The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-08

| was the greatest miracle which was ever wrought
At the conclusion OF his address, which was list
ened TO with earnest attention. Mr.. smith called
a instances OF miracles OF grace IN the auolence
euu ~ response quite number OF young men
pr0dgal sons.
CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY.
God . Being superior to All Matter, and
Man His Onsprng-sermon by the
Rev. DR.. Chaplin.
There was assembled In this church. NJ tina
services yesterday morning. . very large ana
select congregation. DR.. Chaplin selected a. h,s
text Acts, xviii, 2o-"Forasmuch, then "A va are
the OFFSPRING OF God we ought not 70 thtnr that
the Godnead is like unto gold or stone, craven nv
art or mans DEVICE" In the city or Athens, no
began. Christianity first came in public contact
with heathenIsm. ask you what it was to which
Paul addressed himselff He appealed to the
spiritual nature OF man; not for the purpose OF
humbling him, but with the aim OF eventually
exaltng him. The glory OF Christianity
was made point. Paul detected that
point In the heart which yearns towards God.
Athens, with her marble gods was a mighty as
piratton carved in stone. They rested on no mere
fictitious bases. This shrine was built to an un.
known God. Paul seized point and upon 1t
raised the fabric OF the Gospel From that day to
this the purpose of the pulpit is to put forward this
across as many obstacles as did the ancient
phtlosophersf Consider how attached we are 70
material things. There is nothing more important
than the position Of people towards religion.
How shall they be brought to religion There is
not much OF actual opposition to the religion OF
Christ =
IS rndHorence-thouRh unthinking fndi1erence-tO
the greatness Of the question the Importance Of
It, One method OF touching IL is TO strip religion
OF all which is formal or extrinsic We believe the
facts which come to US from the material world
man is antagonstic 10 the laws OF the Gospel or,
IN other words, man y antagonistic to that which
ss M q inc s q mis-
trast; he took the poets assert ion and called as
the offspring Of God. This was enough TO refute
idolatry. In the assertion OF this fact was In.
volved the ruin OF that glorious idoiasry. tho
stream cannot rise higher than the mountain.
agreed with DR.. Charming when he spoke OF
FHE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE
valid argument against material interests IN the
present. dayY We are beings who think. Is there
no reality Of thought in the untverses Is there
expression OF thought In the human face and in
things around US? Our physical organization came
BY process OF development. Professor fyndau
ask myself II there Is no being IN this universe that
knows more about these things than dor" This
ospring are Tns Is the Dst oracle q
conscience. There Is no epoch In history In which
nor Of es one Tn IS an
ment against the idea that the head OF all Ia gold
silver. The belief that ANIMALS are capable OF
thinking would only extend the field OF Thought
gentleman. after seeing some boys throwing
stones 1T monkey, said that 1t at 1rst dim.
cult to determine which was the better animal:
but, after reading paragraph Of Locke or quota
ton from Shakespeare, ne very suddenly arrived
men was infinitely superior to any brute animal.
Consider what IL Is that makes history fountain
oftnspiratton to US. 1t Is the
being OF self sacrifice and holy and loving mercy
cannot be the offspring OF anything like gold or sill
yer. This indifference would pass away under the
realization OF our higher being. Let any one ask
how far ne can go without help from religion. We
need something to startle ms out Of our indff1er-
ence. The man who thinks asks where hts place,
we are the ofspring OF something higher than
goid The troubles that come early In life amount
to ittle but certain hard natures are only ntensi-
fed BY trial Sensitive natures have no
rest bus that Of an immortal hope.
A man wandering in forest knows
when he comes near the end, because
the trees begin to get few and far between. This
is Ike the sense OF approaching dissolution. When
our end is drawing near the wonaerful depth Of
in our ears since childhood strike Us with new
meaning. We read them mechanically till some
spring is touched In US. BY and by this Bible,
raised above all coins and metals, becomes heavy
with the freghtage OF our human hopes. Eyes
that death Is shadowtng begin 10 discern high
meanings tn It's utterances. Every one remem.
bers the fndlnQ Of q skeleton in one OF the boats
belonging 20 the Franklin Polar expedition.
New Testament was found with MIN opened at the
where is thy vIctoryT 1t was q challenge In the
very lace OF death.