The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04
GOSPEL LESSONS.
Temptations and the Means of
Overcoming Them.
IS THERE A HEAVEN p
Rebuilding Jerusalem the Type OF Re-
facilitating the Soul.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.
rs CHRISTIANITY TRUE?-sERMoN By REV. DIR

rs CHRISTIANITY TRUE r-SERMON BY REv. DIR.
HEPwoRrH.
The subject OF DR.. Hepworth's discourse yesterday
morning was The truth Of Christianity. He selected
his text from Peter, iii, 15-"Be ye ready always
TO give answer 10 every one that asketh you tho
reason OF the hope that Is within you with meekness
and fear The very air. said DR.. Hepwortn. is filed
with tho most serious questions and the most serious
answers. Science has filled our minds with the most
impressive thoughts and facts, Science Is young
giant who has determined know the secrets OF the
castle In which he himself, lives, and TO test his
strength against the granite walls Of tho castle
In which his neighbors living. He is as sublc
no Is strong
PAST AND PRESENT.
In olden times wise from the East and
worshpped in the presence OF God, who was incar-
mated In the Babe. To-day the same wise men como
from tho same gray dawn and bring their precious
gifts and lay them at the feet Of the same God but
is embodied the laws of nature and of human ma
ture Across the wide chasm which separates science
from religion the two parties Of controvcrsalists
have not yet shaken hands, but the limo Is not lar
distant whom they will shake hands and raise thor
voices in one common song Of praise to Him who was
In Christ and Is In the universe OF matter l
have many time sat on tho sandy beach
and watched the pulse oil tho ocean, whose
mighty throbs have startled the world from age
TO aga have seen. gs have SO watched not only
tho general unduaton, but l have discovered also
that there what called seven waves, powders
of the ocean, that rollod landward through the
mighty deeps and that With royal tread, with white
crest and plume, in kipgy fashion walked the
beach with a voice OF thunder. Sometimes this
crested royalty is called religion and sometimes IL Is
called science. Fifty years ago. only two generations,
every seventh wave was controversial theology
scholars thought OF nohiug else. To-day the crested
wave is called nothing else. want TO look at the
whole question as truthfuy as possible and AS calmly
rs may be, as am sure OF my ground. am as sure
Of my rights, oil my inalenacle rights to trust IN
personal Cod, whose providence has watched over me,
does watch over me, and always VIII watch over me.
SCIENCE HELPS CHRISTIANITY
We have no Tear whatever IN the presence OF any
statements OF lacts, or OF deductions rom those acs
30 lar II has at present Hoped itself science has
holped Christianity, ana far 1t Is possible to lore
cast the future, we are say that there is
element OF injury IN the attitude which science is
likely 10 take The Christian 10 my mind, has nothing
10 lear but has everything TO hope Tor In this matter
Science has been TO us great service In that IL has
buttrcssed rather than destroyed any fundamental
biblical truth IL may have neped forward some
changes, but these changes should be welcomed.
Men must look with sharper, clearer eye at the
Bible and read 1t with more truthful heart. We
thought science was adverse, ears ago, when 1t
questioned tho way in which we read first chapters
Of Genesis, but 1t was very proved that
was only drawing another curtain In our house and
letting little more light in. say to science draw up
ali the curtains you ana lot nave moro light
THE BIBLE MANS BULwARK.
Now, the Bible Is the rule OF Christianity. Assume
for moment That we have revelation that We call
tue Bible; then have voice that speaks TO the
heart We have certain facts undisputcd. For exam
Die We know that Jesus CHRIST just as we'll az
We know that Napoleon Bonaparte existed We have
internal evidence OF the truthIulncss OF Christianity
We have Its admonitions How DO those admohitions
WORK. What results do they produce in your mind
ana miner You are struck IN your Bible reading,
with the sharp distinction between right and wrong
You see that the Bible Is right as 10 human agency
DR.. Hepworth concluded by earnest appeal 10
the experiences OF lie TO show how strongly were
laid the beliefs in a personal communion with God,
and the Immortality OF the soul, ana the wondrous
change In the moral character OF mankind such a
llet had produced.