The New York herald., 1876-11-27
Opening Services in the Grace
Baptist Church.
PROVE ALL THINGS"
Rev. Father Farrelly at the
Cathedral.
Mr.. Chadwick on the Good There
Is in Evil.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

THE BRUISED REKD-sERMoN Dy Mr. HEP
WORTH.
Mr Hepworth preached 90 his hock yesterday
morning from tho tsxi-Matthew, xiii, 2o--.A bruised
reed shall he not break and smoking fax shall he
quench till no send forth judgment victory
Mr. Hepworth began his discourse by saying that
every passage which discovers trait IN the
character OF God valuabe that
the know OF Gods relations 10 Us the
more We shall adore ana love. 70 know nothing OF
HIM 10 live IN a ssarlcss night; know all about
Him that mind and heart can grasp is TO live under
the vertical or MONDAY Tho expression used
IN the text Is very intense; !, not satisfied
with simple assertion OF GODS care, but expresses
deal more. Nothing Seems more worthless o
more unworthy OF any specia, care than bruised
reed. There is nothing in the universe about which
afford 10 be more careless, apparently, as TO
whether it goes out not than Tho spark OF lire in
smoking FAX And yet the people in the odcn times,
and IN the golden Christ Himself asserted that God
would break the bruised reed, lie would not
queneh the smoking nax, but would nep the and
encourage the o.her And II we look through The
lens OF the Fathers character with vivid
lght what discovered before, that lis love
Tor us is intense aud all poweriui, and that HIS
regard Is mol scattered in general way
tic crowd, but is directed the lie
ana CONSCIOUSNESS OF each individual. God gem
ergliz,s, lie always particularizcs. he never
iers, but always suits the gut 10 the peculiar
ana condition OF the individual who IS TO receive II.
The preacher then ed the close or tho
congregation while he find Ia the some
tnss oI spiritual interest for the, aDi also SPIRIT
uai encouragement he said that, IN the first place,
the text taught our entire continual dependence
upon higher power; that we are spoken OF not
trees, robust ana mgnly ape III resistance strong
endurance, but rather as reeds. that may DC broken
by any unusual wind, that may be bruised II not
broken by any ol the ten thousand contingencies
winch mako up the sum Of human nic. He went to
ray that the lrst element OF true religion a
seriousness OF usier dependence upon God;
that cannot understand the tiyne scheme
OF salvation Gods uiscipining providence un-
loss napg like thread from Gods throne
No mau can so through Lie independently; then why
not ask heap from the only one VINO give it, The
KING above kings aud the Lord above lordsy He
asked why wo did not 90 to the source oi al power
wsen we needed strength; why not look beyond tho
sars, with their feeble light, 10 the OF righteous
ness, which ned The world with the blaze His glory
when we stand III need OF peace and comfort The
preacher remarked that some satisfied w,lh
on. pnysicai qualification; that they seemed need
nothing else, that incir principle lite the OF
aud enec-so much labor mingled with SO IN UGH
sas.citv Viii be SO much gain; that such mon could
not understand tho significance OF u religious
life, aud ihat they could be made 10
l,ci the necessity OF preparing III the present Tor
That great Change which 10 SO lar OIL 10 them. But
That, on tho other hand. II man was thoughtful in
us best sense, II bio mind seemed 10 wing It's way
Nh eagle Hight TO the heights above the earth, he
would ask the questions. What iS to be when What
mas come TO naushi, and what Is the me anIng OF
poverty aud the eternal struggle TO winch human
urc doomed. rhc speaker said that these
fundamental questions; tnat II you asked them ,ho
busy te clds u nature, III the iibinries
NHosc shclNes HIlcu Win the WISDOM
tie sranuest inteecs OF the age, they all give the
same answer that they know rothng about II; that IL
II - puzzle and enigma 10 all But he came the
Book louna that II treated OF nothing but that
rruo that there - IN US an element that be
tssnea by nothing hut the supernatural, b. the
r,rnal by Cod Himself, and that religion consisted
noasng and educating THIS part OF "A mans nature
Nj. ncpwortn mere enlarged al length upon utter
ucIcnucncc upon some one or something, whether
sska1wcdeca II OF not and upon The convection that
forces itsei upon consciousness OF
ls tsuth and urged his people TO turn 10 Hun who
A4 1. 1tlfu us
ectuai e, and he saiu that religion consisted
icsi- IA. appreciation OF our utter dependence, and
tast The text bore
ANOTHER siGNifIcArIox:
lhll God sometimes bruised us, and for n good prr-
post iiie happiness, but discipline; that
h not to look Tor happiness IN this Lille but the
lr i ,unic tat u Was necessary 10 brusc the soul To
- itc ~ ectucss out OF IL; that soul unbrulscu
was oliNn careless aud thoushticss, and That
ruDd oniy iccl sure II was God who bruised could
beat a aud bc patient because all tor eood
i.iat tie names by whlcn Christ called
T. scs oi dcspolism aid cruriiy-ihe IAlnp Of cod
hnd 4 White dove and that lie who wept fallen
Jrrasaem is weeping over ialcn New York;
easure prosperity without decrease spiritual
slcbstn iIai success Is the
EASa OF TnE UNIVERSE;
hat succeed 10 dlc--ihat The paradox of the
wauiG ~ i,iu the from the bcsinnng and
lnat ought to say. 80 God. thou my God
, fntscr. thou shat icad me, Tny Will be done ~
a hat u we can do that, though may sing
MINOR key und there might be many saa note in the
Iraiongcd symphony, yet whcn PASS through the
Dur surprise saall lind have been singing
earth IN the same key that the angels were singing
mud that we snaii say with them, ''Hoiy, hoiy hoy
Lord God of Israel, Thy VII be done" F."