The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-13

yput uu6lue6S STOOL, Juen 10 YOU also IL snail
De SAID, as IL WAS to Daniel, ''Th0u shalt stand In
tiny lot at the end OF the days"
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH
Sermon ON the Aspiration or Humanity
Towards God, by DIR. Cudworth.
AT the Church OF the Messiah, in Thirty fourth
street, Park avenue, the Rev. DR.. Cudworth, OF
Boston, preached yesterday morning on the aspi-
ration OF humanity towards God. He selected for
his text the first verse OF the F0rty-second Psalm
'As the hart panteth alter the water brooks so
panteth my soul alter thee. Cod"
There is an intensity OF feeling expressed to us
friends, said the Doctor, LII that verse which
proves that it is not the utterance simply OF a
spiritual inspiration, but OF common condition.
Unless there had been the base Of human condi-
ton in David, the inspiration OF the Most High
would not have called ont anything so full oil feel
ing as that declaration when lie uses the
Illustration. "As the hart panteth after
the water brooks SO panteth my soul
after thee. o Godl' 1t is the expression. on his
part. OF an instinct which shared by all the
lures which God has called into being, longing for
GOD. 1t is the universal experience OF a child 1t
has existed IN every nation from the remOtest Pc
riod OF time, it does exist in every nation at the
present time, and we conclude, by proper analogy,
that will exist the end OF time, and is in itself
i: demonstration oil what ST. Paul declares, tnat
'sin Him we live and move and have our beng.n
Take the process OF the Outstanding OF Southern
Airca-Cod is the end OF it take the conclusion OF
the sublimest phll0sOphy--God Is the goal OF 1t.
Tyndall says that he can follow beam OF light from
the point whence 1t radates until it strikes the
retlna. but no farther. How that light is trans
formed in the consciousness into a fact
patent in the brain-this is beyond his reach
i
explain what God has created, and God is
the author Of that transformation OF the light
which falling through any subsistence upon which
it has struck gives to the eye Knowledge Of form
color. distance. shape, and the characteristics OF
the observed object In God alone we lives he
comes TO the same conclusion that ST. Paul does
Among the ancient Egyptians there was this
instlncr, though in warped and distorted
form. SO among the fl e worshppers, among
those who dwelt in Chaldea. among the Greeks
and Romans, among all tine cultivated nations of
ancient times: and II Is mistake to suppose that
when the Egyptians wOrshpped birds, beasts and
reptiles, and the fire worsh ppers the sun or fire
that they stopped with the symbol, they went be-
yond the symbol to the invisible power behind.
They were far in advance OF the common notion
OF rhe gross dolatry that considered that the rep
tile in
THE MUD or THE NILE
was god. II was because that reptile embodied
something that could bring them good or could do
them harm mat they worshipped it. II was not
the reptile and it was not the bird and among the
fire worshippers 1t was not the sun that was wor-
shipped; IL was the power that gave the sun its
light, its heat to ructiy and WITTY the earth. and
making all that saw the sun glad that the sun mad
come again and the darkness OF the night was
gone.
m ancient there
thing-the ling after the divine; and that was
the reason that Paul found on one or the numerous
affairs erected TO the Grecian deties, Of whom
there were several thousands ITO the unknown
God.n Because after all the forms that had been
embodied. all the attributes that had been de-
clared, 1t was realized that there was something
beyond; and In order that IT might not be with
out recognition an altar was erected to the I'M
known God And that altar, you see friends. be-
came link between the instructive consciousness
of those that had not received the revelation Of the
most High and Of those that had. The altar to the
unknown God was the illumination to the Greeks
or that truth which Paul would proclaim, that was
the link between instinct and inspiration; and he
said. "As passed by and observed your devotions
saw an altar with this inscription TO the Tn
known Coll Whom therefore, you ignorantly
worship, Him declare unto you" And then fol-
lows that marvelousy comprehensive declaration
OF his about the being aud existence OF God and
our relations TO Him, than which you VIII search IN
vain through all the declarations of Deity to find
anything more comprehensive, more concise,
anything more satisfactory 10 the mind OF the
phOso phIcal. the neart OF the afectonate and the
soul OF the asprationa-God, In whom we live and
move anu have our being How II runs thrOughtthc
mind, now IL dwes In the thought how 1t warns
and cheers the sOul--tne thou mt OF intimacy OF
our relations to Him, that in Him we live, that we
move In Him, that we have our being in Him: that
an instants consciousness without Him IS an utter
"a nhflnQnuhicnl
God, then, has been tue universal instinct OF man
kinds 1t Is the universal instinct OF mankind, and
we share II with all the members oil the human
family. And In the second place, remark tnat
we are so made so constituted, that we cannot all
the same being, and we mus, then. In tue first
place, become rcconciled to the diversitieS which
exist In the religious and spiritual world IN regard
to the views and conceptions OF God. THESE diver
sites exist In every phase and condition OF liie
II you Will go with me into
YOUR AsT0R LIBRARY.
any other library open to-day. you will see an
Illustration Of this. We Will imagine fifteen or
twenty men sitting around the table, each with
his chosen book, which has been taken from the
sael,es and walking behind them to observe
eacn book, you Will see the first with volume OF
philosophy; the third an historical work; the
fourth a book OF adventure or romance, and so
book IN two hands. Constituted and made to dir
Ter IN regard to their tastes men indulge their
tastes and preferences; aud 1t would be Just as
irrational Tor us to axe from each man his chosen
hoon ana, placing one In their hands, say. lyon
must all read this book" as 10 expect the
same IDEAS 10 exist in every mind in re-
gard to the Most Hlgh-to expect them
all 10 look out OF the universal IN
stinct through the same medium When summer
comes ana the crowded population OF this city and
other cities seeks ior rest and refreshment on the
Sabbath you viii find that some VIII seek the shore,
,Others VIII seek the woods. others Will seek The
cemeteries and graveyards. others seek the livery
stable and ENJOY themselves In driving through tue
streets, strange as 1t may SEEM Others Will go TO
the beautiful Central park; yet Others tho sail
boats and steamboats,, and toss upon the waves
all the summer Sabbath; and 1t would be Just as
reasonable 10 say 70 these people. .'yOu must ali
Is 10 expect Ill men TO take the same views oil
God, 10 consider Him the same being. Tho In.
stnct Is UNIVERSAL the yearninc shared by all, and
in response TO that instinct God answers that
yearning according 10 tile human condition OF each
individual As you Will observe tomorrow. should
you look carly enough out over these streets to see
the people gong TO their daily ayocati0ns, some
VIII have books under their arms others win have
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
others the inlnl1mcuts N M b, means