We Shall Live Again - Sermons (1903) (Hardcover)

WE SMi iJt, IIVE THE THIRD SERIES OF SERMONS WHICH HAVE APPEARED IN THE NEW YORK SUNDAY HERALD BY GEORGE H. HEPWORTH, D. D. Author of Herald Sermons, Hiram Golfs Religion, etc. NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON COMPANY 31 West Twenty-Third Street 1903 NOTE I have received many letters asking that the sermons of the late Dr. George H. Hep worth, which have appeared in the Sunday edition of The New York Herald, should be published in book form. Through the kindness of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, I am permitted to offer to the public the present volume, the third in the series of Herald Sermons. MRS. GEORGE H. HEPWORTH. CONTENTS PAGE WE SHALL L IVE AGAIN i THE MAN WITHIN 7 AN OPEN WINDOW 12 THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN 17 IN ANOTHER WORLD 22 GUARDIAN ANGERS 27 THE SOUL OF A MAN 32 RECOGNITION IN HEAVEN 37 A HAPPY RELEASE 42 THE MAN AND His FAITH 47 THE SOUL WITH A BODY 51 PARTINGS 56 THE SOULS GREATNESS 61 THE BEYOND 66 THE OTHER I IFE 71 EASTER MORNING 76 GREATER THINGS THAN THESE 81 WHEN SHALL WE WALK BY SIGHT . . . .86 YOUR SOUL 92 v VI CONTENTS PAGE A KERNEL OF CORN 97 LIKE AN APPLE TREE 102 LITTLE DUTIES 107 UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE 112 CHRISTMAS MORNING 117 To SERVE GOD 122 THE LILY 127 REJOICE ALWAY 132 CONSOLATION IN TIME OF TROUBLE . . . .137 CHILDISH THINGS 143 A GREEN OLD AGE 148 THE BETHLEHEM OF THE SOUL 154 FRUIT 160 HEROES AND HEROINES 165 A NEW YEAR 170 IN THE OTHER LIFE 175 A GLAD HEART 180 PATIENT ENDURANCE 184 WEEDS AND FLOWERS 189 TRUE RICHES 193 A SIMPLE RELIGION 198 SIGNS OF THE TIMES 203 BURDEN BEARING 208 BE OF GOOD CHEER 213 GOD AND THE SOUL 218 HEAVEN 223 CONTENTS vi 1 PAGE A HUMBLE LIFE 228 TEMPTATION 233 THE MOTHERHOOD OF GOD 238 WHAT WE SHAU, BE 243 POSSIBILITIES 248 BE PATIENT 252RESIGNATION 258 How MUCH ARK You WORTH 263 LOVE 267 We Shall Live Again WE SHALL LIVE AGAIN And there shall be no night there. Revelation xxii., 5. nnHERE is not a whole household on the face of the earth Not one in which there is no grief for the departed The air is full of joyful greetings for those who have just come and of sad farewells for those who are just going. We know by experience what awaits the new comers into this short but beautiful life, but what have we to say of those who have whispered their good night and are about to fall asleep Are we left in the dark concerning them, and must we weep until forgetfulness dries our tears, or can we look serenely into the future and think of them as 2 HERALD SERMONS in some foreign clime, where they are rejoicing at their larger opportunities and awaiting our coming This is the great problem, and until it is solved to the souls satisfaction we really have no God to wor ship, for a God who has made love the mightiest element of our natures, but breaks our relationship to others at death as a giant snaps a thread, is a be ing to be feared, but not one in whom to repose a cheerful confidence, and unless our religion has as much to say about the future as about the present, it neither fits our needs nor responds to our cravings. It is weakest where it should be strongest, and it suffers defeat when it should win the victorj. Unless you can tell me something about to-morrow I do not care to ask any questions about to-day. If the journey ends at sunset it makes very little differ ence to me where I wander or what happens to me. The time is too short for the accomplishment of any high purpose, for while I am engaged in my work and just as Iget accustomed to myself and learn how to use myself to the best advantage I drop out of sight, leaving nothing behind except the memory of an unfinished task, and become a mere nothing in the midst of nowhere. My moral sense is destroyed,