The New York herald., 1876-11-06
THE PULPIT.
Sermons Yesterday in Various Churches
in This City.
QUE DUTY TO GOD.
Opening Of Mission by the Do
minican Fathers.
THE PERFECT LIFE.
Rev. J. w. Kramer on the Nature of
Christianity
THE PERFECT LIFE.
Or. Arnlitage on Eye-Evidence Of
the Almighty.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

SERMON BY REV GEORGE II. HEPwoRTH ON
The Church OF the Disciples crowded to excess
Yesterday morning Before the service several per-
SONS were baptized. After the the ordinance
oi the Lords supper administered about
twenty joined the church. Mr. Hepworth preached an
sarncs, sermon, taking for his text Psalms xiii, IL
"why art thou cast down, oh my soul, and why
art thou csquicted within mo- Hope thou in God,
Tor shall yet praise Him who is the help Of my
tenance and my God.n The preacher said the Psalms
10 Ike kaleidoscope; every time turn
page new color or a new combination OF colors Is
presented. II the Scriptures, taken whole, can
b. hkcned to body, safely lken David's
rsams 10 The heart, because in them have discov-
ercd 10 view all the cxcitemcnts all the eSaa-
We on the road to heaven subject and better than
all We have presented tho for every dsappont
aud Inshap. And yet Davd's human nature
well baastcd with lead that at times it sank to
The very bottom OF the Of life and rested in the
mre, instead OF floating on the top We know that
people under the impression that when man be-
a Christian b, begins TO escape all the sorrows
81 life and 20 walk only In tho sunshine. That
statement comes only from a nearsighed heart;
i is the result not OF experience or knowledge
If the plan OF God. it simply the
sal desrc 10 gct rid of trouble some way
or other The Caristian religion does not promise
that shall ba unbuccned when we enter the Church
nf God neither does II promise that shall havo
none OF the ills TO which flesh is heir Re
hgon Is high above the pleasures and excitcmens
oi Tins world. IL oilers 10 us a eiit OF quetness,
pcaceiuluess, conicntment ana happiness, gitt SO
priceloss II possess II this world like dissov
ing sight. while in the Tor OIL distance
of the ut her HE into which we VIII soon enter. The
OF tho world wnen he is afflicted does
SU. SU Hu" @ m 'ne ,Sa world ~ ,ruoran. as o' 10
any object had in view by The onc who
imposes tho burden The Christian knows not only
that there is object, but he knows that when his
shoulders CALLED by the heavy weight he can 60
unto HIM who Iightens the burden and whose yoke is
easy. ard by prayer and communion with one all power
iul hc can receive = certain
STRENGTH
INTO his heart which enables him 10 smile when
another would groan between the two which
science philosophy ear bridge Tho man OF tho
world not know NJ what tod really means ana having
conception OF His plans, is driven by the orco Of
circumstance into open rebellion.
Gods PROMISES do mol apply 10 those who arc aliens,
hut do apply to those. however guilty they may be,
who into covenant with Him. When our
children die ! don't how bear II. ! think we
oper rebellion steel our hearts toward God The
lrst thing ought do is to lind resting place for
his when he leaves this world. Are not like the
poor dove sent out over the water, which seeing no
place drops into despair and death? Look at
The Christian Noah let's out his
DOVE,
aud goes far. but return 10 perch tho
finger OF the prophet This Igure is fair one and
every ought TO have foundation of faith on
which TO huild and since must through vari
conflicts is IL not right TO have on board an an
clor which will hole us when the current is strong.
rhe Bible tells mo how ought 10 act: II cheers me
ap to-day by telling me what may expect tomorrow.
great deal OF our dependency comes from lack Of
laith. We cannot have too much of IL. Perfect
love casicth lear and perfect faith does tho
Ihng. All despondency comes from the fact that We
implicitly trust the Lord. When the disciples
we're awas from Jesus they quarreled and wrangled
nay, than that, they bad doubts ABOUT the king
dom OF God but the moment Christ appeared their
ioubts dispeed He projected His faith into
Them and they could not help H. They knew what II G
said ruc 1t was just the relationship between the
child and mother. The child cannot understand the
mother Childhood is tho type oil ignorance leaning
npon strength anu wisdom, and receiving with unqucs
;oning faith the words the mother utcrs. The risen
Christ nearly omn potcnt than Christ earth
rhc risen Christ Is cd and the Christ ncarnae is God
absolute. That wonderful transmutation took place
aftcr the resurrection. We have got better master
Than Peter and Paul had. Why can't we have
more faith? oh that could take hold OF the world
and with giants power wrench II from your grasp.
oh. brethren, when can say, "Thy Will be done''
and ice that q cd best friend life Will change
itself into a song, and instead OF moaning and waing
this vale OF tears shall walk proudly along the
Kings highway aud sing, "Ilory HallciuJah' over
mountain and every valley.