El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-10

prepares for worthy service when he
admits to his soul the motives. i'm
pulses and inspirations which trans
forms MS life and that of others And
God IS worshiped when man works out
In tanSlbleness, the life of love and
helptulness which has been granted I'M
70 MIN Man is very complex being,
ana IN worshipnS he exercises every
IS intended to promote the entirety of
the individuals life.
Go to Church to Worship.
We go to church to worship, yes. but
more than this We go to cnurcn to be
taught to worship. The church is not
only the place of worship. it is the
ScnoOI of worship. In it we meet God
lace to face and bow in reverence be-
fore him, and in it also We meet our
selves and others face to face and are
reminded of the sacredness of human
life and the manifold relations we sus-
tain. one may worship in the solitude
OF MS own room, in the stiffness of the
mountain faStneSS, by the side of run
ming brooks, in the busy street or amid
the hum of the shop or factory, but
ne viii not do so if he is not taught to
worship.
The Church the Place for Worship.
The CHURCH with its music, its forms,
It's sermon, its associations, its subtle
I-upreSsi OnS awakening the response of
the soul to the call of the highest is
the place wherein men and women are
ee~~tcaAAL " W VI Sill u. NJ part Oh us ser
vice can be omitted. and no man can dis
regard 1t, except at the price of dwarf
ing his whole nature. 1t is possible
Tor people to habitually absent them
selves from the sanctuary and still attain
excellence in many respects, in letters,
IN music, in art and in a kind OF COM
mendable morality, but the qualities
are all syntheSized and therefore
brought to their highest perfection
only when they are bathed in an at
mosphere of religious feeling and
aspiration.
The church is the only place where
this objective is even sought We must
not forget the cOmplexity of our ma
lures ana thus imagine We are develop
ing in full orbed life when we are only
developing features of it. Without
attendance upon the services of the
church one is almost sure to become
abnormal Some cease to aspire to
Hs~" to 'Ova ~nd de~oend tn the lower
levels Of animal life. Some grow
.--- and S2.-D ana ShreUd Some
become esthetic and artistic in disDosi-
ton and desire None are completely
normal It takes the church with its
associations and its appeal to lift the
whole man into relation with the in
finite, to synthesize and direct his
powers of body, mind and soul, his af-
fectiOns and his will
our life contains a thousand springs,
And dies if one be gone,
Strange that harp Of a thousand
should keep in tune so long"
Not IN Idle Dream
This is no idle dream, no fancifuI
vagary. 1t is the truth proven by uni
versal human experience. Men and
nations are rounded out and made com
plete only as they give religion with its
solemn assemblies its due place Going
to church, therefore is not a matter of
passing fancy upon which one may act
or not act according to his mood It is
matter of vital Importance not alone
to the individual, but to the community
as whole. We fOrsake it to the peril
OF every sacred interest
In the church men and women are
brought to realize their relation to the
infinite and each other. in it individual
and social ideals are formed and fOs
tered in it the Bible and its precepts
and promises, with it's wonderful mes
sage of truth and Righteousness is eX-
pounded end forced: in it social and re-
. hgioUs forms are inaugurated and
promoted; in it God is worshiped. Christ
is honored and life exalted