The New York herald., 1873-12-01
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.
This World . Droam and tho Othor q
Reality.How TO Live In One for the
Othcr-yermon by the Rev. George IL.
HepwOrth.

This World q Droam and the Othor q
Realtty-How TO Live In One for the
Other-yermo by the Rev. George II.
Hepworth.
Mr.. Hepworth announced no subject for hts ser.
mon yesterday morning. but his text was:-"And
thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths OF the
sea-" man. when he Is In q thoughtful mood
seems TO himself to be very Insignificant thing
AS single unit OF vast aggregate he sinks into
nothingness. AS one dwindles. to himself, God be-
comes enlarged, increases His boundaries There is
King Of the universe, and He has made all that we
can see He Is the law, for His wish is law. One
would think, TO look on some men, however. that
they were the owners or the planet on which they
live. Man, to be sure, when measured with the
man OF thousand years ago, or with the bar
baran OF to-day, Is giant. There Is little wonder
that he speaks OF himself as but little lower than
the angels. But, on the other hand, as he rejects
on the omniscience, omnipresence and omnipo-
tence Of God, he must fall PROSTATE before that
that he Is nothing. Gods love to him must
@en Gs a9r 20 re1arn YET strange to say
they hall the time forget the one to come 1'ias Ims
world Is dream, the other is a reality but IL
would seem that the contrary were true. II an
angel led by curiosity, should pose himself above
our world. would he not be surprised to see that
TO most men this world Is
SOLID, HARD FACT,
and the one 70 come q dim, shadowy possibility
Now, the business OF the thoughtful il 10 study not
how he shall have his own way. but TO study the
design " the Almighty and TO carry out that de-
sign with all his might Who can doubt that there
is definite plan IN Gods mind, ana that we are
units OF q great aggregate Now then, if God
dreamed dream 1t Is not Tor us TO contra
vene It, Let us remember that VIC have no
abiding place here. bu, above, that we are not
reDei5 70 tne Loru, out Hls soldiers. God
never makes mistake. Others nudge me
from their own imperfect nature not 30 with Him.
lie sees things just as they are; never, never
with hate, but always with a desire only TO see
movements OF each spring and wheel, so God can
look into US ana see our every thought and motive
what Is Gods objectY 1t Is that we should grad
uate out OF this primary school OF existence to
God, but lie can exalt US. His only desire
is that we should use our schoolboOks and
opportunities. But how strange IL Is that
we msinterpret Hisspurposei You might AZ well
that there is light. And yet we do get at cross
purposes with God. Did you ever try to teach
dogS Well, the poor animal understands your
punishment just as much at first as some men do
the relation between the taskmaster and the slave.
That Is no relationship TO God. Ho Is q teacher,
one who instructs gladly and without money or
price. That Is religion. Religion tells you how TO
nnu happiness, and that is all. You cannot c0mpre
nend It's Import and significance unless you stand
10 10 the same relation TO God as your child to you.
such ~ nv"
A GLAMOUR OVER EvERyrHIsol
y, helgon ana The Bible are TO dispel this glamour.
ln m vonsiueratlon OF our th0ughtessness 10 is won
ueriui W that God should be so ready 10 accent us
We We uesefye from God nothing; we may receive
nvnr sron nam syery.hing Did gold culture power
ever M permanently satisfy any one2 The heart ia
the thing after all. These outward trappinpg are
nothing unless beneath the purple OF the king
theie " kingV heart Gods smile shines around