The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-19
CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATER-
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s.AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, TAKE HEED WHAT
YE HEAR"-sERMoN BY THE rev. T. H.
CHAPLIN. D. d.
AT the Church OF tho Divine Paternity, Fifth avenue
and Fortyfh street, tho preached ycster-
dny morning by the pastor. Rev. Edwin Il. Chaplin.
Tho the twenty fourth and the twcnty.nfth
verses Of the fourth cnaptcr Of St Marx:-"And he
said unto them, Take heed what 20 hear; with
what measure ye rnctc, It shall be measured you:
and unto you that hear shall moro be given. For he
that hath, to him shall be given and he that hath
from HIM shall DO TAKEN oven that which he hath"
This declaration, Ut least tho latter part OF 1t,
repeated several times In the Bible II found In the
thirteenth and again in the twenty NTH chapters OF ST
Matthew, and IN tho eighth and nineteenth chap
ters OF ST Luke. In the latter with al.
most tho same application rs In the nrst
enforcing tho necessity or attention 10 tho d.
vine law. rho apparent contradiction OF tho state-
mcnt'ror nc tina, hath, 10 him shall DO given and no
that hath not IRON him shall DO taken which
he hathn-rcicrs to two different thngs-thc capacity
to hear and tho power to Improve. Land has different
capacitica some OF 1t can DO improved, while some
remains barren waste Man has certain capacities Or
talents and the dsuso Of them depends tho
capacity disposition 10 improve them. lie who does
tho faculty or talent he has will loso IT, To
HIM that has The Jspost.o on shall the power DO
gwen 10 improve. The who takes heed
how he hears the divine word, but will M. think
or realize their meaning soon loses tho faculty OF
hearing them aud their sounds 10 his the
rustic OF leaves or the ruinbng wheels tho street
but tho other who hears and hceds will take
pummct Of though, into The mind OF Jesa. The moro
truth Will we md more that il new ana bright US.
What a new hight, as of morning, breaks over the
whose soul is groping In the carkness Tor When
lac reads II am the resurrection and tho hfc.r what
assurance OF relief TO the stung a sense OF
he reads that '.Joy shall be In heaven over ono
sinner that Tcpcntcth moro than ninety nine
Just persons whicn need no repentance The Bible
10 be rightly understood should not DC read as Sun.
day contract but rs It applies 10 experiences.
Strike beneath the surface. Where there Is
OF faculty TO do 30 is taken away; .icr
that hath not from him shall he taken even that which
he HATH The essential doctrine is contradictory
IL Is not arbitrary; u Is a law that
CAPACITY Is usxD IT INCREASES
In physical matter u Is well known that some
limbs organs Will shrivc and wthcr by inaction.
The practse eye oil tho sailor can see more tho
ocean than a andsmau, discerning In narrow strip OF
Tar OF blue The watched Tor haven. The Indian hunter
grows more and mere acute OF sight hearing by
practise; the musees OF the athese grow larger and
stronger by use 20. ia studying literature and art,
the man VIII discover new beauty Nature, 10 the eye
that sees and the ear that hears has over
lever greater, erandcr To reveal To this cx.
plorng mind Of man tho more Il seeks and listens
more lt gives Is this mind destined TO annhations
Does u mount too high. l. It 10 vanish here tho
weeds ol the churchyardy Shall be dashed and
shattered like glass upon the stony ridge Of Death
some quote the text with bitterness OF spirit as
though there was some injustice IN IT, They say such
nian Is rch and VI course, wealth keeps rolling
upon him; but NO are poor, aud what little we have
will be taken away. There IS something wrong with
such people. They have omitted opportunity;
they have not Of the talents; they lost
the vantage ground by some lack OF oxer.,on that
made. These laws are intense, in1cxible.
Everybody has some power that can be OF use, by
which he or some one around HIM can DO
benefited. We responsible Tor tho disposi-
ton. and ii u Is not used the power Is lost
rncrc IS danger OF negec,ing small duties and
responsibilities thai largo ones. The small
necessary Tor great ones The reason there Is much
corruption IN high places because there Is so much in
the low plxcca some think 10 WILL do harm 70 toll