The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-27
CHURCH OF the DIVINE PATERNITY.

Sermon by the Rev. Or. Chapln-He Pours
Red Hot Spiritual Grape and Canister
Into Wall Street.
OWING no doubt to the Indictment state of the
weather the attendance at this church yesterday
morning was rather sparse, though highly fashion.
able. DR.. Chaplin took for hs text Matthew VIII 81
"For where your treasure is there will your heart
be also."
The preacher commenced by observing that as in
the material world there existed system or crawl
tat0n which drew the heart OF man towards GER
tain definite object, 1t might be said that in the
passage before US our Saviour proclaimed a law OF
spiritual affinity. No matter how distant the object
might be which attracted o man. 1t was that which
actually realized his life, No matter what obstacle
INTERVIEWED 1t was that object for which his nature
yearned and thirsted, Let them observe here I'm
the first place that the heart was taken for the
whole man-that 1t represented the essence and
substance. 1t was true human nature was not
divided into separate compartments. Notw.th.
standing, we might conceive that personality was
the core and centre OF ones ownsef aud this prn.
ciple or personality was expressed by the word
heart THIS was the scrptnral view Of the core and
the true view. mans body acted like faithful
servant TO his heart His intellect did not alter all
control him, but the more comprehensive his brain
bis heart was right. But II the heart was not right
he would be all the more terrible in hts wlckedness
Nothing In this world was SO dangerous as the
combined qualities OF genius and wickedness.
IL wasthe heart which determined the end at which
was but where mis- heart was that he really was IN
the plain declaration OF Jesus Christ himself that
where mans heart is there he ia, and where a
mans treasure is, there his heart is, we had the
law OF spiritual gravitation clearly defined. The OBJ
Ject might be long way or but the heart was there
to his heart was the home he left far away. The
nearest thing TO the Roman gladiator when he law
with tire mist Of death in his eyes was the spot
where T
AL bis young barbarians were at play
What man loved was his god, He carried n IN HI.
neart. lie went about with II night aud day.
mans heart might be right in his worship aud his
ate selfish and sensuous vision OF things After
some further remarks in elaboration of his text the
ness" IN Wall street. He said when we spoke OF
money truly indicated earthly treasures. LEI ma
He said distinctly and emphaticaiy, "Lay moi mn
treasures on earth' Now did that expression for |
bid all the operations Of commerce and trader |
our moneyed Institutions ana say that the he |
system was al wrong! Was that really the
were qualifications. There was no condemnation in
the New Testament oflawful accumulation 0Gwealth
selt r was there any commentator OF poverty in
we're rich In good works, and the poor whom He
recognized were those who were poor in spirit on
he other hand avarice, meanness, unriglteous
ust might be displayed small sphere az well ne
n large one. "a petty beggar might be as mean as
my m,ser who had boarded up his Millions.
5ut, where these worldly treasures become the
where they absorb the entire man. where s"
nergies pf his nature into its worship, then came
lie awfnl rebuke, shaking the throne OF Memmon
9 its foundation-"Lay not up treasures on earth"
MS was what great many had realized within the
ast few days as they never realized before Tbey
ad seen what had taken place IN regard to money
ling spirtthat materalistic, goddess and horrible
prh within the last few days, and were astounded |
Jt That IVES the very spirit that WAS iOr6iddsS