The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-05-09

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themselves trying to make them
realize the truth about tho only
tue God. How would you make
God real to themf
splsndsf d God
That was Moses problem God
inspired him not with ono answer
but with several. Ono way BY which
be maids God real to these very
primitive people was In the pro
visions Tor tho worship OF God
Essentially this was very simple.
God was provided with living quar-
ters, thu same type Of home that
all the people had, namely q tent
This tent was to Be right In the
very center OF their encampmeni
wherever It might be-for the PEG
pie now lived the life Of wandering
desert nomads. When W. today
speak o6 tho house Of God" we
mean 4 church building which II
filled, we hope, with people. But
the 1sraelits house OF Cod was
4 tent u which nobody at all lived.
tent which only a very few privi.
legged priests could enter. tent
tor God alone.
II was so sman that even II II
had been filled, only a few dozen
people could have got in. But Il
was near. God lives In the midst
Of u.s." they could say. And It was
beautiful. Tho people themselves
gave the materials to build it, and
the very listing OF these materials
suggests a brilliant gleaming
beauty. -gold. silver. bronze. Ane
twined linen. onyx stones BY
the beauty OF Gods house the peo-
pie were every day reminded OF
tho spllndor o. God.
The Best For God
Mosea might have built that tent
for God. the Tabernacle rs we cali
The might have built Il himself.
Very likely be had the resources
with which to do it. But the thing
was to be done by the people.
Everybody was encouraged to con
tribute. Further. they were en-
couraged TO give the best they had,
the mott costly materials they
owned. That was the first church
building campaign on record. The
house Of God was not to be made Of
scraps left after every one else
had been well housed Tho house
Of God WAS TO bo erected out OF
gifts which had cost tho givers !
great deal There's an obvious
moral to all this. Now. A. then,
Il al mat people devote TO the
worship Of God u what they can
well and easily spare; II Gods
worship comes fro m ufe's left
overs: Il WIN mean very little.
Hare ID : modern church member
who contributes TO his church-to
The building fund or 70 any other
need-only his spare change. He
gives 70 Gods worship not even
IN hour . week On m average:
b never goes when the weather
u bad o. whan II Just "dosm't suit
him"
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Ths Old Testament says that he
glory ef the Lord filed the taber-
nacle. !" jewish tradition says that
this "g1ory" was . Light 20 bright
no mar, not even Moses. could en-
drrs De sight Of II Be mat ~ II
may. what does II mean b this
twentieth Christian century, with
IN W have learned from tho New
Tsstament for the glory Of God
% al The house Of God7 For 80 II
should b. There Il dullness. empd-
ness enough b this world without
our having TO 60 to church for Il
In Gods house We long 70 6nd
Gods glory. What 4 It " are
really boxing tort Saint Paul tens
u that The glory Of God = Ia the
faes OF Christ" Here l. Z thought
tor every one who has Z heart
interest h the worship o6 God.
When = . Christian church dlled
with the glory Of God1 Surely when
Christ 3 esen there. when be ans
ths church But IN The New Testa-
ment <hs church = not Z building.
4 . people. So 4 worshipping con-
gregatinn u Aned with The divine
e1nsy when Il q 4 congregation Of
those q whose lives Christ himself
= living. when Christ Il not only
proclaimed By dc preacher but q
active b de minds and hearts and
o1Evaoe q those Who know and love
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Rear Admiral Charles L. Nelson
a veteran of World War II and th,
Korean fighting, has been named