destined to produce
upon the house of [srael. r bones are
dried up, and our hope is lost, and wea are cut off ”
e|for the Lord God who first breathed into Adan
living soul, has commanded us to proclaim to those
slain by sin. that they may live again. We entrea
=S
i
trust thati in}g
t del aie
ruins of mortality are spreid around.—| f
ordinances, making themselves slaves to
gluttony rather than servants of God, who prefer the
who cannot himself’ avoid despising the weakness —
which dreads the smile ufa man, rather than the dis-
pleasure of God. We-entreat of you to @ mare
consistent in your practice with your professio
t tha Premoralizing
sitions could be at t
€} you to charity and affection towards yout citizens of
To God and ni
every denomination. © you, nor
reserved the judgmest of individual We know it
o be clearly declared by the ineiration of heaven,
vidence of r
son, that there cannot be now
true churches. We know that we have preserved
the deposit of the faith, which we ought to adorn by
ur Virtue, and we testify those facts to you
ere] we exhort you to imitate the glorious und creditable
exainple of those good men who first sowed the m'
tard seed tof our faith in this part of our con tinente=-
They were so fully convinced of those great tr ths’
which we now proclaim, that. they suffered joyfully
an swervé
they and
ha Sd any h, nor ‘the affliction which
unkind d feeling i in their.
you, therefore, ‘that deserting the ways 3 of it iniquity
f
you ‘be now converted to the pastor and b
your so nis,” who. when we all were as hewn go-
ing astray,” ** his a pore our sins it his body
upon the tree, that we ¢ bein ng’ to sin, might live
0 justice ; by whose stripes we ar d.? You
acknowledge ‘the power of the tribunal which he has
whase: sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven}
them; and whose you shall retain they are retained.”
Have recourse ther ereto. Our
us VIII. uccessor of St.
Catholic Chureh. unites his supplica
beseéching yor ‘to have'pity upon vour own so ule
nfand ‘offers you the benefits of a plenary
that the
himself established when he * breathed upon his dis-
ciples, and said to them, receive ye the Holy Ghost.|ed,
ristian lik re 3 “th rat it genuine reli- “
gious liberty, w hich theurh it declares that truth is
single, that religious indifierence is criminal in the
eye vof God, and that religious error wilfully enter-,
v
t within their border:
should securely repose. in the enjoyment of. all their
cher please
gration that j it emanated fem the tbody to which |
nd
in the form of ajubilee, to excite a
you to advance. If then, this day, through our min-
ty, you hear the voice of the Lord, harden not
2.
who have beci hitherto
remiss, to fill up the ,reesure of our consolation by
uniting yourselyes
e constant at the holy sseriice, of the niass with
io art
at our inculcatin upo n you, to pre-
the s:
not only in our civil and political, ak sleai in your,
social relations with your separated bre
*'Pherefore stand fast,. and, hold, ie ‘esitons
epis-
ur
vi hich you have learned, whether by word or
e' tle”? Pra:
ray for us, that the word of God ray run,
and m may be glorified ever as among you: we.
have confidence | in the Le rd coneorning you that the .,
things which we and. will do: end the ,
Lord direct your hearts jin the “charity of G d and.’
the patience of Chi nist ? “Bar ithe rest beloved
children whatsoever’ @, whatsoever —
things are modes' t, whalsoover “things are just, what-
h, |soever holy, whatsoever amiable,, whatsoever a of go
{carefully ohserve the commandinents of God:; and
‘0
repute, if there bo any virtue, if any praise of disci-
civil and political rights, though they were in religi- -
to us, do they stand or fall; to bim and, not to usis ;
s error. If our brethren of other denominations —
hare, since that period, adopted the principle, an
ish it, they will no at our