South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-16
REV. BECK GIVES
TALK ON WORSHIP
AT GRACE CHURCH
Declares Value of Worship as
Contribution to Right
Living, Great.
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. WIN I-N bEsD NUM- GANrL O4NE,
were worshippers Jesus. the Sol Of
Cod. was a regular and persistent
worshipper. Practically every great
philosopher. poet. historian. states
man. scientist even. and all the rest
OF the great have been Gevout wor-
shippers
The worshipping machinery Of
lie rs given 10 every man by his
+ Creator. No race Of men. anywhere
. in any age, has been found without
/ IT, For the sake of a right life IL
was intended that il should be set
working very early in life, and kept
at all through life II nobody ever
starts it off. that life gets a wrong
start. II any one let's IL stop any
/ where along the line, the life loses
t its great help TO Digit living.
The woman was concerned about
where T. worship. With Jesus that
/ is a secondary thing. The main
thing is the worship The temple
/ helped the Jews TO worship and the
t conseCrated mountain helped the
I Samar.tans. The church helps US
/ today. A man may say truly, I can
worship at home. on the road or
\ lake as wei las az church. He can.
I but does he? He absents himself
\ from church, but he does not wor-
/ ship at home in his automobile or
/ boat,and his life misses great moral
\ uplift that the worship would give.
/ one OF Gods great reservoirs of
strength is never drawn upon at
\ ALL
Decided Emphasis.
Jesus placed decided emphasis
on what men should worship. One
+ important thing is TO know what we
worship. Jesus says. We know what
we worship The difference between
! China and America is in what we
worship. When any parts Of China
/ begin to worship Cod. Our Father.
those parts change and become like
America and better The time
cometh.' says Jesus, when true wor-
shippers shall worship the Father.
When all the world comes TO wor-
ship the Father, the universal broth
erhood Of mankind shall have ar
rived.
Worship has its highest value
when it is done properly. God be
ing a spirit. they that worship Him
must do it in spirit and in truth. As
spirits we think. feel and will. To
worship in spirit we must get our
/ thought. our feelings and our wills
i'm action toward God A man can
not worship without his mind on
/ God. IL is an intelligent act and
| thoughtful. He Will not worship
long unaccompanied with feelings of
one sort or another His worship
has not gone very far until he re-
solves with his will TO be something
or do something for God.
Help TO Worship.
Forms of worship are only helps
10 worship. Bowling down the body
i'm prayer is nothing alone. If it
helps the spirit 20 bow down before
it's God. il serves a purpose. one
may humble his soul Just as well
standing up If ne will. We are not
heard for our much speaking says
Jesus. 1t is not the lips that pray
but the heart. We worship the
Father i'm spirit. Singing is a help
20 the spirit in worship. We sing
= sometimes as though we would
make God hear whether or no. But
waht He hears is not the voice but
j., the spirit If the spirit does not
sing in praise. He hears nothing.
All too often people go to church
as they so to a club or theater TO be
entertained. when the chief thing in
going 10 church is TO worship. The
one thing needed is worship. What
ever else the music and sermon are
they should be a help 10 worship.
II the spirits of the congregation
have not been active i'm thought to-
ward Cod. have not experienced
condemnation, praise. love, JOY,
hope toward God. have purposed
nothing for God. then that hour has
ost i'm WORKSHOP. however entertain
ing it may have been