The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-07-16
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could be readily distinguished from one
IF German. or Italian. There are certain
characteristics which distinguish eastern
people from western in the United States.
as also the southern. There is not only
difference in the pronunciation of the
same language. and in the use of words.
but also in the habits and customs of the
people.
So IN A STATE. or county, one neigh
bOrhood may be described by its DISPOSE
ton to keep the Sabbath another by
breaking it; still another by ''church- GO
ing" and another by ''nOn- church go
ing" A gentleman said: winfield is
the greatest church-gOing town you
ever saw. Everybody goes to church. -
Be that true to the letter or not. the dis
position on the part of people to attend
church services always speaks well for
any town or neighbol hood. Both church
members and non-church members re-
cOgniZe this fact.
If A PEOPLE spend all day Sabbath at
home the day usually seems long and
tedious; this becomes so as natural
consequence, not from what they have
done, but from what they have not done.
They are used to Il life of activity, and
the attempt to rest by doing absolutely
nothing is Il failure. as it ought to be.
Man has two natures whose wants are to
be supplied; one is physical, the other
spiritual. To work all the week to sup
ply the physical seems well; and to try
to rest all day on Sabbath by doing no.
thing is to starve the spiritual man.
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IT DOES NOT follow that the same work
must be done for seven days in the week.
that would be slow suicide; but we
should give attention in rational way
to all of mans needs. Hence it should
be ones definite object to attend church
services every Sabbath, and read such
books and papers as will give religious
instruction to mind and heart. The phys
ical man then rests the change of thought
from secular things to the moral and re-
ligious rests the mind by the change.
and thus the whole man is rested and
improved.
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But SOME ONE objects by saying: II
do not 60 to church because do not like
the preacher" 1t should not be the OBJ
ject of the church-goer to worship the
preacher. The preacher is only man.
Go to church to worship God. and assist
His people in that worship. Go to church
to learn something of Bible truth and its
application to everyday life. Go to
church for the good you may get, for the
example you may set, and to save you
from ''doing nothing" on the Lord s day.
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1T WILL BE A VERY poor religious SER
vice that has not in it something that will
benefit each conner who is in a proper
spirit Of worship. The best of songs and
prayers and sermons fail to interest us at
times, because we are not i'm a proper
frame of mind to appreciate them. We
carry the business and worry and vexa-
ton of the world into the sanctuary with
us. and neither the harmony of the music.
the tenderness of the prayers nor the
eloquence OF the speaker charm us. be-
cause our minds have been wholly occu-
pied otherwise.
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1T is A BEAUTIFUL and sacred thing to
worship God in the true spirit of worship.
To do this the mind must be free for the
time being, from the business of things
about us. 1t need not be Invested of care.
for by worship we rest the wearied heart
by meditating upon God and repesing
''under the wings of the Almighty" also
the heart must be sincere; then coming
with repentance in the heart for sin. with
an earnest desire to love God and our
the wOrshiper may expect
the blessing of heaven. 1t is not enough
to be engaged intellectually in worship.
the heart must be engaged in love to its
Savior for the redemption He has brought
and its Heavenly Father for the grace He
supplies. Thus will worship be accep-
table to God and profitable to us.
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Then let all attend church, and there
by make the community in which we live
a truly ''church- going" community. Not
simply that we may have the name of il.
but that we may do good and receive
good. For such an example every Sab !
bath would be beneficial to all our people. |
1t would impress strangers favorably. and |
be of lasting good to all concerned. Sab.
bath breaking would decrease; profanity |
would be less frequently heard pilfering |
among the boys would disappear; tale |
bearing would be without carriers. and |
peace, goodwill. fraternity and charity |
would abound. Let us each do what we |
can to bring about such q blessed state of |
affairs. Ii would hasten the millennium.
J. NJ. WRIGHT.