Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-21
NATURAL EMOTION NOT
SPIRITUAL WORSHIP
Man Who Adores Idol Better
Than He Who Refuses to
Bow His Head.

The Christian Endcavor topic this
week is discussed by Rev. Charles H.
Doellefcld, b. d., assistant minister
Mt Westminster Presbyterian Church,
who takes for his subject: "Rever-
ence and Worship" DIR. Doelle-
field says:
Is there a troubled mind. n spirit
that cannot find peace7 What VIII
quiet Il? Nothing but some sense OF
the infinite as very near TO us. IL
may be from n glance ut the un-
fathomable depths OF nature. 1t may
be from the solemnity and beauty
which mans workmanship can pro-
duce I'm the shape of a great cathedral,
In tho great paintings OF noted artists
or possibly In the figures shaped by
sculptor's hand. How many thou
sands just returning from European
countries have had that experienced
But the enjoyment OF noble archi-
lecture and art Is not worship, yet Il
may be mistaken for It. The hush
which falls on us, walking the alsles Of
a church a thousand years old: the
thrill OF the nerves and heart az tho
glorious praise begins. the rumble and
vibrations as the mighty diapason
bursts forth; all that feeling. SOLEMN
as II Is. has no necessary connection
with revercntly worshiping God In
spirit and In truth. And we may de-
lude ourselves with the belief that we
are Offering spiritual worship when It
Is all matter OF natural emotion,
A.
goddess man could share.
He who worships the God and
Father OF our Lord Jesus Christ, must,
IN all the qualities OF his soul, in all
the relations of his life. be n better
man than the man who denies the ex-
istance of God. The man who wor-
ships n stone Is better man than he
who worships nothing. The man who
falls down before carven wood, or
worships the beasts of the field, is q
grander nature than he who never
bows his head In prayer, and never
lifts up his heart in aspiration and
/ ufigious desire. The tendency to
worship Is to elevate nature. He who
worships sincerely, however ignorant
| y Is the better for his worship: he is
enlarged in his nature, his outlook
upon things is widened. he Is led
away from self-trust. and is taught
10 depend upon a power, not lower
but higher. and IN his estimation bet
ter. than his own.
In our approaches to God. the frame
OF mind Is everything Like worships
like. God Is mystery. worship is faith
God Is wisdom, worship is thought
God is love. worship Is affection: God
Is truth worship is sincerity; God {.
holiness. worship is purity; God Is
eternity. worship Is always. Word,
are good. because words react on tn.
mind. and clear and fix It; but words
are not worship. Forms are good, be
cause forms are stays and helps TO ou1
infirmit!es; but forms are not wor
ship. Holy places. holy things. hol,
persons are good, because in such
defiled world as this. what is sacre,
must be isolated; but no places, n.
things, no persons are worship
Sacraments are good because they ar
the interpretations, the very essence
of our salvation; but sacrament
} are not worship. God Is a spirit, an,
they that worship Him must do SO Il
spirit"
II fs not question Of place
!. Neither in this mountain. nor in Jeru
salem is the place. 1t is no question c
l cathedral or church, or chapel or hal
; Wherever heart yearns for Goo
= there Is Gods house. there Is God
] blessing. 1t Is not a question of tim,
, II this true Idea OF worship can b
3 once grasped, that It is not an out
n ward form, not an outward ceremon,
y not as set times, but ever. always,
Will mean that our worship will fin
expressions IN our home-life, in ou
school-hfe, In our business life, every
where at all times; all things sacre
, and secular Will be blended in on
= lifelong act of worship, our heart &c
Ing out TO God In spirit and in truth
Christian Endeavor Notes.
Next week. the topic will be- dis
e cussed by the Rev. Edgar c. Pretty
: man, OF the anti-saloon league. NJ
n PrettyInan Will take for his subjes
n "A saloonless World. and How to Gt
It.
8 An interesting meeting was enjoye
< by the Christian Endeavorer's a,
< sembled In Westminster. Sunday ev,
ming. Every member OF the sociei
. was present. Among them were Mi
Dorothy II. Krauss. the State Chri
tan Endeavor secretary as well
'e president Of the Wilmington c..
ITpion and Npa, yrbar,ns 4No xa,
IT appointed Y. w. c. A. secretary.