The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-26
THE CHURCH EVERLASTING.
Rev. Mr.. Terry Inveighs Against ROmanism as
Americas Dangerous Enemy.
CHRIST THE SILENT SUFFERER
Mr.. Beecher on the Beneficial
Effects Of Sorrow.
LOOSE THINKING AND LIVING
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.
OUR INenATITUDE-oUR UNWORTHY USE OF OUR
FREE wnL-sERMoN BY REV. Nh. HEP
WORTH.
The usual large congregation assembled In the
Church OF the Disciples yesterday morning. Mr.
Hepworth preached very earnest and eloquent
sermon, after which he eXnortei his people TO
come forward and help in the work Of bringing
souls into the Church, in a manner indicating that
ais whole soul is IN the work The text was Hosea
xiii, $40 Israel, thou hast destroyed thysef; but
IN me is thine help.u have been greatly inter-
ested during the past few weeks in the description
OF man, his present condition and future pros
poets, as Afforded by the Scripture on one hand
aud by the ordinary Judgment OF mankind
the other. And need not
say that l have been greatly surprised
10 find that both sources OF information lead 10
precisely the same results AMI deal very largely
N the same statement OF facts. The Bible Is the
embodiment OF hepulness. and this implies the
need OF succor. All through the Old Testament
and the New are promises given by God, and yet
no promise would have been given unless we had
stood in utmost need of supernatural, miraculous
AID. Promises OF nelp such as those given to US
are not uttered In the ears OF angels; they are
heard alone by
THOSE WHO ARE LOST
and cannot OF themselves find their way into the
uGut. lUlsCONeE tuTOuRuOuL tue Dluic QUO Anu VI
testimony TO this enect-that you and aud ali
the generations OF MANKIND have gone far astray
from the original home wherein we were
born, and beneath whose roof Tor time
we were SO happy. We have gone beyond the
reach or those VINO have loved us-have gone be-
yond the sight OF the paternal rool we know not
which way to turn, and we snail inevitably perish
unless some aid outside OF ourselves reclams US.
Again, we are represented as though we had
0alsa t.,an lAnn NIT and nrUht fru nyar
zeaousy to climb up Its slippery SIDES II Is in
vain, and unless we are helped we sha lie there
Till We ole. Inen once more, we are likened TO
those caught IN net, entangled and the more we
struggle the more hopeless our case becomes-we
are IN the power OF an evil SPIRIT. who
caught us. Ny brethren, il we believe
the Bible our estate at the present moment
liz poor. Listen to the words OF holy writ, "Inere
is none righteous; no, not one.n What you say,
after my life OF integrity have nothing Of which !
with your Maker To the man carving his honesty.
by which ne had gained his earthly goods, ~ to
MAJ bliss, think God would say, You bring me .
RAGS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
ana regard yourself as having ON a garment which
rignteousy no not onen Neither YOU. nv bro her,
nor Iyseif: we are ali in the same condition when
measured by the true standard. ''rhere is none
tnat Understandable that Is true There Is
truef We shall by and by. Then
comes this quaint expression, 'They nave all gone
profitable, there is none that doetn good, no, not
one.n That Is the statement Of inspired writers OF
race-a condition concerning wnicn We are not
hkelY 70 be very boastluL IL calls Tor extreme
IRENE care, lest results not anticipated should
come upon ike thief IN the night would
lay THIS statement OF facts Tor your acceptance OF
rejection. ! do not mold myself responsible Tor
you. Ny business - 70 preach the word as God
wnen / warn you that II the Scriptures
be true. then you and ! have gone considerably
and nep that we may recover that wbich has
been lost: out DO not rest The argument here.
my Gear trends; want now 10 appeal 10 you In
an entirely different way. ask no concessions
1lom any man concerning the authority OF the
BDle: from this moment make no appeal 10 that
book SIMPLY desire 10 take human soul am
az good specimen Tor the dissection table as any
one and 1 VIII put that soul on the table OF the
operator, and mistake the matter II you are not
IA thirty minutes as greatly surprised al wat We
discover az Andfea N asa nebsId ,bs ascais
machinery ofmuscle and nerves Tor the first time.
% not care 70 stop at OUTSIDE acts; I WI go De-
meath acts 10 persistent states oi mind and spirit
10 those inveterate ana oDdurate principles Dy
which man u governed from childhood to old age,
SANDS upon the revelation OF Cod but as one VINO
has observed numsn nature and mas
and thinks he has discovered remedy for the
trouble Now, put this to YOU, in the nrst place
men 90 not naturally love COO. suppose that's
q statement fnat needs 70 ne backed ny argument
aud Dy proof. make 1t with delIberauou as
the result u careful thought on the subject We
admit Intellectually. that God Is the beginning
the mean ana The end Of everything; we assent
at once 10 the statement that 10 God We live and
move and have our OeIng. thar we are utterly de.
came into being, by His desire we shall go out
intellectually you assent TO tue
DOCTRINE or PROVIDENCE,
that YOU are governed by an influence you have
never seen Or measured but which Is as rea as the
shining Of the stars. You VIII admit, intellectu-
u ; ana cha hat his GHun0l s ms that Tv' I %e
sna DC happy, .that nom Hin comes
a have dlrectY bnupn-
ceot ana loving God. We admit all that, ana yet
what Is our CONDUCT towards TINS Beings DO we
love HIM supTemelyg DO we consult Him on
everything DO we enJoy the privilege OF prayer
DO we really live in Colts presencs DO we love
1t Los true mat We dread God Is not prayer an
irksome duty Is Il a gladscme, enjoyable oner.
DAYS Wnen men lind nine 81 gold DO you
thlbk they say nothing about III Not at AL; they
Human nature Is not so organized; when the
heart Is lul the lips give utterance, and II we
swallow ana nov Insignificant ls the Offering You
say many 4 man feels what he does not say.
gAere il some truth IN that and
4 GREAT DEAL on soPHisTRY.
l1u % not treat God as you treat Your mother;
~ AZ not keep silent about her; you a yer lose
~ opportunity Y stand up for her, think am
trIe III ilis rs nrst assertion, and Il Is an AWFUL
cue fiat men 40 not naturally love
assert mat OF the chief pecuiarltes oil nan In
bis lelatloLs y the Alm ghty i lnaralitude, and
iAke y tnat THIS IS a. universal characterisLc
a. any other. NOW, II there Is any quallncatlon
That c0lIrs mans life * Is that. An unRrateful
man 4 always a selfish man, ana wren you dis
cover lngratltude you have q perfect rlgnt 10
gereraiize nom that aud make celt tain assertions
concerning mans character. 4 Will not say as
milton says, IL hornd language, that man
never LOOKS up 10 heaven amid the gor.
geous ieasti bui, win besotted. base IN
gratitude, Grams anu blasphenles the
feeder r-ior perhaps this would be harsh
but tAis i true, that the human race az thls
ment j. Characterized Iby nothing more salient,
has no more potential quahty of character than
inaratitude. ~ is the maryel OF the age that we
should al receive and nevsr thank. Brethren,
yUu ! dlg al the roots; an1 one other tHtng |
have dl6cOvered--it Il that we always md il a
great deal easier 10 do wrong tAan 70 % right,
and ask on what KIND " nature IL II That 1nds
III easier to DO wrong than riRnt. Way, brethren,
AZ II curious state 81 things, that when we
Intellectually acKn0 Wedge that the OBJECT OF the
Cnrstl4n religion Il TO save souls ana save us