The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-29

you alone.
Now that enemy OF mine, the clock. says have
preached long, and so cannot say number Of
things want TO say.W
Mr.. Beecher concluded his sermon with an clio.
quent reference 10 Easter Sunday.
LYRIC HALL
THE GREAT HOPE OF IMMORTALITY SERMON
BY REV. o. B. FROTHINGHAM.
Rev. q. B. Frothinghams theme yesterday
morning was "The Great Hope, the Hope OF
Another Lille" The Christian festival OF the
resurrection OF Christ is simply another edition OF
an old pagan custom like Christmas. Spring Is
not the season OF fruitlon, but only OF hope.
The spring may nger IN the lap OF summer and q
thousand bights and disappointments may de-
stroy the blessings OF the coming months, and yet.
despite these frequent dlsappointments, hope
springs eternallY IN the human breast when the
MOWERS begin TO bloom and the earth puts on Its
verdant garment. And what is Easter but the
festival OF hope? Paul was the apostle OF resur
rection and yet Paul spoke hardly ever OF resur-
rection in any language stronger than that Of
hope knowledge passes away, assurance leaves
us, but hope always remains. Circulation work
eth patience patience experience, experience
hope and hope shall not be put to shame" This
feeling OF hope Is almost equally great with Peter
and the other apostles.
THE HOPE OF THE APOSTLES.
No doubt Christ had risen, but there was still
some doubt as to whether they would rise. There
were certain conditions the noD-lulflment OF
which would render all their nope idle. And
Paul's nope disappeared. He hoped that the Lord
would come in the cl to the sound of trumpe U.s.
He hoped That the dead would be raised rom their
graves. All those hopes were doomed to dsap.
pointment. AS we think OF these batted hopes we
cannot but pity the apostles. The SUCCESSORS Of
the apostles still believed in the coming OF the
Lord, but at a distant PERIOD, when the end OF all
time had come. when all human beings were In
their graves. The hope was much more remote,
but 1t Still lived. How an XlOusly the last gay OF
lie was walteu Tor II there by some chance should
be II visible sign ol resurrection. All Christianity
has cherished the hope OF a resurrection, although
1t mas no knowledge, no assurance 10 base 1t
upon.
! IMMORTALITY LIMITED.
| 1t must be remembered that this nope Is lin.
! tied TO those VINO beleve IN the Lord Jesus
Clrist. Throughout tue New Testament no def.
mite promises are held out TO any one. Tine
anxiety caused by TINS TACT produces much OF
the individual solictude Tor our true Iaith.
Christianity never taught that the soul was nat
VINO mo- truly believed in the LORD were crowned si
Christians can disregard the attacks OF SEEN len.
tists Tor they say God can DO everything" and
| thus maintain their Iaith in immortality.
THE DENIAL OF SCIENCE.
The reverend speaker then alluded TO the efforts
the World ne sou mmera
because lmmaterial9 What sort Of immortality
could that be- an 'ortaty OF dust, OF the desert
that every hunger after truth shall be realIzed
Does 1t include conscience, SO that my sense OF
rectitude snail be satisfied? Ii II does not include
these things what does 1t include These were
tne basis OF investigation from tue standpoint OF
science. 1T was attempted to prove that all the
emotions and mental conditions were the out
come OF the physical organization, SO That there
fury and half the belief In immortality mas been
greatly shattered. Then came Spiritualsm. wnlch
cannot. don't care to live again Tor the mere
matter OF living; what want to know is what this
lie is TO be, how am TO live again. life OF In.
anlty, OF nOthingness, is worthless.
HOPE BETTER THAN KNOWLEDGE.
nope VI imi a Is tne pest tnns we nave.
Hope Is the quickener OF energy, but conviction Is
not 1t Is because we cannot tell what the next
day may bring FORTH 1t is because we must lore
cast investigate, that we advance. WHAT great
batIler ol reform would struggle If he knew now
every thing was 10 eventuateY 1t Is because we
must make our future successful that we progress.
Then again, hope Is elastic; but knowledge is
staole. The rthod0X doctrine was that we one day
should ali SIT IN white robes golden STOOLS play
ing the narpsIchord-thus not leaving us even a
choice OF instruments. Q4augnter.) Then there Is
Spirltuasm, wnich says the future lie viii be all
summer. NOW, there are IL great many people
VINO don't IKE slmmermwho prefer the rlgors OF
which says tnat luture lie Will be Il constant
progress, an everlasting BATTLE. But there are
great many people VINO don't want to fight all the
time Qaughter)-wno want to rest. Thus any
definite doctrine beyond the mere nope only con-
tracts the horizon Of immortality. l DON'T define
iIs character. l merely give you the promise OF
the great hope which Will illuminate all your lie
THE JUSTICE OF IMMORTALITY.
admit that nope must nave some Justification.
and 1t has TINS Justification: 1T is JUSTIFIED Tor
stance, oy the natural demand tor justice. We all
lee tnat the glory OF Gods truth must be re-
veaed to all men; we eel that the injustice OF
tins lie must be remedled In another; we leel
that these poor sufferers OF the earth must have
their day. We are privileged to hope LOT lmmor-
tally IN order that We may witness the revocation
OF God's justice. How many mems aspirations,
spiritual warnings artistic struggles are nipred
In their very buds and 1t would De hard to think
that these men should not eacn Their lul stature.
Inc hearts prophecy, the prophecy OF love, Is
instinct with the promise OF immortality. Wnen
the iron has gone into the soul the loss low ed
ones Is not hard to think that there Is no nope
oi u reunlonY
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.
SOLEMN PoNTIFICAL MASS CELEBRATED By
CARDINAL, M'CrOsKry