The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-15
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hy the Rev. DIR. George
III. Eepworth.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS hy the Rev. DIR. George
III. Eepworth.
The Church Of the Messiah was crowded by the
usual congregation attendant upon DR.. Hepworths
ministry. After the ordinary service DR.. Hepworth
preached on the great and all absorbing subject au-
nounced as the theme Of yesterday mornings dis
course, namely, "Immorality.n lie selected for his
text chapter H. 10, of the Revelation Of st. John:
Write the things which thou hast seen and the things
which are, and the things which shall be hereafter
The grave, said the Doctor, was the consecratcd
property OF every household, and the tears that we
shed upon ts green sod were the prophecy OF the life
to come. There was nock however watched and
tended in which there was not one dead lamb.
There was no household however favored outwardly
In which there was not one vacant chair. The
question to which the attention Of the congregation
was asked to direct itself that morning was dark
the ono side but glorious on the other. Though it
was with aching hearts that we sacred and
endearIng ties rent asunder here and our friends
pass away into the nearer presence OF God we
knew that sometime we should strike palms again
In our heavenly home. In thinking and specializing
upon this great question Of immortality the minds
Of men were apt to get tangled and lost in the
tho shadow Of doubt. IL such man were shah
low man he would boast OF his doubts, but Ii he
life. DR.. Hepworth then briefly referred to the
beliefs on this subject held by the Epicureans
certain men and certain omen who had no Iounda-
ton for their faith. Perhaps tho circumstances Of
pressed by their dark and dreary experience
which should have given them more faith. II was
true however, mat there were some souls who
had strong hopes and aspirations toward heaven,
while there sprung up at the same time unbeef
In which they found but little hope. The voice Of
nature, which was ike an Omnpotence, ne thought,
spoke in unmlstakable tones OF immortality. The
clarion voice OF the ages that its to every
heart and home said that this lie was not real;
the other life was real. II life was dream We
were In its midst today the grand reality OF posi-
biites VIC should know when this body shall put
tally. II we touched the pulses OF the
mechanical force IN the heart force that sent the
blood to the eXtremities OF the body The doctrine
Of Immortality was as the heart OF human life. Tn
belief like giant that pressed upon the BODY, max
Ing that pressure felt at every pore OF the human
system, pressed upon the soul, and, consciously
unconsciously as that pressure was allured ON the
soul, were we made or unmade by it. No man dared
to take this Jump into the dark abyss OF unbelief
was not worth having; and, instead OF grateful
smiles sent up to Heaven every day, we should re-
power to live, to reason and to feel, without giving
us the power TO be satisfied herewith. DR.. Hep.
worth then very graphically pictured The hafassihg
cares, anXeties, troubles and conflicts OF the poor
man. whose lie was continual labor Tor the neces-
f snas a. MT the coma cay yHS yes pang r Ess
Inc providence Of cOd dad Bal nc man IN that po
tOn and 1t was his duty go to labor that God may
impart 70 him n contentlent while 50 aborng and
labors ne could pur the glory ana the beauty of
heaven ITSELF Yet who can doubt that when the
sunset OF that mans life snail come II will rise
again. not in the poverty Of this earthly life, but IN
the glorious richness and funess Of life eternal the
reward OF those who had faithfully and well done
their duty here? disbelief In Immortality was like
taking the vital force from their soul aud mafnS
life itself one huge blank. Inc POOR naedlew6in3n,
COO, who toled for her own bread and for
the education OF her little child, ana as
eh6 pSsses the eouinaGa nf The rich woman
Rpi ponders on the Inequalities Of lie, where
10 her hope, her trust, mer stay, ,n.Ns
in the great and glorious fuureS The rch too, VINO
had rcaped the reward of their industry, and had
all the comforts and luxurics, the physical blessings
that were purchasable by wealth, what was lie 70
tnemS 1t was not In these things; their wealth.
would not buy one single thought or one heart beat
Did they wish to live on these things only and go
into nOthingness and let this wealth dwinde away
and all that was worth living for crumbe into dusty
Tue poor man and the rich man would be alkc tnel,
and tho dissatisfaction OF the unrest or luis lne
would only be satisfied with the certanties Of the
time TO come. Faith came, and II made life glorious
was true that this feeling about faith was no ar
GumenJ but II was dincult to argue about
est things IN human liie. He thought that
one OF the most iorcble arguments for
Immortality was found in the nature OF things.
There was mystery In mans coming and there
was mystery In mail's going away from earth aud
between those two boundaries he WORKS ne lives
and he dies. II there was no life beyond this q
lie more glorious STILL then God was not our God;
Tor Cod who worked without plan, or aim or end
wuS not the Cod man, with his wondrous mind, was
called upon to worship DR.. Hepworth told the
story oil Louis XVII going to the locksmlth's snop
anu WORKING In the making OF locks, ana then leay-
ing the grimy dirty factory and ascending a throne
nom which hc governed worlds. God had not come
down here and lived out human existence and
seen the panorama or human life pass by nim as we
see pAn0rnmas IN theatres and then passed away
from ail care OF human life. No: tile care Of GOD