Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-09-01


ent at all of his services. And one of
the easiest ways to hinder him. to dis
| courage him, is by staying at home.
The people who make up their minds
to attend both preaching services and
the prayer meeting, are the ones who
make themselves felt as power for
good. 1t is a joy to the pastor to see
his people every Sabbath in their ac-
customed places. Let him see us all
whenever he goes into the pulpit The
pastor encourages the young people in
their work, by his presence at their
meetings, by his encouraging and
cheerful words. Let us show that we
are interested in helping him, in his
work, by not going to our homes or
some place else after Christian Endea-
vor meeting. but staying to the even
| ing service. He has right to our
presence at public worship, for we
| have all promisd to help him. What
an illustration we have of this in an
| Old Testament congregation. 1t says:
And all the people, not few, but all
the people, gathered themselves to-
geth as one man. And they spake un-
to Ezra. the scribe, to bring the Book
Of the Law of Moses. And Ezra
brought the law before the congrega
lion and read therein. and the ears of
al The people were attentive.
The last reason | shall give is, be-
cause by regular attendance we glori-
fly God by honorng His house and His
worship. The church is a divine in
stitution. 1t is not mans home, but
Gods. 1t is ordained for His glory.
He is rejoiced when we assemble and
our worship is pleasing to him. With
out church attendance. His worship
would cease, and the prosperity of the
church depends upon the interest each
one of us manifests. We are just as
responsible for public worship as the
pastor or the officers. We have no
right to expect others to do what we
do not do. Our feet shall stand with
in thy gates, o, Jerusalem. The
Psamist sings, our feet" not their
feet God demands personal service.
Il love thy church, o God; Her wall
before thee stand, Dear as the apple of
thine eyes, and craven on thy hand -"
But let us be of some use to the church
we love, and the church will be of use
to us. Let us reflect another verse of
this hymn,
For her my tears shall fall,
For her my prayers ascend,
To her my cares and tolls be given
Till tells and cares shall end"
At the close of the war of 1866 the
triumphant army of Prussia came to
Berlin for a royal welcome. AS each
regiment approached the city gate, it
was halted by a choir asking by what
right it would enter the city. The SOL
diers replied in a song, reciting the
battles they had fought and the victor
les they had won. There came a well
come from the choir, Enter ye into
the gates of the city" and so regiment
after regiment came and were well
coined. They marched along the Lin
den avenue between two rows of cap
tured cannons, with the banners they
had captured and the trophies they had
won. Stopping before statute of
Frederick the Great, the creator Of
Prussia, they shouted, "All hail ;all
hail"
Dear friends, when our work on
earth is finished and the kingdom of
Christ is assured, then shall the church
go up to the heavenly city with songs
and tokens of victory. They shall
march in glorious harmony, singing
hallelujah, and shall lay their trophies
at the feet of Him, who is the King of
Kings and Lord of Lords, and among
our joys will be this-that we have
not neglected the assembling of our
selves together in the Lords house on
earth.
Summing up the reasons, we can
say we should attend church regularly
Because. as Gcd's child, you would
not miss any opportunity to be so near
him.
Because Christ is your friend and
you have an appointment with Him at
His house. He does not break ap-
Do you? Write Him the
excuse. He is sorry,
Because God does not miss a week in
blessing you. Would you miss a week
in thanking Him?
Because your pastor has a message
from your Father for you. He is your
pastor; therefore the message Is for
you. That is the way God fixes it.
Because you seldom fast in your
physical life; how can your spiritual
life stand so much fasting?
Because ii is the sign of a regular
and healthy Christian life; spasmodic |
breathing and spasmodic church at
tendance are both the same--bad signs. |
Because it is the only one real rule !
for the Christian member Of a congre-
CATION.
Because the Christian does not find |
half as good pleasure or half as much |
rest in anything else. Try it; go |
through the service once searching for
highest iGy and deeDest rest. they are