The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-01
THE REASONS FOR
GOING TO CHURCH
DIR. A. W. MILLS PREACHEs srRouo
SERMON To CONGREaA-
TON SUNDAY
Foarth street n. 4. Church Members
Eurnsd Out In Large Number
Seven New Members


"a a, ne evening service sunday. Do. \.
~ Ml4ls. pastor OF Fourth street Al IL
ShhIlSh dsliNcred strong sermon On
,h;thle Reasons Tor Attending Church. 2
i,sS iyr MS text the lzznd Psalm.
a. a rule We sct without conscious
wort A. matter Of course We
habit BE- second nature. Like a music
ogN az night We are wound up anu IN
me morning VIC play che tunes sci TOR
our sunday suit OF clothes Wnen the
SSabuath comes. m We have a sabbath
real sabbath never comes And as a a
l."iTe soc 70 The manager AFTER his
woLN a. The tread-mill because il ls a
part OF the routine Of life. when the
hsu rings W 40 10 church. But n
ehur.h attendancc H. worth while We
il Il Would a HpSea SP thSs tho 'gS man w tS5
wrote the l22nd Psalm was a church,
Eoer and when he heard the football ~
their invitation. Let us 70 into me
House Of the Lord' and accept It And
III att!.s SNei tne matter l, was
, ""i, I" give hNe reasons Tor doing SO.
his hrst reason was that 10 wa tho
mouse OF tho LORD The Lord a. lu Hls
holy temple. let all the earth keep all
ence before him II has pleased god
70 promise a peculiar manifestation or
hls pre-ense IN places set apart Tor HIS
ana therefore We can ind Him any
where. but lie is never 80 near. never
treated a. az the mercy seat In the
try sting place. The one spot which was
more sacred TO Moses than any other.
u reason OF It's associations. was the
place where lac saw the acacia bush
anamc with Cod IN the Desert or
Mldlan. The spot more sacred 10 Jacob
than any other was Up IN the Heights
OF Luz whore he Law down AT nigHt a
lonely and as he thought "a God-f0rssk-
~ light with angels going ur and down
20 assure him that God remembered
Second Reason.
THE second reason given BY the
Psalmtst Tor church attendance IL
Ihither the trib.s 60 up For obvious
az odds with one another but forgetting
their differences they came together ~
20 great gathering OF the clans when
the Levites blew the Transforms ON the
heights 90 summons them 10 the solemn
assemblies
The third reason given by this man
for going 20 church Is that the Trst-
inony OF she Lord is there a clcar refer
ence Go The Orgclgs. or word OF God The
parchments which W,r, written from
time Z" time BY holy men a. they we're
in place set apart for them ia the side
Of the Ark On the sabbath 10 was cus-
tgmery Tor the Priest 20 read "a portion
OF this testimony ana cNpound Do a. the
Lesson Of the Day. We speak or 'E.-
pusitorN sermOns-thcgt BE- no true ser
mon which b. not eNrository. gs- man
thority. showing aside his Bible. Is out
OF place In the pulpit
The fourth reason given By the
l,ralmist FOR going Goo Zion is that The
80 David had but "a sluEl. throne the
use Or the plural H. significant. n re-
iers 60 bis df nasty. Tu other words he
was 20 rule until the coming 81 shiloh.
The Prince ui Peace. by perpetual succca-
sion. ON the trluwphal entry OF Jssus
into Jerusalem DEE was welcomed with
the fNNfmHnHHf HHHHsFaH.. o.. Ha o..
Of David. The coming % thiB Messiah
w. a. the hope 90 Israel and back Uf an
other motivcs. whether thcy know o. or
not this was what dr0w the people 90
tho temple % o. fnr IEe reason that
rDnpl. r1 60 church Don these days
Secret Of Prosperity.
fgr going 90 church iu that tfe secret
"f prosperity i' therl .TIsy shall
rrasIsr nat lnys thee WHO De- yhe
guarded fo- eternity who haa r.s
treasures laId w Boo bags that vas not
fHe world can neither EI.. boz iaEa
away BE- fHr uuI. pruHIeruu# man 10
@ casual observer tHe people who f-o-
naruIe Than ofhara CELSIUS. he rrsst
afi. a..tIru f.r church Iu tHc sec.
.1d century n ag assembly .f repro.
taifs lI' rair .foa have. none Hf tho
rI.N"r rIfaHea auH moro IaarHaI. bel
fH.H Hu bad .n.I people who warr ...HE.
rgad Ta former IraHa and sr.r.ards
former rrnfrates had been tarsH .Ht N
fH. gutter ur fu. Master aUl IHHHr.
DC .nri .sf r-9sperity fhat. as Ai,yarrsr
..vh.e' rttIr .r maH.
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