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YOUNG PEOPIFS SOCIETIES
REVERENCE AND WORSHIP.
M., Oct. 16. Revcronfo for God. Hah. 2:20.
T., Oct. 17. Hovcrcnce for man. 1 Cor. 3:10, 17.
W., Oct. 18. Hovcrcnce for God's house, l/cv. 20:
1. 2.
T., Oct. 19. Worship in the heart. John 4:19-20.
F.t Oct. 20. Holy adoration. Rom. 11:311-36.
N? Oct. 21. Worshipping Christ. Hev. 5:1-14.
S., Oct. 22. Topic ? Reverence and Worship. I's.
111:1-10.
How can t ce cultivate a spirit of worrhip ?
Why should we rerrrtnee humanity"!
How can u~e show reterencc for older persons?
Reverence* for God, Hab. 2:20:
Man's attitude towards God should
be one of quiet, respectful, dignified
silence, while listening to hear Him
speak. When we approach Him in
prayer it should be with deep hu
mility as to ourselves and with pro
found respect and adoration to God.
When we read His work we should
feel that it is the great God of hea
ven, the King of kings and Lord of
lords, who is speaking to us. And
when He speaks we should oot at
tempt to put our thoughts in place
of His.
Reverence for Man, 1 Cor. 3:16,
17: A great teacher once said that
he always felt like taking off his hat
as he stood in the presence of a boy,
for he did not know but that there
might be a President of the United
States in that boy. There are two
things that we should remember, as
we look upon a human being. One
is that he was made in the image
of God, and the other is that God
made him for His own dwelling place.
Sin has defaced the image, and as
far as possible it keeps God out of
the heart home. We should try in
ourselves and in others to destroy
the desecrating work of sin and open
up the heart that God may come in.
Reverence for God's House, Lev.
26:1, 2: God commands us to rev
erence His house, and gives as the
ground for the command, "I am the
Lord." In Eccl. 5:1 we read, "Keep
thy foot when thou goest to the house
of God, and be more ready to hear,
than to give the sacrifice of fools."
Foolish and irreverent talking and
laughing, especially during the ser
vices of worship, is "the sacrifice of
fools," and is not acceptable to God.
As we go into the church we should
always remember that it is God's
house, that He is there and that we
are His guests. When we go as guests
into other homes we conduct ourselves
with proper decorum. Let us do so
in God's house.
Worship in the Heart, John 4:19
26: "God is a Spirit: and they that
worship Him must worship Him in
spirit and in truth." There are some
people who. like the heathen, seem
to think that the outward forms are
all that is necessary in worship. We
should never fqrget that nothing that
Is not true is acceptable to God. We
have no use for counterfeit money.
God has no use for counterfeit wor
ship. "Let us draw near with a true
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heart" (Heb. 10:22). "It is good for
me to draw near to God" (Ps. 73:
28).
Holy Adoration, Rom. 11:33-36:
In order that we may worship God
properly, and that we may have right
feelings toward Him, we ought to
learn from the Bible all that we can
about His character and attributes.
The answer in the Shorter Catechism
to the question, "What is God?" ex
presses more in a few words than
can be found anywhere else. We
should think of Him as the great
Creator and Ruler of the universe,
as the King and Judge of all things,
but we should also think of Him as
a merciful and loving Father and Sa
viour.
Worshipping Christ, Rev. 5:1-14:
The angels in heaven worship Christ,
because He is their King and their
God. The redeemed saints in heaven
worship Him, because He redeemed
them and took 'them to the place
which He had prepared for them in
His Father's house of many mansions.
We should worship Him as our Lord
and King and Redeemer. We should
not only worship Him in public, but
in secret also. Not only should we
worship Him, but we should do all
in our power to induce others to wor
ship Him also.
Rovcrence and Worship, Ps. Ill:
1-10: "I will praise the Lord with
my whole heart, in the assembly of
the upright, and in the congregation."
Worship, if it is real, must come from
the heart, and the worship of God is
exclusive. There must be no division
of heart. When we go into God's
house it ought to be with the inten
tion of worshipping Him. We wor
ship Him as we sing hymns of praise.
Sometimes little thought is given to
the words we sing, and we do not
stop to consider their meaning. When
that is the case there is no worship.
Some people carelessly do not engage
in singing, and do not even listen to
the singing of others. True worship
in song requires that each one, who
can sing at all, should Join heartily
in the singing, and should feel that
he is in this way speaking to God.
He who is unfortunate enough not to
be able to sing should follow care
fully the words as others sing and
make melody in his heart, if he can
not with his voice.
We worship God in prayer. In the
public services of God's house one
leads. Others should listen atten
tively and as far as possible* make
the thoughts of the leader their
thoughts, and add any other thoughts
that may suggest themselves as they
lift their hearts to God.
We worship God in the sermon.
The preacher stands as God's repre
sentative to speak for Him. We
should listen reverently and quietly,
trying to learn just what God wants
us to know. We should listen to see
whether the message Is from God's
Word, and if it is we should receive
it with thanksgiving to God.
Since God has directed us to gather
in His house to worship Him, he who
stays away, when it is possible to
be present, is disobeying God's com
mand, and depriving himself of a
great privilege. He who talks to
others during the worship is not him
self engaged in worship, and is pre
senting others from worshipping
God. And he who occupies his mind
with other things or sleeps during
the service is pretending to worship,
when there* is no worship in his
heart.
We should try to realize the duty,
the privilege and the benefit of wor
shipping God, and should reverently
and earnestly engafto In It, both prl
vatoly and publicly.
SUGGESTED PROGRAM.
Doxology: "Praise God From
Whom A1J Blessings Flow."
The Lord's Prayer.
Hymn: "Come, Thou, Almighty
King."
Prayer by the leader.
Hymn: "Holy, Holy, Holy."
Daily topics, assigned to seven
members. Head the passages of
Scripture and comment on them.
Hymn: "Sun of My Soul."
Topics to be assigned to- members:
(1) "What Is true worship?
(2) How can we worship God as
individuals?
(3) How can we worship God pub
licly?
(4) What can we do to improve
the worship of our society?
(5) What can we do to improve
the worship of our Sunday school?
(6) Whrat can we do to improve
the worship of church?
Sentence prayers.
Hymn: "Lord, Dismiss Us."
Closing prayer.
SENTENCE PRAYERS.
O Lord, as we are gathered here
in Thy house, help us to realize that
we are in Thy presence.
O God, we pray that Thou wilt be
gracious unto us and accept the praise
we bring Thee for all the rich bless
ings Tfarou hast bestowed upon us.
Father, we thank Thee for the priv
ilege of worshipping Thee, and pray
that Thou wilt teach us how to wor
ship Thee.
Father, as we sing our hymns may
we always sing with the heart and
wltlr the understanding, and may our
singing express the joy and gladness
of our hearts.
O Saviour, bless those of our num
ber who are not here to-night, and
help them to come to our next meet
ing.
O Holy Spirit, we pray that Thou
wilt take the lessons we have learned
to-night and plant them deeply in
our hearts, may they be as seed sown
in good ground, that shall bring forth
fruit to Thy honor and glory.
Father, we pray for Thy blessing
upon the preaching service that is to
follow this one, and may we all at
tend it and take part in it.
O Holy Spirit, bless our pastor as
he preaches to-night. Fill his heart
with Thy truthr and help him to de
liver it to us so that we shall all be
blessed.
NEWTON COUNTY, GA.
The churches of this group are re
joiced over the very successful Chris
tian Endeavor Conventionette held in
Covington on Sunday, in which the
Newton County Christian Endeavor
Union was organized, with four so
cieties represented. The two young
est churches in the county, Gum Creek
and Pine Grove, sent about eighty
delegates to this meeting, and two
of the county officers come from their
number, Morris Robertson, vice-pres
ident, and Irene Bostwick, treasurer.
Since the pastor, Rev.- C. P. Allen,
came on this field there have been
105 additions to the different
churches in this group, 81 of them
on profession of faith. Two new
churches have been organized, one
church building practically com'
pleted, and one other being planned
for. This group now has a total
membership of 171.
PUBLICITY IN UNION CITY, TENN.
By C. F. Evans, Southern Secretary
United Society of Christian
Endeavor.
Union City, Tenn., believes in
Christian Endeavor publicity, and
gave a splendid exhibition of its abil
ity upon the occasion of the visit of
Bert G. Jones, Tennessee's new Field
Secretary, and Southern Secretary
Evans.
Across the main street of the city
was stretched an immense banner
containing the names of the secre
taries, the date of their visit, the
hours and places of the services to
be held, and a cordial invitation to
the public. Attractive home-made
window posters were placed in 90 per
cent, of the business houses. A fac
simile of the front page of The Dixie
Endeavorer, four times enlarged, as
an "extra." announced the coming of
the secretaries, where the meetings
would be, etc. A welcome sign to the
secretaries covered almost one entire
side of the main auditorium of one
of the churches. The Endeavorers
wore paper badges, on which were
pasted the pictures of the secretaries,
cut from newspapers, etc., with suit
able wording underneath.
The day services opened with a
sunrise prayer meeting at 6:30 and
closed at 9:30 that night.
The Junior Superintendent, his
wife and seventeen Juniors from
Dyer drove seventy miles by auto to
attend the afternoon services. An
other society, the location of which
we have forgotten, drove ten miles to
attend the services.
E. L. Wuench, more lovingly
known as "Shorty," is the chairman
of the publicity work, and has done
some of the finest publicity work
Dixie has ever had. His poster ex
hibit at the All-South Convention was
one of the few to receive honorable
mention. Union City Endeavorers are
fortunate in having such publicity
ability.
One of the Cumberland Presbyte
rian Sunday school classes of Union
City maintains a club-room In honor
of one of its members who gave his
life on the battlefields of Europe,
where the class members and their
friends can rest, write letters and
take advantage of the gymnasium.
Union City is the home of Miss
Viva Roper, who is secretary of the
Northwestern District, Mr. Clark Wil
liamson, of Newbern, being the pres
ident. This district was tire first in
the State to reach its goal on ad
vance registrations for the State Con
vention and is one of the best organ
ized and best working districts in the
State.
The secretaries also visited the
Memphis District, and in Memphis
proper were greeted by almost 300
Endeavorers, seventeen gallons of Ice
cue a in , a tub of lemonade, etc., in a
great rally. The Memphis City Union,
under President E. M. Flaniken, was
the first City Union In Tennessee to
reach its goal on advance registra
tions for the State Convention. On
the night of the rally the Memphis
District went over the top on ad
vance State Convention registrations,
and was the second district in the
State to reach its goal.
Memphis gave Mr. Jones a roya'
reception, welcoming him with a real
spirit of hospitality, as he is to make
his headquarters in that city.
At Are Memphis rally three socle
ties had 100 per cent, of their mem
bers present. McLemore Presbyterian
Senior Society had all their twenty
seven active members there and
twonty.throo visitors In addition.