The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-25

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when alteration enters, into our petitions
and prayers and we tell God what He has
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 projections that He has
revealed; and being creatures, as we are,
we can not have fellowship with Him
without engaging in this holy exercise.
II. In the secopd place, we notice the
object Of ,oorship> That is the Supreme
One, the Creator Of all and the Father of
all. He is the Maker of all things; He is
invisible, eternal and incomprehensible.
He dwells in light, inaccessible and full OF
glory. He has revealed himself, however,
in Jesus the Son, who is the brightness of
His glory and tho very image of His per-
son, who is the Same in substance with
Him, His equal in power and in glory, and
who is therefore worshiped with the
Father. And tho things Of Christ are
taken and revealed to men by the Divine
Spirit, tho Holy Ghost, who teaches our
spirits, who changes the trend of our being
and turns 1t Godward, who enlightens the
intallect, who touches the affections, who
renews the soul, who makes US new creat-
ures. Father, Son and Holy Ghost: and
here the Divine ends, and here worshiping
ends. 1t goes no farther.
III. Take then, in the next place, tho
rule Of worship. II Col is the object to
be worshiped, then BE has to prescribe the
way, and He has done that from the be-
ginning. We make no positive statement
about it, for we have only inferences, but
l do not believe that men invented the sac
rifcial system. think God taught 1t to
men. And there is a good deal that is
plausible, think one might say probable,
in the suggestion that has been made again
and again on high authority, that when
man was clothed with garments made Of
the skins of beasts, they were the sins Of
sacrifices that God taught men to offer,
and, IL so, prefguring that clothing in the
righteousness of tho Great Sacrifice, which
is the central truth In the Evangelical sys-
tenn. It Is certain that the Hebrews did
not invent or make up the Mosaic econo-
my. God revealed 1t, and with great dis
tinctncss, for which there is very good and
sufficient reason.
And what are the elements In worshipi
This is very important and practical view
Of the case, on which beg you to dwell q
moment. Every grace that is in the Chris
tian character is intended for an element
in work, and every grace in the Christian
character has It's place, and its use, and its
exercise, and its development, in worship,
Is faith one Of thesep Ale that cometh tc
God must believe that He is, and that He
is q rewarder of all them that diligently
seek Him." Is love ono of these? Then
love expresses itself in worship, in more
than one way. When love Is reminded Of
the goodness and grace that God has
shown to US, then it Is gratitude; wher
love is reminded Of the qualities that are
In Jehovah then it is holy admiration
And we should come before him in lovo
and the love grows stronger the more in
tercourse we have with Him in worship
And the same is true Of all other graces
Take hope: Fulfill this Word unto Thy
servant, upon which Thou hast caused mi
TO hope" That is the very genius, th'
very keynote Of prayer. Take penitence
"If we say that we have no sin we deceiv,
ourselves and the truth is not in US; but 1
we confess our sins, God is faithful ant
just TO forgive us our sins and to cleanse ui
from all righteousness" Tako docility
teachableness: ooh send forth Thy light
and Thy truth; let them lead me and
guide me-" And so all through; every
grace In the human character has exercise
in worship, and is strengthened and devel
oped by the process Of wo rship. This yot
and need to keep in mind.
So there is q very good reason fol
praise as a part of our worship. Wher
we know what God is, why should W,
not magnify and exalt His name IL
psalms and hymns and spiritual songsi
And as music is natural way Of giving
expression to human feeling, why shoulC
not we sing these praises unto God? AM
so with preaching. II these graces are t
be exercised and developed, then tn,
ground upon which they rest is to be con
tinually unfolded; men are to be showI
the reasons for faith, for penltence, fol
love, for hope, and for the exercise Of every
grace that God would have In the human
soul. And so preaching has its place in
the worship. And as Jesus is the way
through which the soul comes TO God and
God gives the blessings to the soul, Jesui
must necessarily be the great topic Of th,
preacher. Prayer must, in the nature o
the case, be an important part Of the wor'
ship. II Is the cry Of the dependent; ii |.
the expression OF need; IL is the overrun'
ming Of the child's heart toward tho Faith
er; it Ia the expression Of our constant
necessity, our clinging dependence upon
Him In whom we live and from whom
every perfect gift comes And SO that
prayer must be as endless, as varied, al
vers atile, so TO speak co are our human
conditions and the types and phases Of
Christian character.
There are certain characteristics Of true
worship on which we ought TO dwell for a
moment In the first place it will be reg
ular. Whatever Is not regularly Is apt IA
be done in a second rate way. What you
do now and then, as you happen to feel In
the mood, occasionally, you will be apt "a
do In a casual and Unsatisfactory manner.
Try the principle in your office; try II in
your business. Let the element of regu-
larity drop out, and how soon the business
will begin to show the consequences.
Worship must be regular, in the closet and
in the family, and in its public form on the
Lords Day. Try to be regular in the wor-
ship that you give to God Almighty. And