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MAN BETTER FOR
MORE REVERENCE
Rev. Beck breaches Strong
Sermon Touching on Re
spect for Holy Things.

God has put few things in a
class 20 themselves and has labeled
them holy He then demands that
fnen reverence them. He exacts a
penalty when we fail 10 do IT," was
declared and Illustrated in the ser
mon at Grace ~ p. church Sunday
morning by Rev p. T. Beck. the
pastor The opening words OF the
Lord prayer "Hall0wed by Thy
name" were used for a text. Rev
Beck said.
Jesus taught that the desire 20
have the name OF Heavenly Father
haliowed should rise 20 daily prayer
The Apostle Paul glimpses an ideal
Cay when at the name Of Jesus
every knee shall bow - and every
tongue confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord Toward this ideal the pray
crs and Iab0rs OF Christians strive.
when 10 ~ reached every one will
reverence that one holy thing as God
has asked
Holy things are holy apart from
any reverence that is shown them
God does not call on us to reverence
them for their sake We have these
holy things because we need 90 have
some things that are holy We need
10 reverence something and these
things are provided for that purpose.
There Is power cor good in the name
OF God But 81 has power for good
Only 90 those who hallow and rever-
ence that name
'The Holy Bible loses its power
10 any who open 10 with irreverent
touch and soul The holy Sabbath
has peculiar power for good only 70
those who walk into Il as upon holy
ground
Profanity Is Vile.
The man who shouts out the
name Of God I'm a moment OF wrath
in a curse or toys with It in idle,
meaningless. profane speech is one
kind OF man. He embodies one kind
Of manhood He Is one kind Of ex-
ample FOR children. He makes one
sort OF environment.
The man onto whose soul a holy
hush falls when he thinks that name
and speaks IL only in appropriate
places at seasonable times and in
reverent tones is another kind OF
man. He IS n higher type. His is
n better example. His is a healthier
atmosphere. Reverence for holy
things helps make that kind Of men.
God taught the people reverence
IN Bible times by strong object les
sons. When Moses approached the
bush that burned and was not con-
sumed ne took off his shoes and went
barefooted on that holy ground.
When I5rsei cncamped in front Of
Aft. Sainai they were forbidden 10 go
up on the fountain or even touch
IT'S side. Even any OK or sheep VEN
turing up 20 it would he put 10 death.
God Manifested Glory.
God was 10 manifest His glory
there as lie did. That was holy
ground not To- be tread upon. not
even TO be touched The virtue or
value Of that -round TO Israel was
not that it offered a field for explor-
alton or a possession but rather TO
took over into and stand before in
awe and reverence.
Israel had her holy OF holes into
which no man could enter save the
high priest They had their ark OF
the covenant whom no one might
touch save those ordained TO that
office David and his men got their
never TO be forgotten lesson. Uzzah
was driving the OK team as they
brough the ark up from the Phil
sstine camp. The road was rough.
The oxen stumbled and the ark tott-
cred I'm its place.
"Uzzah, careless. thoughtIess, ir-
reverent. laid his unconsecrated
hands on the holy ark 10 steady il.
God was displeased with such dis
regard of holy things and Uzzah fell
dead. David and his men were filled
with fear but were made much
wiser.
Are we blind 20 facts or have
we lost much of this heaven-taught
virtue of reverence We get the inn
precision sometimes that with m1ns
people there is nothing that is holy
No ground is sacred where they me-.
not tread Nothing is beyond thcH
unholy touch.
DRAG Down Holy Name.
Instead Of hallowing the nam,
OF our Father who IS IN heaven an
praying daily that all others ma1
come 20 DO the same IN the intcre-
OF % finer manhood and womanhoCd
they drag that holy name through
all manner Of fou, and profans
speech Death has overtaken tina
fine part OF the soul over which rcv
erencc was 90 preside and develop
Not until n resurrection has take
place viii that fine hing ever ,iyf
again in such q man.
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