The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-22
SPIRIT OF REVERENCE
A NEED OF EVERY MAN.
The Reverend j. G. Horning Emu
merates Things Which Should
Not Be Treated Lightly.

, At Maple Avenue Reformed Church the
reverend John G. Horning preached on
ing from the text: And the Lord said,
from on thy feet. for the place wherein
He said. in part:
Reverence is one Of the deepest feelings Of
our being. 1t brings into exercise the best
pressive Of the faith and love and devotion
OF the Utmost heart of man. 1t is not merely
awe. the overwhe ming sense Of majesty and
and praise. It Is more than fear. Fear sug-
gests the idea OF dread and horror. Fear
repels, but reverence invites. Reverence is
out tormenting fear. It is that worshipful
This worshipful regard for things sacred
thereof. This seeming reverence We find in
the hypccritical Pharisee. who assumed a
sdfab fe,a attitude stood in the proper
was without true reverence In his heart.
The reverent posture will not make per-
son reverent: but the reyerent spirit Vii
attitude Of our bodies should interpret the
true condition Of the soul. In this day Of
reverence. We need to cultivate the spirit
OF reverence. =,
I'm a sense. all things are sacred. Earth
IS crammed with heaven and every common
bush is a-fire with Cod But there are
than others. even as the name Of the Lord
Is above every other name in heaven and
earth =
I'VE should reverence the house of God.
True. 1t Is building of ordinary wood and
brick and stone. but by hallowed associa-
LIONS It IT,, Is lac sacred place II is the place
erent expression. 1t Is the place of prayer,
where. on this appointed day, the common
suppiications Of Christian people arise to
the throne Of Almighty God for the blessing
OF refreshing rain upon the thirsty land
1t is place set apart for the observance
OF the means Of grace. the place where man
Ing bush was made sacred to Moses. be-
cause out Of IT God spoke to him Bethel
was made sacred to Jacob because God
mas there aSe SO T. the church sacred because
And as Moses. before the burning bush. was
commanded com to remove his shoes from of his
al worldly thoughts worldly motives
| IN the spirit Of reverent worship.
! y, We We SHOULD hold In reverence the word
| lightly the sacred book; for It is the word
OF God. Every trifing jest about the Bible
makes 1t harder, for the future. to be
as some with superstitious feeling reverent.
" kiss the cover Of the sacred page, but
fall to observe its inner word. Let US in.
spire our regard with q desire to know the
Book of Books for the truth that is in It
| We use the Bible. says Ruskin, 'mosi
! Ieverently When most ha0itualty: our insO.
!ence is In ever acting without reference tc
II: our true honoring Of 1t Is in its uni.
| versal application
Another sacred thing is the Lords day
which Is most sacredly reverenced by I'll
| sacred observance. In this active age W,
are prone to forget Remember the Sab
bath day to keep It holy How prone W.
are to turn this day to our own pleasur,
and profit in utter disregard Of the will Of
the Lord. Would that the words Spoken
might ring in the ears Of the people Of THU
day. II thou turn away thy foot from
doing thy pleasure on my holy day: ant
call the Sabbath delight. the holy OF tn,
Lord. honorable; and shall honor him. mo-
doing thine own ways. nor finding thine
own pleasure, nor speaking thine owl
words: then shalt thou delight thyself II
the Lord. and will cause thee to ride up
on the high places Of the earth and feet
for the mouth Of the Lord hath spoken It.
Those words are as true to-day as wher
individual we cannot safely disregard them
/ Carlyle says. With regard to reverence fol
! God. no nation ever came to very much
| nor did any man. either. who forgot that.