The New York herald., 1869-11-29
CHURCH or THE MESSIAH.

Haste TO Get Rich the Ruling Passion OF
Modern CivilizntiOn-SermOn by the Rev.
George III. HepwOrth.
The large and beautiful Church OF the Messiah
corner of Park avenue and Thiry-fourth street, was
last evening filled to It's utmost capacity-and
hundreds had to turn away, not being able TO obtain
adInssion-to hear the second discourse to young
men by the Rev. George II. Hepworth. Tne Drii-
liant force OF utterance, dazzle OF oratory anu
sound practical suggestions characterizng MS nrst
lecture, and so conspcuously prominent, indeed, I'D
all his discourses, marked last evenings lecture he
took for his text Proverbs xviii, 20-"He that
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent" II
ne was to designate the happiest man IN the COM
munty he would not select the richest or the poorest
man. but he OF the middle cass-the working man.
THIS man found his happiness in labor. This was
Gods compensation. The rich man has aches and
pains; the poor man has good muscles and nerves,
Many rich man down town would give tnree-
fourtns of his millions II ne could be as neathy as
his porter, and the other quarter II he could begin
lie over again. He proceeded TO snow what men
would do to get the first shelter OF four story brown
stone 'front.' ana what OF such getting. Next he
contrasted life IN England with our American life
and the outdoor sports induged IN there and how
they brought health and strength He showed how
in Germany and elsewhere boys bodies are taken
of-not here. In or country there were no out
door sports hardly, muscular outdoor exercises.
He laid down as a maxim that the better the
body the better the conduct OF business Relgion
that came OF dyspepsia was not worth having.
He OF worn out nerves and shattered constitu-
ton could not appreciate half the beauties OF thus
our world We are in TOO great hurry.
Business absorbed every thought. Tired
M at y are S at dead at sixty
and in two months are wholly forgotten. The old
motto .slow and suren was the motto to be adopted
and not "hurry up and run the risk"-the one upon
which nearly every body here acts. God does not
tell man not to 90 into business. IL was the duty
OF every TO work at something, and likewise to
a huslnp2l
was game OF chance and grab game and the best
to him who has the longest arms and the drrnest
dream OF the American IS TO he rich IN
twenty minutes. SLOW toll and slow pro-
gress upward do not satisfy his ambition
He win grunble over his bad fortune and invent a
balloon by which he 90 straight up. The trouble
was business Is top heavy. There must be brown
stone fronts and carriages, and servants and eX-
pense Of dress, and DINNER parties and many other
expenses. The crisis IS sure to come. great many
40 too much business for their capital. They are
devoted to their families; they make great RISKS In
business. Ii good luck comes, all rgnt Dut II not,
then worry and being worn out. What Is wanted is
calmness. There Is hurry In the air, hurry every
where. lie had been here only two months, and he
had got tired OF seeing this hurry. They should give
up thus hurry. Play ball, play marbles
will be well. He that always bends will
break. He gave his own experience in going down
Broadway. He commenced gong slowly. looking
INTO shop windows; and then he went faster, and
did not look into so many shop windows: and he
kept going faster, and then he abandoned looking
iulo INC WluuUWs, anu DciUlc nc hucW ~ Hc WIS
going on, pe mel, with the crowd. He was in
hurry to 60 somewhere; he did not go there He
found himself at the Brooklyn lerry and he hurried
TO the front OF the boat and got over the chain and
Jumped before the boat touched the landing. He
nnaly strided four miles out Of town. He dwelt
upon the magnetism OF this hurrylng epidemic,
and the result OF It, They had their faces. He could
not tell their ages. Everybody worked too hard.
Editors worked very hard. He instanced the publi-
cation OF biographical sketches Of the late George
Peabody OF columns length lew hours after his
death. Manual labor does not hurt; brain labor Kills.
Business men are in too great hurry to say their
prayers. He showed how defacatl0ns were closely
connected with III health, The product OF over work.
The man whose digestion is good can be Christian.
The man with dyspepsia is fitted for any crime.
Half the crimes OF modern civilization tracea
bic to bad liyers. IL was SO now that defalcatons
hardly stirred ripple on the surface OF society,"
They are called only irregularities. His advice TO
all men was TO spend all the time they could get
ting good health, ana next TO get religion, and keep
IN their lives ana their hearts and their ledgers and
there need be no lear OF the future.