The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-02
TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH.

Rev. Wayland Hoyt on the sleep of
Death-Ihc Tomb OF the Christian Open
the Other Side-Bcievers' Souls Not
Touched by Death.
1t was Communion Sunday in the Tabernacle
Baptist church, Second avenue, near Tenth street,
yesterday, and alter the morning sermon the ordi-
nance OF baptism was administered according to
the Baptist ritual py immersion IN font near the
preachers desk. Rev. Wayland Hoyt the pastor,
VINO had recently rendered his resigna tlon led the
exercises but made no allusion to his cOntem-
plated departure except what might be inferred
from his suppncations for unity and prosperity to
the Church and IT'S ceunsels. he named as mis- text
Acts, vii, 60-"And wnen he had said this he fell
asleep.n have been much struck, said Mr. HOyt
by the narrative have lately read, or the last
hours OF Daniel Webster He came pack to Marsh
field for the last time, from the trlumphs and de.
1eats OF busy ife TO die. AS his friends gathered
round him IN this last scene OF his great life he
seems to have been searching for some sure sOlu
ton OF the problem OF human existence. None OF
the brilliant utterances OF That profound thinker
and wondrous orator contained deeper truth than
when III this supreme hour he said, mo man who
Is not brute can say he does not lear DEATH No
man possessed OF reason can doubt the existence
OF a God see Hum everywhere ABOUT me in the
works OF creation and the ordering OF affairs What
tried to solve by the deductions Of logic has been
uny manifested by the revelation of christianity.
LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE
is the only granite thing on which The soul can
rest Men dlea oeore CHRIST a0am a ,
nesh 969 years. yet 10 those who lived longest
death was not to be escaped. Men built tombs in
the rock to last wnle the earth remained. iii
Christ revealed 1t there was no sure light on the
lie beyond. Good men and great lnteliects before
had glllnmers OF the truth, but no nrm assurance.
Cicero tells US that while reading Pluto on I'm
mortalty'' he believed 1t, vet doubted 1t again on
laying the BOOK aside. But Tor US it is settled
facL as sure as ie itself. We nave the proof NOT
alone III reason and the Divine PROMISE but IN the
history of the saviour. He was man. He died. He
passed through the gate OF the grave to come again
renewed, enlarged, glorified by the triumph over
death. He mas brought to those who accept HIS
the tomb be sealed, Or His followers II IL open on
the other size. Thus, in the text
STEPHEN FELL ASLEEP.
Death loses its shapes OF fear 1t Is sleep. Rest
Tor the weary BODY relief Tor the suffering frame.
sous. in conscious lie. Death aects oniy 'I me
BODY not the soul. 1t sleeps not Even during
life the thlnhing part rarely, If ever, sleeps When
the gates OF sense closed By sleep, when sight,
smell, touch, hearing cease 10 repeat the scenes
around US, our minds are often most active our
inteIects most acute, as though escaped from tle
thrall Of the body IN sleep the mathematician
solves problems which had baffied his waking skill
l have arranged sermons in Sleep one TnanHs-
giving sermon one OF the best enorts OF NV ie
While the mob OF inlurated Jews were crushing
the first Christian martyr u death with cruel rocks
he saw beyond the chasm OF death the bright lie
OF Paradise He saw his Master waiting, standing
with outstretcted arms to welcome him TO
Which was the most real death or that brighter
lie He Iell asleep. The VISION was the reality.
Mans cruelty, which slew Him, was but the pass.
ing dream. lis soul slept not, only the poor bat
tered, crushed mutlated BODY. The scene OF the
sacred cross furnishes Its proof. TO the contrlte
and believing criminal VINO suffered beside The
Master He SAID, This day shalt thou be with me
IN Paradise" There was no sleep for the soul OF
the repentant thief. bis body slept the sleep of
death, out his soul passed into the life OF the
blessed, INTO the life Elyslum whose portals we
call death Stand revereDtly by the graves OF
/ buried loves, DECK the tomb with flowers, resort
thitner for your NEST sacred musings; yet. is the
true epitapn 10 be inscribed thereon,
mot HERE NOT HERE, BUT RISEN"
stephen saw nothing IN death but the way to
nobler lie: saw nothing IN the grave which could
deter HIM. Oh, worker OH sufferer ye should
welcome deatn the deiiverer, which opens
heaven. Not alone TO the soul is the promise OF
Giles OF these bodies snail nave passed in the great
economy OF nature, from some undiscovered
source Will He raise US up spiritual bodies
which shall be joined TO our blessed and redeem med
splrlts and the reunited soul and body be swatned
IN the blessedness OIL heaven, TO shout, ION, DEATH
where is thy sting on grave where Is Thy VIC
toryF Thus has Christ transformed everything
Tor US, giving US generous liberty In the promise
''Aii things are yours ;" and death becomes an an-
gel IN dark robes opening the gates OF the better
lie. Nor need We doubt Hs promise, because we
do not now leel ready to die. He will furnish US
dying grace at the proper time. Now He requires
come you TO the other lie, as Stephen saw Him
waiting to welcome him. You shall sing through
the dark valley,
DEATH TO UNBBLJEvERs.'
have been talking about Christians only. II
you do not accept the Masters terms, If you re-
ect Ill. medlatlon, there is another side 10 the PIC
ture. II you are not yet enrolled among the dis
clples OF This divine Saviour, whose death brought
lie and immortality to llgnt, beseech you pen
itenee and latin 10 embrace Him while yet there
is the opportunity