The New York herald., 1874-12-14
Mr. Hepworth on the Christians Inheritance,
As Pointed Out BY Paul.
HOLY PLAYING.
DR.. McGlynn on the Sanctity of st.
John the Baptist.
DUTY TO THE POOR
cHURcH OF THE DISCIPLES.

Sermon by the Rev. DIR. Hepworth-
ssThe Victory i'm Christ"
There was very large congregation In attend
ance at the morning services in the Church OF the
Disciples yesterday. The Rev. DR.. Hep
worth preached the sermon. The text be
selected was the fourth verse OF the
third chapter OF Pauls Epstle to the
Colossians, which reads s:-"When Christ. who Is
our life shlll appear, then shall ye also appear
with him in glory.n Whatever St. Paul did, said
The reverend gentleman, was done well. When
the Apostle attempted to argue with Us we ielt
that 1t was an unequal contest between an ordi-
nary man aud giant, and wnen, in the guise OF
q friend or a brother. he attempted to persuade
rs his eoquence was as fascinating as the Ian
guage Of a mothers love; his arguments
were thunderbolts and his exhortatIons rs
sweet as honcy. In the words OF the text
there was both a promise and statement. In
the promise we lived and moved and had our
being. On the statement we built our character.
the promise was that as Jesus had shared with US
DO shall we share With Him-a thought, from the
full appreciation OF which came the eagerness oi
action. Christ had sat wi:h Us at our human ia
ble-He had been clothed upon with the weak.
nesses and temptations OF our nesh. No troubles
We suffered irom but had overshadowed Him;
there were no disappolntments in our hearts
Che subsequent victories He won over the tempta-
lions that oeset Him, and in the consolation which,
with His strong arm, he brought down rom
heaven He mad proven His friendship for Us and
HIS Willingness TO make any sacrifice In our be-
nall. Throughout He was absolutely human; He
suffered the pangs and tor;ures OF hunger and
thirst, fought
A Personal BATTLE WITH THE EVIL ONE,
bowed His head beneath the deep shadow OF his
sorrows and physical agony. He overcame all,
not by any power within Himself, but through the
power OF the holy spirit of God, and thus He left
rs pathway on wach TO walk q mountain road
which We had to clmb-a star in the heavens to
guide US, that We might make NO mistake. This
being so He had promised US that He should share
with us the honors and triumphs in the midst of
which He existed to-day; the time would come
when we would stand by the side OF the risen
LORD, when We should have the white robes OF the
resurrection hanging from our shoulders and
when we would be clothed upon with the spiritual
body and be lifted up rom the coldDess. the SELF
isnness and doubts OF this foggy eartn, and stand
beneath the bright glory Of The or Gods right
eousness in the streets OF the new Jerusalem.
Ehrist attempted to put His LIE so visibly
before us as TO make it, as IL were part OF our
own life. OF our own experience to serve as in
cenJive 10 action, II He were TO say, LAS have
been with you. so you shall be with me-"
We had demonstration OF the one, and the other
The Apostle told Us that Carist was our nfe. THIS
was curious clause, and before we came TO
thorough understanding or It's whole meaning IL
was necessary TO hit the cover We could not at
. siugle glance understand the Scriptures. The
it was a continuous revelation for each indepen-
dent soul II drew us into closer relationships With
the great Head OF the church, our Lord and
Master our saviour and our God. The Apostle, in
using the language he did, made use OF no ordinary
term OF endearment He did not weigh the price
In an ordinary balance or measure II by the or
0nary rule. When we spoke of the love OF q hu5-
bana or OF wife, OF the close relationship OF o
father and mother and children, We expressed our
idea of devotion ana affection as strongly as lam
Ruage could do IL. But Paul. as 1t were, played
any great character OF history but he said, with
grandeur OF expression, x preston a. or, ,,,nu
Paul's language, indeed, seemed inspired, and we
we're hlted to such height by his words that,
instead OF walking on the level plain, We seemed
M NE. What De believed, the reverend
what Se snisS 0ssss sss
were listening to him, he felt, certain
e90S Es @ % not S1 n
a an Me0 ooS a. ne Ss
tnrow the gauntlet down to it and give II chance
what 1t was made OF. and IT, in the end. he became
himself about the details. Jesus, in an intellect
PAL spiritual, moral and Psychological sense, was
the author OF our faith; and when lie said that lie
Christ was. he repeated the author of tnat faith
years. There was no Thought in our history no
Dlap or project, no affection or conception which
had become part OF our aore, INCORPORATED into
a1d not depend upon the single fact that
Christ bad come among US. The bloom on the
precious Book-from the epistes which God had
sent to US from His own throne In heaven-not by
any post ONCE route, but through the manger or
Bethlehem. Our faith came from Christ as the
Eiver from ts source IN the mountain side; Did
Stephenson was the sole author OF one depart
ment OF modern progress. be gave new impulse
be achieved his GROWING WORK, instead OF walx
ing on the low level, the world as It were, took
leap on tue locomotive and dashed on TO higher
one feiI @ q. ., IRON an electric battery:
boy Europe was on a low level. 1t was governed
by one Church, one priest, one power; despotism
everywhere reigned; but when he, man, made
the hrst wooden type. and then another and au-
other, III he had completed enough 10 print the
ss III Que aa the
when 1t exploded, threw into thousand atoms
THE sUPHRsTrTIOSS OP AGES;
and In the great upheayal there we're thrown up
ITS chains and manacles that had bound hu-
man minds In slavery, and there was seen man
before his God on the bill top looking up thankfully
10 heaven. man did ali that. When Athens
philosophers met IN coteries s' and clubs to discuss
philosophy Aristotle was the authority for a whole
beIes ol tnousht On gwen subjects. HIS brain,
nkf great galvanlzna battery set In the centre
oi the people, sent out throbblng impulse that
permeated TIE whole word. NOW would 1t be out
pl the way 10 compare Christ with such men
stephenson, Gutenberg, Aristotle and the rest
In one respect he believed II was not. To COM
pare the ordinary hills 10 the country With the
ROCKY Mouhtains would not cause the noun
tains 70 topple over render them any
ihe less grand in the sight OF men. Ste
phenson had given the world an idea; but we
had improved upon IL so that he himself ii he could
come BACK into the world, would pe inviting
10 20 from New YORK 10 Buffalo ON the engine of
his invention, and at The rate IL went when he
tried II. He would buy first class ticket and 20
In a Pullman car 1t was so with Aristotle lie
gave the world an idea, but be was now curiosity
on the students SHELF The impulse he gave to
human thought was now the Impulse of an ecno.
II was not so with the BiDe. Christ gave us an
Impulse oil greater force. But He lived eighteen
years ago, ann the social, political and moral I'm.
puise lie had gwen was the impulse OF to-day. Is
Impulse was