The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-15
RE GI0US.
Sunny Skies and Sunday Services.
Crowded Congregations at
the Churches.
HENRY WARD BEECHER ON CALVINISM,
The Cambridge Confession Denounced by
the Plymouth Pastor.
MR.. HEPWORTH ON PItARlSAlSM.
Frothinghaln's Description OF Morse and
Mazzini as the Inventor and
the IdeaEst
DR.. HEDGE ON THE ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.
Memorial Services in Madison Street Church
for Captain Richardson, the Sea-
mans Friend.
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MIR. VAN METERS RETURN FROM ROME
DR.. Vaughan's Sermon on the Catholic
Mission to the COlOred People.
Music and Fashion at ST. Ste
phen's Church.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES,

Sermon by the Rev. DIR. HepwOrth--Our
Pharisaical Naturc-The Practice of
Self-Denial.
Mr.. Hepworth's text was from Matthew xxiii.,
2S-"Eycn so ye also outwardly appear righteous
unto men, but within We are full of hypocrisy and
iniquty" These said Mr. Hepworth are perfectly
straightforward words. Christ never went round;
he always went by the nearest road. He was talk
Ing directly to the Pharsees but indirectly he adj
dressed all men. He saw through all shams at
single glance and exposed them. He did not re-
spect persons In this matter He hated counterfeit
CON- whatever the image and superscripton on it.
The times had come to be so bad so corrupt and so
superficial that people began TO feel, and they had
the authority Of the priests for it, that an outward
conformation to the requirements OF the law was
all that was absolutely necessary They were very
careful TO dedicate to the of the Temple the
liked proportion of their crops and their cattle.
But in order to add
A GREATER sANCrfTY
to their reputation for holiness the priests deco
rated their garments with choice bits of the Old
Testament, ana having awed the popuiace into A
belief i'll their conservation To their Office they
hoped to cheat the Apostle who stands at the gate
OF the New Jerusalem by flirting their sacred robes
before his wondering eyes and thus gain entrance.
La our Custom House the officer requires an inven-
tory OF all which the traveller has In his trunks but
the inventory Is not final. II the officer does his
duty he opens every bundle ana secs for himself
what Is contained therein. The investigation is a
great deal sharper in heaven than II is in New York
When You get up there with yonr luggage your own
Inventory OF yom good qualities and your own opin-
Ion OF your right TO enter viii not be taken. You
may sometimes cheat or bride the customs here.
but there you will find little chance to do such
things Not what you pretend To have. not what
people think you have, but what YOU really
der the PhafiseeS were illCeused at this
sharp cut exposure OF their pretensious The rule
oil Jesus was rough and easily understood. Not
reputation, but character, Is the thing that God
looks at. He goes to heaven whether ne he priest or
beggar who mas obeyed the law in his heart as wen
as with ms hands and he goes into torment, whether
rich or poor. high or low, who has played the part
OF the hypocrte think of this always when | re-
view the times In which we live. The popularity OF
New York society is that IL gives more weight to
appearance than TO reality. The whole tendency is
TO artilcalisn. We live SO hurriedy thar we take
men and women AT their estimate OF them
selves. We care great deal more for what people
Will say of us than for what we know ourselves
to be. We are afraid OF that bugbear which is
called the world, and moral independence Is the
last thing we think OF or dare to possess.
II we are accounted rich we viii spend our last
dollar on the rent OF the brown stone front
and we dread being thought poor, even when we
are poor, because il viii cut US OF from certain
social privileges. And we live ON from year to
year hollow, unsatisfactory sort OF life iiptil at
last the crash, the financial crisis, comes and then
we
BURST LIKE A BUBBLE
and hurry into oblivion. This same thing holds
good with young men. No matter what the salary
may be, one must nave his gOld-headed cane, MS
pearcolofed gloves, ana promenade the avenue.
nus Is prime necessity. II does IL not he s
counted nobody and, rather than be that, he pre-
iefs 10 lac dishonest. So, when lis slender income
mas been FILTERED away his employers cash hoy
presents irresistible temptations aud soon he be-
comes nobody IN sad reality.
NOW the Christian religion, which r. ALWAYS rad
lca ana uncompronisnp, ii il anything sets this
Whole matter IN different light II tells YOU TO be
80 independent That you VIII not Iot for the
world but Will take great pains to win the GOOD
opinion OF God. It's the heart, the soul that weighs
heavily IN the balance OF Gods justice. while mere
reputation is ike u bundle OF feathers. When we
al get there, before the Judgment seat how MANY
81 our pet theories VIII be turned upside down.
Mhen Jesus said, 'many that first shall be last
ne seemed 70 say, "By and by you pharisees who
iIlhk you nave a ticket Tor a reserved seat in
heaven--and seat close up 70 the throne Al
an Many q poor publican who has lived in almost
utter darkness, hut who has been true 10 the Uttle
CLEAN Of light that has found Its way into ms soin
will be called up to
THE HIGHER SEATS
while you who have known better and acted worse
viii be sent away Into the outer darkness Dear
friends il Is soul, warm, genial and truthful mat
God wants. IL IL heart glowing with sylnnot M
alive TO every good and great thing, that pcases
Him. No matter Tor clique, or set world lie some.
thing, do something, and ven need have no fear
The good Christ. with whom there was 10 nrctpu.
s!on who feared nothing except 10 do wrong He IL
your leader See 10 II that you cultivate the horr
affections that you WIN such trust that you get hold
OF such faith and love. that when Cod unroVers you
and exposes your real strength lie may ma that IN
you which shall enable him to say, "Wcl done, good
and faithful servant