The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-05-22

he saw angels going to and fro
on a ladder which reached to
Heaven, placed a stone at the
scene and said that he would
make a temple there, for the
Lord was there.
Moses, when he saw the burn
ing bush, was told by the voice
to take off his shoes, for the
ground whereon he stood was holy
ground. And was it not Job, who
lived many hundreds of years be-
fore, who said that no matter to
what height or whot depth he
might go, there he would still find
God?
An Irish playwright, more mod
erately speaking, has even build
ed play on the theme, where
! there is nothing, there is God"
When God is everywhere, why
is it that there should be any
feeling of lack of contact with
Him, when we enter the church
which is His, and dedicated to
Him. Why should the house of
God appear a lonely place when
the worshippers are not there
Why is it that we should have any
difficulty in feeling or realizing
contact with God, when we go
into His House?
have an idea that it is more
particularly for the reason set
forth in the fifth paragraph I
have just previously quoted: "He
demands of US complete sincerity,
candor and consistency of life.
He will not accept bits of u.s."
No man has seen God, and since
with us, sight is so much of our
basis of earthly understanding,
what we do not see, it is difficult
for US to comprehend.
Now, in this present body, no
man shall see God, so our only
approach to Him viii be through
prayer, but the Creator we ap-
proach, the idea that we shall
realize through this approach,
will be gathered through medita-
ton on these finest qualities of
which we have knowledge. The
God we worship is revealed to us
in Jesus. And so if we dwell upon
the character and nature of Jesus
as we best understand it, that is
our link, our path toward the
worship of God Himself.
And if it is difficult for us to
feel at times that we contact God
in church, it must be for the rea-
son that our effort to contact Him
elsewhere has beer very scat
tered, fragmentary and infre-
quent, else of all places we should
be able to realize Him in His
house of worship, if at all. We
may be sure that a constant and
frequent realization of his pres
ence, will enable US all the more
in worship to feel His presence.
have a feeling. too, that the
reason it is considered an unwor-
thy occupation for a modern per-
son to worship God in church is
because that modern persons has
had his mind sc taken up with
the things of this life that he
has forgotten the Importance of
God, that he has been so engaged
in worldly matters that the God
who gave him faculties, heaps
upon him daily mercies and bless
ings has sunk into the background
of his life. l am convinced that
only the man or the woman of
prayer comes to be seriously
mindful of these blessings and
mercies that are a part of our
daily life.
And now to touch once more
upon the matter of reverence. II
is nothing more nor less than a
deep appreciation of values. 1t is
not uniting to revere those per-
sons who have suffered and sacri-
feed, especially if it is for a wor-
thy cause. In revering them we
show our consciousness of the
things they have suffered, the
high level of life to which thew
have attained. Reverence is that
step further, in which we ara
! touched with love and awe, and q