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''"A certain  man  made  a  great  supper  and  invited  many." — Luke xiv. 16.

Ex. : I.  Choicest  gift. II. Scriptural figures. III. Comparisons.

I. Protestant  unbelief:  i.  Heresy. 2. Catholic  doctrine. 3. Meaning  of  parable.

II. Doctrine proved :  1. Scripture. 2. Teaching  and  practice of  Fathers. 3. Character  of  doctrine's  friends and enemies.

III. Causes of  infidelity:  1. Pride and  avarice. 2. Conceit. 3. Sensuality.

Per. : Exhortation  to  approach  Lord's  banquet-board.

Brethren, God  has  endowed  and  enriched  His Church with  many  and  singular  prerogatives,  but  the greatest of  them  all,  the  most  precious  gift  she  has or could  have  received  from  His  hands,  is  the  adorable Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  body  and  blood. Compared with that,  all  the  ceremonies  and  sacrifices  of the  Old  Law  seem  empty  and  valueless. " Beggarly elements,"  St. Paul calls  them. " For  if,"  he  says, " the  blood  of  goats  and  of  oxen  served  to  sanctify the  defiled  unto  the  cleansing  of  the  flesh,  how  much more  does  the  blood  of  Christ  cleanse  our  conscience from  dead  works  to  serve  the  living  God." As the shadow is  to  the  reality,  so  was  the  Synagogue  to  the Christian Church,  so  the  manna  of  the  desert  to  the heavenly bread  Christ  gives,  so  the  water  that  gushed forth from  the  rock  stricken  by  Moses  to  the  blood that flows  from  the  Saviour's  transfixed  side. The