Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-08
"Is Church Attendance !
Necessary to Salvation.

sermon plea ssa On tine SUBJECT q i
ChuIca Attendance Necessary To Sa.
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recently Feeu ap.tzaza. beGieve
Paul. hezs. clearly svte9z=5ss 10 #54Jsre..
attendance. aaa=a3s % ap0slas4s oa5
10 more to 1ea4a4e-.= =Lllaii1el4al-7a-
ana lakeFaHa So tfFesa-eist = the.
clIreh today
Vt thal lime some ..e-s 5ss-H -It=4='..
ing the eauIcA e9#s53a e.te4e-efe Pau.
comes upon then 8it4 tals :. es.f#f.s.. ~.
.Ia.saa5 ..15s - assembling q g9aF-
selves toget4er. a. She manner of some
is. for If ye do these things "st1i..t..
aftea Enow.eage ot #5ae tra9a aas
been revealed to =se.t. t5.e.- re...aIll-
no ...szs sacrifice zo.. s9lf SINS.
How aa.aisaaa#azle is=this a faae
tiae. Persecution vi. dire N the
land. The Roman army "a asafnsl
Christianity Gszal @as#t the o9pose
lon; terrible was the conflict. AHus-
ing were the temptations which #6aset
the people on every side turning hem
aside from she=5gee aa4 living G2d.
So Paul pleads Win thesH mere = for
sake not the assembling II theIaseee
together.
In attempting = settle this great
question. my nrst thought is that the
man or woman who ne2iects church
attendance is negIectlng an ordinance
c God. The ordinances Of God are
f.. tie salvation Of the people. II you
neglect these things, you neglect the
ordinance of God itself. (Acts 2:
4l-42).
the man who neglects these things
makes a departure from the Primitive
Church, and the man who does so, is
doing so at the risk of his souls saliva
ton. The primitive church met on
the first day of every week for the
purpose of breaking bread to CONNIE
morate the death of Christ. Bible
students who have carefully given at
tention to these things know that the
old Sabbath is done away with the
old covenant is abolished, and the
apostles met OF the first Gay OF the
week, and the man who now neglects
this does so at the jeopardy OF the
loss of his soul. II Corr
Paul has authority to give orders.
The Spirit of God is speaking through
him.
During the pest week have endeav-
ored. more tt an usual, to find out
some of the causes of non on-attendance
at church, and here are some of the
excuses that were presented to tempt
people away from church on the Lords
Day Some say it is dress. They
say that people dress so fine that they
are ashamed 10 go 10 church because
they cannot dress tine too. 1t does
seem to e the fashion in this city for
people to dress fer church more as
though chey We're going to a reception,
or an evening party, but | will make
no comment on this except to say that
consider this merely an excuse.
Others tell ne that they have to
cook
And otners say hey have company;
their friends come 70 see them and
they mus be entertained, therefore
they cannot go to church. These
are some Of the things he people have
been te.l.fs ne this week.
From another source learn that it
is the preae.er that is keeping people
away from church. or at least so we
are led to believe from the following
editorial from local paper. IT
may be due in a measure. to the char
acter of the preaching, for young men
- not relish the disposition and habit
~. en- raon3- nrnacharc In nrna ching