The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-03
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sermon by Rev. ID. u. FrothinGiam-Whnt
Heaven IL. aud Where II -.

Sermon by Rev. %. u. FrothinGia m-Whnt
Heaven IL. and Where II -.
Lyric Hall was well filed yesterday morning by
the usual congregation worshlpping here, with u
large spliukling OF strangers, attracted ihirher
hear Rev. 0. b. rockingham, the officiating clergy
man. who is pulpit orator Of the modern highly
impassloned school, and has more Than metropoli-
tan reputation. The text upon which
THE SERMON
was based was John, xiv, 2"In my Fathers house
are many mansions" This was text he began,
which declares 20 great religious doctrine. The
words were addressed to the intellect but TO the
heart They were meant for the living imagination.
When they looked at Chrisss view the mansion OF
His Father it fell far behind that OF their own
There were no astronomers III those days. re.
veal.ng the beauty ana extent OF the Side
real heavens. There were no gcoiogiss WHO
mad turned the leaves OF this great
creation upon witch God had written Ills autobi-
oaraphy. he saw. II - irnc, many tribes OF men,
bfit MS views as contracted those surround.
ing MIN. The world was the place ne :lsed III. the
cayctns IN Llg mountains near Nazareth were bright
10 the shadows oyerciouding evil men, Did ne cast
his thoughts upward there Wa- The home or his
Father: did he cast his thoughts ahoat him
he lett the secret currents of hidden
lie lowing through his nearf. HIS heart went
out TO the great humanity aboat ann. What had
NOS geometry, geology, history done 10 enlarge the
hHhlan
CONCEPTION or THE INFINITE.
We live over tAe whole world. or teams ip and
Telegraph wire every where over tnis @reatcrca on
and yet 10 engineer ever TOOK the breadth length ana
depth OF tha power 81 COO. No surveyor ever took
IT. compass God - not space III, hoa.c - no.
measured ny yatds There are ~ nuldrs, STAIR
cd-cs. no thousands OF rooms 10 gasi ycFtiDulc-
nothing ii&e this III the
HOUSE OF 6CD.
Cod il Thought. Gad il love. He is nmea s,lra ole
he ~ onAipOeN,. he - onlnlpFeaenE. le papaoie
cgeauon gives 40 conception of It, Live where we
please there Is The person. We are IN Gods house,
IT, .tt,rlaE tt,,at
thought We are uon@ ~ the eyes OF God though we
mgh tabernacle ~ tile sou. Gods house Is just
what We make H. Tie mind makes the world. The
heart makes the home IL - nara and bleak ana
cola and Greczng, or a hoilse wide ". can
conceive o.. IT,, doors always open ana welcome
10 all. The narrow soui--suii NJ, plgoed, cxcu-
sye-iyes IA . mean space. There Is only one key
70 earn, and there IL - wncle he hods his heart. 1t
is no. TO be denied that mere are people Wnu i've
simply IN thcn>eve- Tor Their main selves. All
their thoughts centre Ia themselves. The may
WORK hsn bai 1t il work for themselves. They may
do acts 81 lu,ice. hui IL Is not Tor justice sake liey
mat do Hgts Of charity, but 1t for charIty's
SAKE, but 10 have their names
EABIAZoNED Is Tag NEWSPAPERS.
They may pgay 10 be delivered from eyl but II ia
only a selfish prayer They have conception Of
bonndless love: they Lave no conception of what
CHRIST meant by the many mansions III His Fathers
house Yes. III Ilat house are chambers Tor al. me
question now they cOuiu bring this promise home
how they corl,d assure themselves oil becoming II !
occupants. frs. .nere was
MANSION oF THOUGHT.
mansion of;rntn. he did not Intend To indulge In
fanciiul III amer proceeded to elaborate the IDEA
lie drew picture OF a son sent 10 come 10 the death
bed ~ his clergyman father, aud how through that
sons presence ne lives over the sweet passages OF
his past he aud now then HIS thoughts 20 upward
and with IT goes away his soul on ~ fight INTO The
regions ~ immortality lie spoke OF men, ignorant
without thought, men who never investigate, men
VINO live On tne
TRASH or TIVE NEWSPAPERS
and cheap literature. How were sucii men to lie
compared 10 Humboldt, MS mind a king OF thought,
walking over the great highway Of life 10 the con-
stsaiion OF Iurtnest starsf 1iink OF The mansions
that his Key OF knowledge. open. Bacon and Plato
anu Newton and AL the rest he takes daily hy the
hand and Mods high communion with them Take
Shakespeare anu that was rhc world TO hlu. There
was law and order and thought and responsibilities
and belief ana convictions, ewing fight To fancy and
breadth vi comprehension in his world LOOK a; the
gentle Charles Dickens and what world his
even amid the iowiy OF the city OF London We may
not have the grasp Of this man bun We can have less
10 10 wItb the cQluia.n neYsDanefs less Win debas