The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-14
Go to Church.

WOrd7 If you do you will be seen
often ct church. God has been good to
you and you ought to reverence His
Word, nining with those who publicly
worship God. God has a place for
worship and every one who desires to
do His will ought to be found there.
Hear Gods Word:
But unto the place which the Lord
your God shall choose out of all your
tribes to put his name there, even unto
his habitation shall ye seek, and thither
thou shalt come, and thither ye shall
bring,
And ye shall rel pice in all that ye
put your hand unto, ye and your house
holds, wherein the Lord thy God hath
blessed thee"
AN INVITATION.
80, come! Let US worship and bow
down; let us kneel before the Lord our
maker" P5a. 95:6.
GREAT DESIRE TO ATTEND CHURCH
How amiable are thy tabernacles,
o Lord of hosts!
My soul longeth, yea, Eel fainteth
for the courts Of the Lord; my heart
and my FISH crieth out for the living
God Pisa 84:12.
lone thing have I desired of the
Lord, that will I seek after; hat l may
dwell in the house of the Lord all the
days of my life, to behold the beauty
of the Lord, and to inquire in his tenn
pc" P5a ga.
Many sick, aged, crippled and in pri-
son have such desire, but cannot go to
church. D.ar reader, better go while
you IA
INVITATION ACCEPTED
81 was glad when they said unto me,
Let US go into the house Of the Lord"
Psa 1921.
HOW TO WORSHIP AS SEEN IN ACCOUNT
OF THE FIRST SERVICE AFTER
CHRIsTs ASCENSION.
Then came they Unto Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet, which
is from Jerusalem a Sabbath days jour
ney.
And when they were come in, they
went up into an upper room. These
all continued with one accord in prayer
and ~supplication.
And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they we're all with one &c
ord in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound
from heaven as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled all the house where
they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it
sat upon each Of them.
And they we're all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance."
WILLINGNESS.
"'Then they that feared the lord spake
one to another, and the Lord
and heard it, and a book Of
remembrance was written before him
for them that feared the Lord, and
that thought upon his name.
And when they had come, and had
gathered the church together, they re
hearsed all that God had done with
BLESSINGS OF ATTENDING CHURCH.
The righteous shall fl ourish like the
palm tree; he shall grow like a cedar
in Lebanon.
Those that be planted in the house
the Lord shall fl ourish in the courts
Of our God" Pisa. 92:12, 13.
For a day in thy courts is better
than a thousand. 1 had rather be a
doorkeeper in the house Of my God
than to dwell in the tents OF wicked
Pisa. "a: 10.
Having therefore, brethren, bold
ness to enter into the hottest by the
blood of Jesus,
by a new and living way, which
1e' hath c~onsecrated for us, through
lie veil, that is 60 say, his flesh;
And having a high priest over the
house of God;
Let US draw near with a true heart
full assurance of faith, having our
sprinkled from an evil conscience
and our bodies washed with pure
Let us hold fast the profession of
our faith without wavering, for be is
that promised;
"And let us consider IA another to
provoke unto love and to good works;
mot forsaking the assembling of
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