The New York herald., 1870-04-25
CHURCH OF TIE Mlss'lH.

4utlon~ScftnOu CA ssEno DlviDc hOpe'> ny
Rev. George II. Uepworth.
YsterdaY's gladstone spring day and Its brilliant
| sunshine and soft oaimv air, giving, with reau-
mated verdure OF our parks and lawns and trees.
reanmiated vigor to human kind and iiveier tinqle
OF blood through the vens, brighter sparkle to the
eye and ircsher bloom TO the checks, brought out
everybody, az II might be expected such day
would To church, wnO even on the great
day OF hebd0madal worship ore accustomed 10 a.
tend the sacred temples SET for Sabbath devO
tons. There certainly has beea rarely such large
attendance as yesterday morning at the Church Of
| the Messiah, corner or Park avenue and Thirty.
| fourth street.
THE CHURCH is ALWAYS FULL,
and sometimes overnowingy so, ana this was one
of the oyerhowmg OCCASIONS. All the pollreness OF
the pleasant sexton ana generassimo usher
Mr. Berry, aud the peculiarly polite corps
OF ushers acting as his aldes-de-camp, was
shown to the sTanrers--of whom there IL q large
number coming nero-and as far as the church
pacty admitted, seats furnished tnem. AS 1t was
some mad TO content themselves with
SEATS On CAMP STOOLS.
fact showing tne growing popularity OF this
church, to say nothing OF the growing popularity Of
tne Rev. George II. Hepworth, Its Young and
brliiant pastor. But TO all seated In the
softcushioned pews OF ON camp stools or
Of wealth and fashion who worship here, to those In
The rlcnes toilets oi yarlegated silks ana satns and
aces and TO those number circumstanced aud In
honeller apparel to rich and poor 10 Old and young
TO all were granted the privileges OF spiritual
worship, the same enjoy ment OF It's high anu beau
tliul and nOly observances. Foremost OF these was
The
TREAT OF SACRED MUSIC,
furnished by MI. Howe, the accom- plshed Organst.
ard the quartet OF snsers-Mrs. Flicker, contralto;
Ass RusnDy soprano; Ar. Snattucx tenor. aud Mr.
Thomas, bass-wlo nave few equals and no supc-
flCrs among the many church choirS Oi the city.
FIRST came the voluntary on the organ, "The Mar.
veiious WORKS." from Baydns "Crcation,' most ex-
quise,y rendered Next Was sung 'Oh, Come, Let
Us sing Unto the Lord bs Chapel, and
a'ter this Almighty Lord" an anthem 10y
lii oruer OF the music was blessed are the Pure
IL heart" with SOLO uy MISS Rushoy, which was
sung with FIRE ieeiina ana rare power OF expression,
the music being oy Mr. Howe the organlst Sue
ceeding prayer followed tue congregational hymn
Dosnning "now Glorious is the dour."
TIE SERMON.
At length came the sermon--at once one of the
ongest ana also the most eloquent OF Mr. hepworths
discourses. HIS theme was Inc DIVINE iope"--
Corinthians xnL 7-"Hopetn all things"
Hope was tnat changing bool into god. Wiln-
Uut always to be biest. IL was the pleasure OF pur
suit, and not achievement that gave lie It's greatest
Joy: There were yet IDEAS In the iuture, deeds yet
% be done, words yet 10 oe spoken. II was TINS
| tnaJ men look forward TO the morrow, to 1--we ON
hope. There were two classes Of men 10 BE- avoided
| lii this worio. The first We're
who always shake tneif heas ominously at any new
! movement. There was no stamina IN such men, no
tougnness OF lDre, no strength OF will. They are
| weaS haVe 10 high aspirations and SIT down con-
tent with Today. The 0tner Class are the
TOO HOPEFUL KIND,
| mat class OF men who are always building castles
In the air. Mcawoer-iise, tncy believe that things
VII come out a right Win capital OF ten thou
sand they DO tue business OF million. 1ney die
with tncir hopes upreailzed Between these two
TIE rauE coRSEs sroyE
genuine hopefulness Gods best gift to man. Dwell
illustration, he portrayed with mastery power OF
vivid dclineation the eLecJ 0l hope upon mankind
In al ages OF the world. lie showed how men out
grew the bumDie heart. aud the loughnesses OF the
olden times, aud traced human progress through all
tae centuries Of the past, from The humble altar to
he splendid dome OF st. Peters and TO the present
age of steam and the pen and the telegraph ana
showed now tue impetus OF hope accomplished all
the great victories OK the world. TO nope was to DO
heroic. Comln2 now lrom behinl the barrier OF his
pulpit be dWeiC on TINS herolsni OF hope
wien force lmnasSoaei eIoquence and
nearer lie pictured the mother by the bedside OF
ner sick son-now hope lived aad then died IN her
heart. From THIS he made @ transition to
HUNDREDS or RICH NEN
within the hearing OF nis voice Most OF these came
SUIT Of clothes 10 their Dacas with all their istle
worldly store tied up IN small bundle, with plenty
Of room FOR more. They had nothing but hope. Tnis
hope carried taen through; carried them from
poverty to wcata, and set they were no happier now
with their nIg incomes. After dwelling on this sub
son yHn RICH MAN.
His advice to rich athss was TO throw their sons
out of doors and not give tAem dollar, but make
them earn every dollar thy spend. These young
men drink aud suio1e and 80 10 gambling bells for
excitement. There Is no hope In tEeru. Let them
begin where tNer fathers began. Finishing this
branch OF his topic. which he did with plaln terse-
ness OF talk THAI must nave astonlshed some OF his
elderly ricn listeners he spoke Of hope as the true
test OF religion AS for the old Cayinistic iaea
Of perpetual he'll ana damnauon, ne regarded that
like telling man TO SIT on an iceberg and keep
warm. tie c0unselled parents 70 plant religious
hope IN the oosoms OF their children, not to picture
God as wlathul. but iuii OF love; not 10 tell ther
children that they were totally deprayed; for the
child knew better; TO give them assurance OF HIS
love and forgiveness ana His abiding care over them
Ill tue future world. Sucn children would dream
great dreams and do great deeds. Hs final argu.
nent was that all must have region-a religion tnat
has Tor It's basis hope, the hopcuness tnat looks up
to God.
The sermon was listened TO with the most undi.
ylded attention. AT Its ci0se was chanted the
Lord's Prayer. then was sung by the congregation
the hymn "Oh, FOR closer walk with God,n and
prayer, benedlction and more music on the organ--
the last VI tue inspiring. hopeful kind such the
sermon would naturally lnspire-closed the exer-
CiSes