The New York herald., 1873-09-15
LAFAYETTE
AVENUE PRESBY
CHURCH.

Cody Sincerity-The Outward and the
Inward Life-The Unreliability of APP
pearances-The Only Remedy for In
sincerity.
DR.. Cuyler's church was well filled yesterday
Notwithstanding the dubious state Of the weather.
The singing, always excellent, was very superior
yesterday. DR.. Cuyler commenced his discourse
by saying Will take for my text this morning two
words, "Godly sincerity" They are to be found IN
Second Corinthians first chapter and twelfth
Every man has two lives, an outward and an
inward Lie. The first Is known by his fellow
men, the second is known par TALLY by himself and
wholly by the Lord. The inward is the heart life;
there is vital connection between the two, and
when man attains godly sincerity he will have
perfect agreement between them. depraved
soul vitiates the outward life.
II walk through the park and see the clock
only see its iace but the Waterman OF the tower
sees Its heart Imay find the clock keeping time, but
1t Is no trouble to keep true face outside long
the works inside are all In order. Sometimes the
clock will lead you astray; there Is something
wrong within the clock has turned hypocrite.
Alasl how many such characters in society;
dials are
NOT TO BE RELIED ON.
There Is insincerity among the best OF US; 1t be-
trays itself in many directions. lie is o rare man
VINO never brought hollow act OF worship to God,
or spoke an nsincere word to his fellow men. Now,
Of hypocrisy in society, there Is quite enough, am
afraid quite too much. You see party OF pleasure
seekers you would think they were brimming over
with love for each other; that is the outside but
inside lurk envy jealousy and hatred; 80 through
ali there is falsehood behind smooth exterior.
Outside, happiness; inside, heartburn, misery
Row many are what the palm OF the hand anu the
utterance Of the lips indicates TWO men NEE: and
give cordial handshake, and then try TO over
reach each other all day.
Now, with this difference between outside seem
To- ord fnAltp tAAeA
sincerity How many Illustrations we could give
OF this meet man day after day, who know
and pG behind his back % say pooS Hn mani npp what
bunder he els Is making Pm afraid lie wiz find 1t
WHY DON'T HELP HIM
to find 1t outS The fact is, ! am hypocrite to
him; he thinks | am his friend, but I am not
more 1a3of Than he who hattereth; on, that we
pOcrisy l would rather . man were honestly
blunt than courte0usly false.
looked with interest upon the portrait OF Oliver
Cromwell, by Lcly, In the Pitt Palace. When Ley
was endeavoring to soften his rugged lneaments
and smooth out the wrinkles, Cromwell said,
" Paint me as | am or not at all"
We live In an age OF shows and falsehoods: men
live for Appearances great deal OF seeming gold
only glitter h we ye I'VE I'd an age Tnem Se are
we find more things burst than cotton balloons.
Christian professions are exploding, anu see no
CULTIVATION OF aoDLY SINCERITY,
where the heart Is IN correspondence and union
with God. II Instead OF relying on exterior at.
fractions we had "a closer union with Christ, we
would be able TO diffcse the unanswerabe argu-
ment OF Christs visit among men.
There Is one insincerlty towards man and
another towards God. Hypocrisy In religion is
simply seeming to be what we are not, the proles-
sion OF love without the possession 9f 1t, the pro-
ession OF faith without the possession OF IL. The
possession OF heart love Is Eure 70 be prolessedi
u Is natural lor 1t to come OUT II Tue heart ioVes
the Master The lips Will confess IL. But where
there Is
NO INTERIOR PEELISG
and there Is an exterior profession, 1t Is sad,
solemn fasehood, often done unwittingly, but
fearful mistake.
read In the Bible OF a lie to the Holy Ghost;
IL 10 a fearful. terrible thing; but think when
man makes profession he does not feel he lies To
the Holy Ghost.
II ~ harder TO be genuine hypocrjte than to be