The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-05-24
Worship At Church
Lesson for May rs, 1868

ACSSOu lOI N1dy 20, 1000
Where were you at 1O:45 am.
asst Sunday? If you were going
o church, you we're doing some
hing pretty special. You were
yoing to pray and sing and lis
en- to the Word of God. You
we're going, in short. to worship.
People have been worshipping
God for no one knows how many
thousand years; but most of the
Worship has not been done in
So it was pretty special
after all. If you are a good rum
,f-mine Christian, you worship
he heavenly Father every day
If your life: only about one day
n seven do you worship in a
If you got to church and
ound it empty, you probably
wouldn't stay. You need some
,ne else to be with you when
you worship at church. You
can't worship in church just any
ime the fancy strikes you. Such
Worship has to be planned
ahead. You don't dress up for
your prayers at home; but most
,hurch-goers even put on special
clothes which in the country
Used to be called "goin-to-meet-
n Clothes If you were in a
blame that landed in a tree. you
would do some praying then and
here no matter if your clothes
we're ripped half off you. But
you wouldn't 60 to church in
,orn clothes. It's too special.
A Testimony
So, what were you doing at
l0:45? For one thing, church
going is a public testimony. You
we're saying. without opening
your mouth, Il believe in God,
believe in prayer, l believe in
Christian fellowship, believe in
he kind of life the church
stands for" You do not sneak
o church (as some of our an
,estors had toD, you ride or
walk in open daylight, you would
lot object if some one took your
picture. Would you be willing
% be photographed everywhere
you go?) The word "church-go-
>r' is an honorable word, but
some people loW-rate it, as they
1t is quite true. hypo-
rites go to church. We have
seen dogs in church, and idiots.
But that does not rub out the
act that most of those who are
n church are there to worship,
and even the dog. the idiot and
he hypoclite would not be there
t there were no sincere WOr-
shippers.
Confession
Another thing: at 1914 last
you were confeSSlng
Yourself a sinner. Yes sir; you
1idnt go with list of your sins
II your pocket or pinned to your
coat; but you were going to con-
'ess your sins. It's done differ
entity in different churches, but
hey all do it. Tell me where
Else in all the world you can
ind any group Of people who
admit they are not
what they know they ought to
Dc? Most other organizations
love to tell the world how good
hey are. At worship in church
.he people say right out loud
how bad they are. 1t may be in
4 Catholic church where the
1rieSt eXclalnlS in Latin, Mea
culpa, mea maXina culpa -
My fault, my most grievous
.ault!" or it may be in a Bap-
list church where the minister
orays, Thou knowest that we
he means the people sitting
here are sinners and evil in
Thy holy sight" or in an
and Episcopal service where all
he kneeling people say togeth-
II, I'VE have left lmdone those
Kings which we ought to have
lone. and we have done those
Kings which we ought not TO
lave done -
For Better Living
II man goes to church in
he right spirit, if he thinks of
What he is doing, if he feels the
brill of knowing he is worship
Ding not only with the other
people he can see around him,
out with the millions of others
around the world praising God
his morning in a thousand Ian
5uages, and especially if he has
cit, ever so family, the touch
II the Holy Spirit on his heart,
hen such a Worshipper cannot
70 out and be quite the same.
ALI the week he will be a bet
,er man for having gone TO
on Sunday. So at 10;45
leXt Sunday morning you will