Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-10-02

many salutary restraints; lay yoursel open
to the temptations of the devil and your
own sinful hearts to estray from God aud
to destruction. Also
81. You will in all probability neglect the
: Bible, prayer, serious meditation, prepare
ton for death and for eternity. Also
80. You will have no taste for the society
of the truly virtuous and christian, but on
the contrary will be inclined to shun them.
80 You will grieve the hearts of the
friends of virtue and of God.
40. The more you neglect public wor-
ship, the more you will be dlsincllned and
averse to attend upon it.
Al. You will try to disbelieve in and neg
lect all religion.
40. You will shut out the Holy Spirit
from YOUR soul MS Remover and Sanciifisr.
az. Your neglect Of the public worship
of God, living in christian land, makes
YOU n more absurd character than the hea-
: then themselves; for they profess to wor-
ship some God, or Gods; but you worship
no God, true or false.
"A. And of course you forfeit your claim
to be considered even nominal, much less
a real christian.
as You keep yourself aloof from two of
the most powerful means of salutary influ-
ence on your conscience and manner of
life,-prayer and preaching.
46. 1t is not probable that you will long
lead even decently moral life.
AZ. Your family, ifyou have one, is not
likely to be long moral family.
az. Those neighborhoods in which pub.
lie worship is neglected, are, generally
!, speaking immoral neighborhoods.
u Nouloot,,,nr pt,hlio tynrghin nlnrp
yourself among those who live most
lhoughiless of God, and fearless respecting
5 the things before them in eternity.
So You help to dishonor God, promote
practical atheism, and curse the world.
:, 81. You make yourselfa discouragment
s and grief to those who preach the gospel.
50. You contribute your example and in
fuence towards heathenzing your family
= neighborhood, town, county, State aud the
world.
SO. You show yourself capable of the
d most base ingratitude towards a lnercifu
God in return for one of his klndest anc
y best provisions for your eternal good.
/ 81. You undervalue and throw away
" privileges, for the lack of which million
-. are perishing; and for your doing which
II they will sise up in the judgment and con
. denim" you.
% SIS. Remember, that for neglect Of th
solemn duty and precious privilege, Goo
= will bring thee into Judgment" And
70 Sc. That you will mourn and weep il
ct eternity, at the recollection of Sabbath ant
sanctuary privileges, here sighted, and dies
u pissed, and thrown away for "the pleasure
Il of SIM"
g. But we find some who, when we ask af
, ter their habits of attendance on public wor
l. ship, answer, eve attend at such or such
u place. when we attend any where" The,
ir Try to pacfy conscience by occasional at
tendances, "few and far between" An,
f.! E, we add for the consideration of such,
III 81. the gospel is worth hearing on
Sabbath, it is worth hearing every Sabbath
g SO. If God is worthy of worship one Sab
y. bath, He is worthy of it every Sabbath.
SO. An unsteady and unfrequent attend
" ance on public worship is little better thai
" none for there is no regular recurrence o
the influence of religious ordinances TO kee
y up q steady couuteraction of the tempta
r, tons and unholy influences which surroun
III you in this world. You lose ground, in al
al moral and spiritual respects, faster than yol
gain it.
81, 60. And another difficulty in this unstea
rs dy and unfrequent attendance on publ
rs worship; you lay yourself open to the moi
Is, tiication, when you do attend, as its bein
I'd new and strange thing for you. Far bel
or ter have it SO much your habit to attend
that your absence, instead of your pres
rs ence, shall be esteemed the newand strang
thing. Have you certain wise reasons c
III excuses which you have been in the hab
of giving, perhaps for years, for not attend
ing public worship? We have not tim
nor room to answer them. Al we say is,
" 81. Put to yourself one question-enoug
OF tc sweep them all away, viz: will they al
III swer my purpose, "before the judgemel
seat Of Christ" Sat the last Day."
ID And 62. Be aware of this, that righteol
20, ! God will not give you long time to spend
ne reasoning against so plain duty, and in il
ial venting vain excuses for neglect of Sabbal
les and sanctuary privileges: they will vel
- soon be beyond thy reach forever. "Wh
=. thou doest do quickly"
IL More reasons we might give you, reade
m but here are more than sixty; are not the
III enough? Wilyo require lis to show yo
every possible reason, before you will
1g- persuaded? Again we ask, will you cal
TIC didly and seriously consider these? w
IN you establish for yourself the practice
eA, & regular and conscientious attendance on Il
oil worship of Cop WILL YOU BEGl
his NEXT SABBATH?
80 Our prayer snail be, that God will incliI
WI your heart to do it; bless you in it; al
IN prepare you by his grace, for the servic
of the Sabbathwhich is everlasting, for Il
ia worship of tle sanctuary "not made vii
bu- hands, eternalin the heavens"
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1T.
,er. PRESENTIMEN T--W. C. Bryant.
Its ooh, lather4et US hence--fOr bark