Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-13
The Churches.
Rev. Dr. Hepyyorth at Center Church.
 Words From Other PuIpfts.

terday. Large audiences were present His morning discourse was from 1st Corinthians, 2nd chapter, 2nd verse, For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ and him crucifed" It was an able discourse and heard with close atten- ton.
 In the afternoon his text was Isaiah 61st, 10th, "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation he hath covered me with the robe of right eousness as Q bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments and as bride adorneth her self with her jewels." The last two clauses were particularly chosen as the basis of the discourse, which the speaker said were fine definition of religion. The religion of Jesus Christ is golden key that unlocks the mystery of human life, which sheds a ray of light even in the darkest human experience Religion is a successful search for happiness
 He who is Christs lives to day in the precious anticipations of the happiness of heaven when time with him is done. This is vale of tears to him whose gaze is bent upon the earth instead of raised to the stars, who is constantly saying, 'Dust to dust,' when the truth is Christ says, ''I am the resurrection and the life" We are told God is God of love and power. Love without power is only weakness; it is always partial it is too kindly to be just. Power without love is all most another name for tyranny. It yields the iron sceptre of fate. Power tEunders through the world, "Thou shalt not" and upon it's heels comes as of an echo, "Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest" Marry power and love, power as wide as the heav- ens,-love as wide as space, and in God you have something you cannot measure or prop erly or fitly conceive There are two sides to Gods character.
 There is something terrible in the inevi- table retribution that follows broken laws, and a soul twisted out of shape. soul de- formed by self-indulgence may have its ex- citement now but it stands in dread of it's
 inevitable fate. One says, am afraid of God if the revelations made by science and physics are true. If true I am nothing am an atom, a single grain of sand, which
 
 many countless myriads of human beings have lived in all the ages-I may drop out of sight and even God not know that l have gone into obscurity and darkness But 1 read that God made the whole and cares for each item. Vast as the ocean is he counts it drop by drop. Although in the magnifi- cence of his power he only. spoke and the
 to horY zon, he knows each spark of light in the vast concourse and could name it if he chose: and you and l. insignificant though we be, live and dwell in his memory. He not only knows our seventy years as whole, but he knows all our ways not a word on our tongue but that he knows Before such an array of clustering facts we stand aghast and say it is higher than I can attain. But he is our judge and he is our father. The speaker beautifully narrated an experience of his own in journey over pass into Switzerland. The horizon seemed more and more elastic, stretching away toward the sun All the way almost to the top of the moun- tain there were green grass and trees and fowers-a blossoming mountain one vast terrace on which the southern sun poured flood of ife-giying light and glory. And then when we turned at the top and went down the other side it seemed as if we had entered upon another zone-no grass, no verdure visible, and the whole downward path was rough and rocky as though storms one upon another had wrecked their ven- geance there for ages. Rocks were here and there, everywhere and everywhere in our way. refecting said the Italian side repre- sents Gods love, the Swiss side represents his retributive law, but I must not forget that both sides make one mountain and God is my father and my judge. This thought seems to me wonderful jewel. But here comes another, glittering prize,-not only Gods love of us, but Gods immediate pres ence is one of the factors in the problem of human life-Gods personal presence in the affairs of men. It is an unspeakable truth. Spencer says God is unknowable. This infinitely important truth Is so large, so glorious, we cannot comprehend 1t. Plato thou reasonest we'll. After Illustrating this thought the speaker proceeded God is with us when we weep; when misfortune comes, when poverty comes instead of riches-God is with us. And if we stand by the open grave we hope, for God is with us. And in your life if you look closely Gods auto graph will be found. The speaker beautiful ly illustrated from personal Alpine experi- ence, when he made special trip to most A great disappointment was met, only as it proved because too intentssupon.otherm matters He did not see the grand sight, until child pointed out his error and the grand spectacle met his view. So in this wonderfully busy absorbed life we Americans live God comes in our life and we do not see it, until perhaps in hours of meditation the truth is revealed.
 Now there is another jewel the greatest of all This is indeed jewel worthy for 8 bride to wear upon her most bright and joy ous day What is the jewel? It is the di- vine dream of heaven. Oh, marvel that overtops all other marvels, the keystone that fits the arch and makes the whole complete. This one truth is grand truth in the world. A mystery? Aye! A problem-an enigma ? Yes! but when God speaks the heart in balm are one. Gods mistakes are never, never seen because they are never, never made. Our home is not here, for change comes day by day, and the chain that binds us here is growing rusty by times stream, and at last we go into the eternal presence of God. With the city of the great King there is no decay. The foundations of Babylon and Nineveh have crumhled and the sands cover them. Rome has left only great memory With beloved Jerusalem the blow of the farmer has furrowed above it's site; but brethren yonder is city whose walls will never crumble. Wonder is a King who will never lose his crown by force of adverse circumstances. In the golden streets of the new Jerusalem you shall never. hear the rumbling of hearse wheels; and the sods outside shall never be made green by tears of agony. Trouble will be left behind Can this be |? science says. Is it true there is 8 soul that lives forever? The speaker closed his discourse with an illustration referring to the chess playing automaton which excited great wonder in New York years ago. But after all, the wires the machinery, the mechanism were inspired by a living man, and so after death the soul is discovered which animated the living presence here.
 NORTH CHURCH.
 The rain and cold made the attendance at the North church a little less, but all who came within felt the pleasant warmth at the house to be as agreeable to their bodies as the sermon, the Bible reading, the songs Of praise and the services of the hour to their minds and hearts. Dr. Hawes' text, ''Where- fore thou serveth the law," is from Gal. iii, 19, and the reason for the question and the scriptural answer was shown by 8 careful explanation Of the verses preceding and following the text First, Gods cove nant with Abraham and his posterity, four hundred years after the law, to show the f<Loo Foif1