The New York herald., 1871-02-27
CHURCH OF TIE DIVINE PATERNITY.

God a shepherd ANA Man Creature
Of Wanfs-Sesmon by the Rev. DR.. 4. II.
Chaplin.
All OF The protecting promises OF the Divine Paer
nifty could not induce many TO come 70 this church
yesterday monlng-the pelting, pit,ess rain was a
too strongly opposing influence But Rev. Dr. Chaplin
breaches with like eloquance on al, OCCASIONS,
whether 10 peggarly array OF empty pews or
otherwise. He does not seem 70 require the lnspra.
ton OF a foil house. He took the text for
The SERMON
Psalm xxn.. 1:-"The Lord Is my shepherd:
shall not wanr,' A true enjoyment OF the reading
OF the Psalms required. he insisted. right KIND Of
inner spiritual development. Here were express
sions that came home TO the heart under all circum
stances Of life. It. was for this reason that these
Psalms would live forever. The Psalm from which
the text was taken was one OF the finest In the
whole collection. There was nothing Ike II In the
whole range OF sacred literature. After extending
on this preliminary topic of his discourse he pro-
ceeded TO speak OF what he designated
STOCK WORDS OF RELIGION.
There were many who were conspicuous for life
iiaioas exercises. such ones never really fel, and
could not utter .'rne Lord is my shepherd; | shall
not want" The frs. great point In the text was q
declaration OF God. 1t was a suggestive text. II
showed that David In the time OF his trouble went
back 10 his early experiences as shepherd boy. II
was in tne everyday world. The vista OF our
young years are often thrown into br!gh. contrast
with the dark and gloomy present. David did not
indulge in vain regrets. Retrospective vision Is
good for nothing unless there Is drawn
from it some Incentive LOT a better life
God We all 90 this more or less. Essentially
GOD Is UNCHANGEABLE,
but practically he Is 10 as what we are TO him. Let
VIII see a man through dark, gloomy vei.
wicked man cannot say GOD is my sherherd.n
wicked man into such communion with God. we
cannot conceive the meaning OF God. An infinite
presence Is before us. There y greatness majesty,
shepherd, II ever watchful over US. This Is the
childlke
LANGUAGE OF TIE SOUL.
Amid the turmoil Of life. out OF Its cares and
troubles this twentythirl Psalm leads u.s. 1t takes
ns into the green pastures and b. the Clear streams.
There Is an intensity aud beauty in this expression.
He dwet at considerable length on thus SUSPECT and
then went on to show how religion brings US near
henSivc Idea OF God. Some try to fnd God throu IN
the med um OF speculativn but such do not find him.
The conception Of
Tns POPULAR THEOLOGY OF THE DAY
Ia that the wrath Of Goa 10 man could only be ap-
peased by the sacrifice OF Christ Oh the cross. This
was not Christianity. The ait OF Christ was the
gilt OF Gol's love- and this love is the basis OF true
religion. Carrying out this theory AZ further and
interesting length, ne showed that the trutl or the
twenty th.rd Psalm was to be received by every
body. IL was not Tor kings and sOveregns-the
great and rich and powerful OF the Earth-but to the
the practical conclusions deduclble from the text
In this world no man couli say Il ssai not want"
wealth. All the safeguards are not guaranty
against loss. Man Is Great ure OF wants. There Is
grandeur IN some wants-a meanness In others.
A deprayea hunger and thirst pervades the better
Instincts There men who
THRIVE ON NEED AND RUfS:
they fatten on starvation. These are the men who
make enormous monopolies. They take the blood
from the community they suck the marrow of hu-
manly: they gOat the sulerings OF Others II It
only cnrlchcs their Golfers. tThere WAS slight de-
monstrati0n OF applause herel Having given q
vivid picture or these modern m0nOpollstS he
showed
franco-Prussian war; and then described In strain
OF mastery eloquence the miserable condition OF
that man who mas no internal resources-who Is
always wanting, always graspiDg. who dies still
wanting, and In contrast with this the blessed
QItion OF mat man wRpse neart and conscience
were right, and who as he stepped forth into tile
land OF mystery could cxclaim, '.The Lord Is my
shepherd; shall not want"
Singing, prayer and benediction terminated the