The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-02

when alteration enters into our petitions
and prayers and We tell God what He haa
revealed Himself as being, we are Worship
Ing In the truest, most literal and real
sense OF the word, recognizing the worth
In Him, the Infinite perfectlons that He has
revealed; and being creatures, ~ wo arc
We can not have fellowship with Him
without engaging In this holy exercise. 4
II. In the second place, We notice tM
object Of porahip. That 10 the Supreme
One, tho Creator of all and the Father Of
all, He 10 the Maker OF all things; He ID
Invisible, eternal and incomprehensibl
He dwels In light, inaccessible and full Of
glory He has revealed himself, however,
In Jesus the Son, who 10 the brightness Of
His glory and the very Image Of His porI
son, who is the same In substance with
Him, His equal In power and In glory, and
who Is therefore worShiped with the
Father. Aud the things OF Christ are
taken and revealed 10 mon by tho Diyina
Spirit, the Holy Ghost who teaches Gus
spirits, who changes the trend OF our being
and turns II GodwArd, who enllghtens the
intellect, who touches the affections whs
renewS the soul, who makes US new croat-
ures, Father, Son and Holy Ghost; aud
here tho Divine ends, and here worshipina
ends, II goos no farther.
Ill Take then, In tho next place, the
rule Of worship, II Col 10 tho object 10
be worshlped, then Ho has 10 prescribe the
way, and Ho has done that from tho bol
ginning. We make no positive statement
about II, for we have only inforences, bui
do not believe that men invented tho aac-
rineiAl system. think God taught II v
mon. And there 10 a good deal that Il
plausible, think one might say probable.
In the suggestion that has boen made again
and again on high authority, that whom
man was clothed with garments made Of
the skins Of boasts, they were the sins Of
sacrifices that God taught mon TO Offer
and, II so, pronguring that clothing In the
Righteousness OF the Great Sacrifice, which
Ia tho central truth In tho Evangelical Sys-
TEN. II 10 certain that tho Hebrews did
not invent or make up tho Mosaic ocono-
my. God revealed IL, and with great dis
tlnctnesa, for which there IL very good and
sufficient reason. .
And what are the elements In worshipt
This is very important and practical yiev
OF the case on which / bog you 10 dwell 4
moment Every grace that Is In tho Chrisi
tian character Ia intended for an element
In work, and every grace In tho ChriStlaa
character has la place, and its use, and IL
exercise, and its development, In Worship
Is faith one OF thoseY "lIe that comoth h
God must believe that Ho Ia, aud that Ia
Ia q rowardcr OF oil thOm that diligently
seek HIM. IL lovo ono OF theseY Thou
love expresses itaelf In worship, In more
than ono way. When love Is reminded Of
tho goodness and grace that God haa
shown TO US, thon II 10 gratitude; whcu
love is reminded Of tho qualities that arS
In Jehovah then II Is holy admiration
And wo should como before him In Iowa
and tho love grows stronger the moro In.
teroourso wo have with Him In worship
And the same Ia true Of all other gracoa
Take hopes "Bullll this Word unto Thy
servant, upon which Thou hast caused ml
~ hope" That Is tho very genius, the
very keynote OF prayer. Take pontencot
"lf we say that we have no sin we deceive
ourselves and the truth Ia not In us; but Il
wO confess our sins, God Is faithful and
just 10 forgive US our sins and TO cleanse ui
from all unrightoousncss," Tako docilitN
teachablcness; ooh Snd forth Thy light
and Thy truth; let thorn lead mo and
guido mep And 80 all through; ovcry
grace In the human character has exercise
IN worship, and Is strengthened and dovol.
opod by the process OF worship. This you
and nOod 10 keep In mind.
80 there 10 q very good reason ta
praise as part Of our worship, Whom
we know what God 10, why should We
not magnify and exalt His name
psalms and hymns aud spiritual songs
Aud m music is natural way Of giving
expression TO human feeling, why should
not wo sing these praises unto GodY Aud
30 with preaching, II these gracos are IA
bo exercised and developed, then the
ground upon which they rest Is to DO con.
tinually unfolded; men arc 10 bo shown
the reasons for faith, for pOnitcnco, for
loyo, for hope, and for the exercise Of every
grace that God would have In tho human
soul And 80 preaching has It's place In
the worship. And as Jesus 10 tho way
through which the soul comos TO God and
God gives the blessings 20 the soul, JOaua
must necessarily DO tho great topic Of the
preacher Prayer must, In the nature oi
tho case, bo an important part Of tho wor.
ship. II ls tho cry Of tho dependent; 10 ID
tho expression OF need 10 IL tho ovcrrun.
ming Of the ohid's hoart toward tho Faths
err II Ia tho expression OF our constant
necessity, our cllugng dependence upon
Him In whom we live and from whom
every perfect gift comes. And 80 thai
prayer must DO az endless, as varied, AZ
vers Otllc, 80 10 speak ~ arc our human
conditions and tho types and phases u
Christian character.
There are certain characteristics OF true
worship on which We ought 10 dwell for q
moment. In tho first place II will be rog-
ulsr Whatever Is not regularly Is apt 10
be done In second rate way. What you
do now and then, as you happen 10 fool b,
tho mood, occasionally, you will bc apt VI
do In casual and unsatisfactory manner.
Try the principle In your office; try u In
your business, Lot the element OF rogu@
larity drop out, and how soon tho busnoas
will begin DO show the consequences.
Worship must bo regular, In the closet aud
In the family, and In its public form on the
Lords Day. Try 10 DO regular In the wor.
ship that you give 10 God Almighty. And
that would imply, AZ we'll 40 regular
times, regular places In which God 10 10 bs
worshiped. There IL a sonsc, of course.
In which all the world Ia His, and He a
everywhere present; but thoro 10 also q
sense In which He has been pleased 70 bs
specially, graciously present with His peoA
Pile, and they have felt that; and whom the
Patriarch set mp his altar, God gavo HIN
such uttorancos thero that he could says
"This 10 the house Of God; and this Ia ne
gate Of Heaven" When tho Tabernacle
was TO bo built, God gave promises Of He