The New York herald., 1878-03-25
THE GOSPEL OF PEACE.
"Seek Ye First the Kingdom
Of God"
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
Woman's Forttude Displayed Frequently
Amid Great Emergencies.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.
THE UNIVERSE MAN1FEsrs AN INTELLIoENcE
THAT INDICATES A PERSONAL aoD-sERMoN
BIZ REV. DIR. HEPwoRrH.
The Rev. DR.. Hepworth preached yesterday morn.
ing lbe Church of the Disciples, Madison avenue,
and "pvssented some thoughts about Co.." selecting
for his text the FIRST ana sccond verses Of tho nine
tesnth Psam--"rhe heavens declare the glory Of God
and the Ornament showeth his handiwork. Day
unto day uttere,h speech, and night night show
eth knowiedgen AT the commencement OF hts dis
course DR.. Hepworth referred TO the attitude OF
science toward theology, and said that science pur-
sued fair ana simple modo Of argument the result
would be the discovery Of = personal God,
outside matter, and tho revelation Of .
Being VINO permits TO call Him our
father, and who exercises kindly providence over
our lives; who answers our prayers, and who has
prepared for us homo, not buiided by hands, but
eternal in the heavens The preacher then said:-In
tho 1rst place science has demonstrated that every
thing has been croated upon Axed plan. II that be
10 then am compelled, according to the Ordinary
rule OF life, in looking this matter to say that
Wherever thcrs intelligent plan there be an
Intelligent panner Lot me illustrate this assertion
Bupposo, in going extensive desert, should
eome across house, and l examine II and
mud that Il is built after our modern
tastes. and containing all the furnnure
and surroundings OF our modern civilization. Sup.
pose am a thoughtful man, what conclusions musr
arrive at.concerning TINS house, Did that house
come thero by accldent2 Wouia not such concl0-
sion be OF the widest possibilities? Would you
say that the house did make ITSELF but
vas NADER You can discover order. intellgcn co
there, aud there wero indications that II
tended that some one should live IN the house, Now,
apply your scienlnc method rigdiy IN this matter
you please and tho result eau only be that
arranged in accordance with tue instincts powers
Of The persons who were expected 10 abide IN the
house. cannot get away from the conclusion that
the carth nus oeen prepared ior the naoila-
ton OF man. call 10 my old that very
has been regular succession of progress aud prep
aration toward great end. First came the mineral
Kingdom. then the vegetable, which depended upon
the mineral; then the animal kingdom, and THIS de-
pended upon the vegetable and OF all man, who
was dependent upon them ALL Such succession Is
see that there has been regular progress toward
preordaincd end. All this Is manifestly tho result OF
intelligence ana OF power
ruE ooSckprIos OF THE PLAN
Lot Us take the nexi STEP pan must exist before
thing Is made. Before the touches the machine
no 10 abouu 10 mako he must have the plan OF liz
man uiaCture before HIS mInd, at least When he
makes that machine he uses that plan. He who
works wisely and well in liie has before him a
definite purpose an end, an aim, on which hc
concentrates and brings to bear all his powers. In
plan Is always tho result Of intelligence. and intei
gencc must always exist In person. Everything IN
this world works toward an end. Ia that tho coudi
ton oi world that had oniy accident ior Its orgins
Why, there Is the same differences between world
conceived by accident and this world there is be-
tween printers p ON the floor Of the printing Office
and the aulnor's flushed printed book The book
the result OF the authors thought II take rose
seed and plant dry, husky seed In the ground
follows IT'S own law and becomes rosebud. That little
dry husk knows tts business better than you know
yours. can, however, 80 urther and show tnat the
universe proves that It bus God u and that II
pervaded ny intelligence. There is law from the
macule 10 sbe STAR and there Is not single inch OF
ground between the two where law does not reign
supreme II you study astronomy you have the same
result The stars were all put IN their places; they
all stay IN thor places upon purely mathematical
principles. Plato before Christ and Keplcr seventeen
centurien after proved this TO a denomination.
Dr. Hepworth concluded by practical enforcement
OF these truths showing that the theory OF the uni
verse he had suggested neediui for tho harmony
OF mans nature and that It's ceptance woud bring
concord and unison that would be realized and
more BY the individual throughout eternity