Daily Republican., 1884-02-22
RELIGIOUS S.
WHY GO TO CHURCH RAINY SUNDAYS

WHY GO TO CHURCH RAINY SUNDAYS
attend church on rainy Sabbaths be.
cause
l. God has blessed the Lords day
and hallowed it, making no exceptions
for rainy Sabbaths.
2 l Iexpect my minister to be there.
| should be surprised II he were to stay
at home for the weather.
3. If his hands fall through weak
ness, shall have great reason to blame
myself, unless sustain him by my
prayers and my presence.
BY staying away lose the prayers
which bring Gods blessing, and the
sermon that would have done me great
good.
8. Ny presence Is more needful on
Sabbaths, when there are fewer than on
those days when the church Is crowded.
| 6. Whatever station l hold in the
fchurch, my example must influence
others. II l stay away, why not they ?
Z. On any important business rainy
weather does not keep me at home and
church attendance is, in Gods sight,
very important.
s. Among the crowds of pleasure
seekers, zee that no weather keeps the
delicate female from the ball the party,
or the concert.
o. Among other blessings, such
VT atber will show me on what foun.
dation my faith is built. IL will prove
how much | .ove Christ. True love
rarely fails to meet an appointment.
10. Those who stay from church be-
cause it is too warm, or too cold, or too
rainy, frequently absent themselves on
fair Sabbaths.
II. Though excuses satisfy myself,
they still must undergo Gods scrutiny;
and they must be well grounded to bear
that est. Luke xiv. 49,
l2. There il a special promise, that
where two or three meet together in
God s name, he will bo in the midst OF
them.
13. An avoidable absence from the
church is an infAlli1le evidence Of
spiritual decay. Disciples first follow
Christ at a distance, and then, like
Peter, do not know hun.
IA My faith IL to be shown by my
self-denying Christian life, and rot by
the rise or rail- Ofthe thermometer.
10 Such yielding to surmountable
difficulties prepares for yielding 10
those merely imaginary, until thousands
never enter a church, aud yet think
they have coed reasons for such ne
glect.
10. BY a suitable arrangement on Sat
ulday, shall he able to attend church
xithOnt exhaustion otherwise, my late
work On Saturday night n ust tend 10
unfit me for the Sabbath Ell rsment ot
Christian privileges.
H. ! krow not how many more Sab
baths God may give me and it would
be poor preparation for my first Sab
bath in heaven to have sighted my last
Sabbath on earth.
GOING TO CHURCH.
IL have to go to church every Sun
day TO keep my christian life just pass.
able" said a very earnes. believer.
" When omit public worship | feel
that my standard of living is lowered.
We never 20 beyond our ideals. We
need to be kept constantly at our best
10 maintain high standard. 1t is said
that the secret OF Jenny Lind's success
was that she tried to excel on everv oc-
casiOn. When asked once why she
sang her most finished places before an
audience in the South, mostly OF color
cd people, she replied.
." | value my art much toU highly to
degrade it even occasionally by any
wilful disregard OF what consider due
to it,"
Without action we grow stagnant, or
4 t,f hi in m,
as in mental requirements. 1t is easy
to say we can worship God by reading
good sermon at home. The cares of
the household often crowd out the book
we Dleant to read. The spirit of wor-
ship promoted by the ranctuary, the rest
that the house OF God gives, the taking
of the mind from every day duties and
surroundings, the inspiration to better
living, heinhuence lpon others in keep
ing the day sacred, ali make church
gong a necessity to those who would
keep their Christian hope and life in a
condi ion that shall be joy to them.
selves and an inspiration to others.
SPEAK GOOD OF MEN
Do not need dlessly report Ill of others |
There are tiu.es when we are compelled |
to ray, do not think Bouncer true
and honest man." But ', hen there IS nu
need to express an opinion, let poor /
Bouncer swagger away. Others will
take his measure, no doubt, and
save you the tronbie OF analyzing him
and instructing them. And rs far as
p' ssible dwell On the good side of hui
man beings. There are family boards
" here Il constant process OF hepreciat-
ing, assigning motives, and cutting upI
charact goes forward. They are not
pe;,sitn places. One who is healthy
does not wish to dine at dissecting ia.
BILE. There is evil enough in men, God
knows. But it is not the mission of
every young man and woman to detail
aud report all. Keep the atmosphere as
Dure an possible. and fragrant with