The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-15
GODS LABORERS.
Mans Intuition the Best Basis tor
The2lOgy.
"A DE Y O l. T l. | + E."
Satan and the Christian
Church.
THE FORTY HOURS DEVOTION.
Privileges of Christians in Labor
ing for God.
THE FORTY HOURS DEVOTION.
CHRIST'S GREATEST SORROW
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

me lnurcn Oh lle disciples was HIeu WITH u
large congregation yesterday morning MIR. Hep.
worth preached an eloquent sermon, taking for
his text the 9th Psalm, stu verse :-"WheD thou
sadst, Seek We my face, my heart SAID unto thee,
thy face, Lord. will | seek.u The command 10
seek the iace OF tie Logd IS employed IN various
parts OF the Scrip ure AID e would pear in the
act OF seeking mans desi ny in some way is ln-
volved. THIS quest on naturally arises before we
Yield i'm, liclt obedience 10 TINS command VINO
anG what is lie, from whose lips is the order
emittedg And i often think conceptions
Of Goo are very vague that our allegiance
to rim is affected thereby. Ih.re is something IN
scientific conclusions and researches which is
likely to unsettIe one's mind. especially tie large
class of minds that have no time 20 grapple with
so great or important a subject rs the existence
and influence OF an Almighty Providence. The
very foundation stone OF religion, then, is the per-
sonality OF God. David and Moses and Isaiah
and Daniel not only thought OF Him as person,
bat looked upon and spoke with Him; they held
communion as friend with friend, and words
which He uttered in their ears they uttered in the
universal ear OF manki nd. Those words were en-
graved on stone ana written on parchment; they
have urged men TO an ideal manhood and
when you ask again, How can l believe in per-
sonal God Are there any arguments that lead
men along the well-travelied high DAD Of logic to
bulS stopping pltCc auoHSIs cSf tlcTc ere u
thousand avenues by which the mind travels IN
the direction OF God; there are thousand provi-
dences which the ordinary mind accepts as the
corner stone OF their belief in an Almighty Prov.
dence. But TO my mind the one great reason why
men believe il the personality OF the Almighty Is
simply and only because they cannot help 1t. 1t is
Just as natural attribute certain events in ones
lie to the motion OF an
UNSEEN HAND
AZ fvT q rose 10 send out Its perfume That result
Is lust as certain IN ones experience as the light
OF the stars as the greenness Of the teneath
our eet. suppose Very lew men here coCio
formulate the reasons Of their beief, such incis-
i've facts that they could operate on the mind
Dos not he in our MUD. We believe in in Goa
Just our children Delevc IN u.s. they know
not why; tley care not why. Mans intuition,
therefore, is alter ALL the best basis Tor theology.
Hhat IS lntuittunY 1t Is an instantaneous arrival
at result without any knowledge o. The process.
The difference between Intuition and reason Is
that intuition walks across the Vide river
unseen bridge while reason stands on the further
II can arrive on the otner SIDE, and then slowly
finding It's way along the bank to its source, ahd
other bank, TIL, after years OF ton, II stands beside
intuition, winch By lew steps crossed the hidden
bridge.
! believe that men are both attracted and re-
PEELED by their beGef in Cod, and that proves HIS
existence II yea put magnet near some iron
shaylngs each little particle VIII seeem 10 jump
toward the magnet. Brethren, that Is theology
70 me and the best logic OF my lie. Ii aiforl us
All the mist conclusive proofs OF the existence OF
an aiiDigaty power ana wisdom. God is an IN.
dDite. great magnet, unseen, whose attributes
are put laintly pictured. You and and all the
rest OF the word are Simply great nandluis OF
atoms OF metals This Infinite magnet moves
along in its orbit, and somehow, each in turn
feels drawn upward toward the invisible and
the unkLown. Amid anguish and joy alike, the
eye, as though npelled by some
UNEXPLAINED LAW,
lifts itself 70 the SKY, aud there Is no such hap
piness as he enjoys VINO has cilmoed nI2n
enough to feel the active force OF Goa's spiiIt;
while another man, IN MS badness Just as Datu-
rally ieeIs repealed. How many times have you
seen an ignersnt man nlang hilnsei under the
spreading branches oil the forest tree when u
storm comes? How many times have seen
sucn lnan crouch behind wall-trenblng ap-
Ject hoping that by disabling himself tie inter.
poses something between the eye O the Higher
Power and his miserable body : 1t Is Coos
tributive justice that he cannot ieei anything but
fear, and This very iearfuu SIS proves that tnere
IS a power ana vision and affection which we
call God. Now. brethren, TINS Impulse to search
seems TO lie the oundation Of our progress. The
commandment Is 10 AID cut Goa II you can.
Mans curiosity IS he
CORNER STONE
OF all we possess to-day It Is the impulse which
drives the human race, IRON century 10 century,
out oil ignorance 10 the Gay o. knowledge. But for
mans wonder aud curiosity we would remain Ia
ignorance and savage brutality ftom cycie Gle
For instance, some tnougntlu man glands on the
planet, and looks, perhaps, Oh riven hillside
the Work OF The earthquake. lie wonders what
secrets lie beneath MS eet; how the earth came
INTO existence spade anu pcksXs In hand he
digs stratum after stratum, aud each one rs new
ZEAL Ia that great BOOK; one cover OF wnicn Is the
IRE at the centre Oi the esrth and tue other tue
green grass wnlcn we tread. From stra um 10
stratum nc goes, till at last ne ormulatss the
facts he has discovered aud you nave ali that is
known oil the science vi geology.
Another man OF diner NJ taste Is curious con-
corning the magic tcet wnicn is III every one's
wis; what 10 w lie drives a sharp instrument
into ms and two or three Results iolo~-arst
ne recoiis rom 1hat we cal pain; then nows
forth that red iuld 1Dici We call lie now wuat
Is TINS mechanism? Led by tAIs Impulse OF
earnestly NJ finds ms way through all the nel vous
system, taen through The muscular system; he
sees ~ every vein anu artery the siucew1y
through when the heart propeis the life mud;
and there you have pnJ stoo9y. man OF differ.
ent temper looks up INTO tue vast atmosphere
which surrounds tAe world or pierces that ana
goes further into the dim spaces o. the eternIties
that lie around about Us. what are these specss
which we seer lie, vita his mage glass lnls nIs
way ana then iolmaiatss all the Iacts ae gathers
ana haLds his htt.e
10 those VINO come after nInl ana as centuries go
on there co'nes 10 us some knowledge OF the
10 existence, aud we tnIt thought our
selves he centre Of the universe dnd that we
are living % a small sphere IN obscure G rner.
might multiply these Illustrations indefinitely,
Dut thefe II 10 need. All the sciences are perfect
pictures ~ themselves. And me impetus gwen
us WAS Wnen hou saldst 10 I'VE, seek ye my lacerp
"sly heart SAID unto thee, thy lace, Lord, will
SEEK In other words, an discoveries the
SUIT oil man curiosity. Every science. said, Is a
picture. IL Il much more. We have at nome Lox OF
blocks, each part not unp,easing IN ITSELF but AL
the arts joined together maze larger picture,
each olOcS con ributingits part. put astronomy
ana physiology and all The other sciences together
and see great picture. see through tue whole
unity ol pan, ana am compelled 10 ask, VINO
devised this IL is He | Want. What does lie
Know aud care about us4 j want Just here TO call
your attention 20 another elements II IS contained
IN the last part OF my text, 'My heart saId unto
thee, thT lace, Lore, Will seekn Ally hearth Yes.
Remem0er, so fhr We have been dealing with
mans intellect have introduced another stand
ard. another method OF proof n IL the neart OF
man, me MIND can prove TACT or testify 10 spe-
clal sta'ement, out how shall know whether the
Zen commandments are iruer TO what proof can
put the sermon on the Mount | cannot put
them into the cruc0le and find their texture
cannot put them aiar or and look at them
hroush ths telescope. WHAT proof IL tpcreS one
open 70 every one Of you, more determined In It's
nature prove II ny my heart Brain Is not the
whole OF man; mans heart, affections, emotions.
loves, Iassions, appetites-Inese, you think OF
IT, are ihnultey more than any Judgment. FOR
instance, man knows he ought not TO drink ret
he drinks; his mind says no sgd his appetite says
yes. CHRIST then, put into lie certain truths
which