The New York herald., 1878-10-07
SEEDS OF TRUTH.
"Nature Has Been Spiritualzed
Through Great Deeds"
A MOTHERS POTENT LOVE.
Wherever There IS True Belief There
Is Truth Spoken.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

THE BREvlIY OF HUMAN LIFE-sERMoN BY
REV. GEORGE Il. HEPwoRrH.
The Rev. George h. Hepworth preached at the
Church OF the Disciples from the text, surely every
man walketh in a vain shown-Psaims xxxix., 6--on
The .Brevity OF human Llie.' Human lite, said he
In opening, Is like narrow isthmas stretching out
between two great oceans the past and the iuture;
little dividing line between inhnilies. A lew
bright dreams, some sunny and some cloudy days,
sver changing castles IN the air, and the span OF
human lie Is over From parling infancy to baduing
vouih Is change quickly wrought as 10 be
almost imperceptble; from youth TO manhood aud
maturity Is leap, old
ago is at hand have Time expect 1t. Lille is
~ It's longest mere Hash. Before there is time to
contem plate It's greatest brigh has
iaaed into the gray II, as IL is said, lie is
measured by deeds ana not by days. We OF to-day are
much longer lived tnan men OF tue past The years
OF Methuselah we are told, could not compass the
action and experience OF ordinary lile ia these
years. OF ota men spent may months IN gong
from p lace TO place, weary weeks speut upon
tue deep struggling agaiSst ADVERSE winds,
but to-day all the obstacles that retarded OF OLD
curious mouse wheels ne down 10 sleep anu
awake at the otncr end si the Continent. We stand
IN oilice and whisper word tnat oar brother Ia
Bombay hears and responds Vi old there from
great distances to Athens students 70 SIT under Pato
aud Aristotle aEd drink lnsr thoughts ana lessons,
but today phlloso piers 1asn themselves into the
lie OF tne generation. We. thousands OF miles dis
filled with The douutlugs OF IyndalI ana Huxley. Into
u day OF ours IL crowded more thought aud acllon
than ot old could oe IN months
QUIcKESING INFLUEScEs.
The Telegraph ana Pfess-those quickcnlug IN
fuences oil our civIilzatonbring to our very doors
the gossip OF the world We 20 10 the breakfast
table ~ contemplate oneday history OF the world
peep four corners OF the globe. We learn
IN tWebty-lour hours what in The past one ME
could prenend Before the echoes oil battle
silent we know ts fortune aud nothing N the world
Is niaaeu from us WIN al this acliViV tAere mas
come an unrest anu aspiration of the soul wncn
seems TO grow with the aeyeiopment OF things. The
attainment OF material perfection Dut promotes
Inc separations OF the souL The tastes and
wants oi the BODY be sa,i4ted Until the
Things that have pleased become ioathseme. Not 50
VIII The soul. solomon, VINO nad boundless wealth
ana WHO TO obtain any thing had but to WISH ior IL
teciared III the END ihat ali Was VANITY. He had men
sngers and womaa singers dancers, musiciahs, per-
formers and gcs at hls command AT every step he
was attended by some servant whose highest amolton
was 10 anticipate his wisnes, Nolhing tnat Riches
could secure was denied him. he planned great
euinces and WIN pleasure watched them progress
stone by stone, 10 symmetrical perfection. Yet when
al was accomplished that his mind could suggest ne
SAID, -All is vanity 1t even witnIn
experience. Completeness oil ontentnent Is not TO
be iound in human tnngs. tne struggle Tor attain-
msEl, the excitement oI pursuit, occupies Us nc
while, but wnen obtained a result the salts
faction we hoped Tor Is not iound. Lille IS LOO
sLort to satisfy the SOUL which, when the BODY is
the emu, just commenced infancy. Ii
mans re as attained
inlancy VINO can iril of the lorIous deyeopmrnts ia
eternity, to youth ana maturltyr II the emu OF
wisdom Is Dut the infancy OF the souPs enllsut-
epment 10 what todks Inteive nee wIl u OF eternty
leadl These grand possibilities oi The suaI man,
forever hiled during the cverh moments ol lie
Win unrest anu hopes Ior higner existence, pofnt
plainly to the nsnaclency OF earthly stenee and
argue that iii vastcr condition oil time wIll have
It's fu growth IL tnis Is not linen there is oliy
la Inc divino wisdom Lnat gave tue soul It's temper.
ILLUSTRATION.
Dearly beloved, let illustrate this point by a
reference 10 something common TO ordinary experi-
great sap mas been constructed from the
wood of hundred forests wllL great labor.
All being IN Readiness the brooks knocked away,
ant though instinct with lile tie LoDie thing
bounds 10 the IL 10 saio tnat this ship
has capacity Tor thousand tons OF freight.
brought TO New YORK; and VITA her owner aud his
frends taken triai trp tie bay, across the
bar, out 10 ana around the ighisnip. lnis mucn
been accomplished Win great success, and she IS
brought back 70 the bay ana lett there TO rot
founder. Do tLiuk mat sucn ioIiy as TINS
possible 70 man? DO you tniak tnat craft ouiIt
with capacity TO resist lne mighty and 30 TO the
snds OF lhe earln, richly Laden, would DE taken
decay wlthout having accomplished tue IN ssion with
reference TO which sue was constructcar You wouli
credit sucn loilv 10 man; how, llen can you en-
terrain IL OF the Dvlne Uues Can any believe
that The human SOU, Will Its grand possibilities o
development, when uHd opportunity Ia the
brief span VI lie, nas oeen created 10 emu with the
body Is Its mission 10 on SNORT tflal "TRIP aud
then remain dead ioreverf Mol IL caunot De. Its
mission here Is Dut a snort moment compared with
lie. IL has within itseli the promise oil
future uncon1led 1t wIl develop Its immortal
character.