The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-07
Sanctifcation Attainable Through
Truth.
PICTURING HEAVENLY LIFE.
MI. Tamage on the Awful Example Of
Bad Officials.
THE GOOD STEWARDS REWARD
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

sryEaY MAN HAS MS WORK" DISCUSSED BY
REV. GEORGE II. HEPwoRTH.
Taking Tor his text John, ", IL, Rev. Dr. Hepworth
yesterday morning delivered DISCOURSE Labor, said
be- seems be the full road to success in life. Upon
every man has fallen tho necessity of working IL is
n golden bondage in which are all bred, and the
clinsing makes the brightest music OF iic
Labor is the beaten highway which God Himself hath
laid out for 10 walk In and which He hath Him.
sell hedged by islaw andy His love- Our highest
happiness is allied the hardest work To toll gives
one the right smile after is done To cxpcnd all
ones force in trying carry ororn hope TO sue.
cessu end is to enlarge ones heart and increase his
energies until he is surprised at his own power.
ADAMS FALL
To have nothing but leisure 10 to be subjected TO
constant temptation. lie who has nothing to do SITS
down in scli-condemnaton and IS surrounded by dis
content and unrest all the while Mans normal con-
dtion is be To be at leisure is to suffer
from disease The minister pointed the TACT that
Adam was supplied with all the heart could wish, that
he labored the summit OF the mount; he had but
10 dream and what he saw IN Imagination became
golden realities. But he suddenly tell IRON the noun
tains summit to the mountains base. We were not
formed until after he fell. Our cradles were rocked 10
the valley; our feet never touched me mountain top
Therefore we know not what we lost by Adams fall
But, brethren, by Gods redeoming grace we can
reclaim the ancient Inheritance Of our great
ancestor, because God loves and God ior
gives We cannot anticipate Adam What we
want does not lie here as II did with HIM. II
lies altar OF but white climbing toward
it ana working Tor it dream Of tive hope TO reach
the goal day, and scatters sunbcams all around
our path God vouchsaed 10 US the ability 10 dream
OF what IS beyond. While We trudge along We can bor-
flowers OF the hereafter, MI our presence with
the future, until The cup is Overlooking and drops ali
from the edges 10 baptze US in the midst OF our sor-
rows.
GOD A THEOLOGICAL MYSTERY.
brethren, there strange association IN our text:
.'My Father worketh heretofore ana work" a
working God is theological mystery. Far away IN
the East. whore the people imagine their Deity hey
mink Of HIM us rcciining on IL downy couch OF cou1s
sleeping time away-never giving any thoughts TO us.
The gods the anccnts are portrayed ia mythology
selfish. All Jupner cared Tor was himself. But
when turn over tho leaves Of THIS blessed volume
find the conception OF God such rs the world never
had before There we have cd VINO worketh Tor
Hmseli--who worketh Tor me, Tor nine, tor you. lie
ms ninisterng angels To me day and night He
~ win0 "a do everything Tor me and asks nothing in
return put that Will love Him much as lie loves
me-that VIII have faith ana confidence In Him even
in the dark hours when cannot SEQ the path be-
fore me.
coD's PURPOSE
The minister next considered the purpose God had
In working Tor maa. HIS oulect is not 10 IN
crease HIS power 10 glorily HIMSELF nor TO extend HIS
dominion, Tor He rs omnipoient His only object is 10
educae and develop you and me that We shall SIT IN
HIS presence and live IN HIS company forever anu
lie Is one who makes great sacrifices and wo
reap all the gam. sacrlfccsY Yes, He made great
sacrifice when from HIS golden home He summoned
his beloved son carhward which ended with the cross
aud with the nails. There must have been sorrow ID
heaven az that moment as there was doubtless Joy In
grave ana assembled up Oh high We may be tempted
away from following HIS blessed steps. Christ was
Himself tempted, but HIS faith took hold IN God and
He resisted God asks US that we shall love Hm for
sending HIS son to earth TO DO our ransom ana he
wants us TO follow in the steps OF His only heeotrn
Jesus Christ The one price we pay Tor HIS love
the Master III return IL Is enough IL is all
God asks, ana ii lie asks more then sat
ishcd.
MANS RELATION TO GoD.
II God has OBJECT IN view how do you and stand
with regard to obJcctl Ii IL be true that the III
turc will bear witness TO Gods rctrbutlye justice
one han and rewards on the other how do you and
stand with regard 70 thciny Is our pc made with
Himf Is u wei with you, my brother, or are you IN
danger OF HIS WRATH One thing know, you are
happy proportion to your love OF God and unhappy
IN proportion 10 your disregard OF God. Mr. Hep
worth concluded by referring 10 the Two pictures by
Rembrandt, IN Rottcrdam--his first ana last
respcctvcyand showed that the Christian, like
this great artist, from little beginning might attain
TO the highest point In Christian development lie
point that one could hope TO be good who did
good To Others and earnestly appealed 10 each
oil the 800 church me,rbtrs present to make an effort
before the next communion day 70 bring AT least one
Sinner from darkness into Gods glorious sunlight.