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Do we really worship God?

I. We worship God in the beauty of holiness when worship is characterized by REALITY. We should act with the same propriety, feel as much awe, dread of vulgarity, entering the old meeting house, as into the court and presence of an earthly king. As much? Yea, how much morel

II. We worship God in the beauty of holiness when our worship is characterized by RECOLLECTION. Let the soul withdraw its faculties from men and time and affairs, come face to face with God and His righteousness, His truth, and His love. Bring by the process of recollection, as Miss Havergal says, your sins for cleansing, your uninterpretable heart, the cares from which you cannot flee, griefs you cannot utter, the joys of love, and the life you would no longer know as your own.

III. We worship God in the beauty of holiness when our worship is characterized by RECEPTIVITY. The open souls are not sent empty away.

IV. We worship God in the beauty of holiness when our worship is characterized by RESPONSIVENESS. I mean, carrying the ideals, impressions, determinations of the sanctuary back into the world and allowing them to mould our temper, habits and sentiments in the labours and recreations of life. If worship be true, character shall grow in strength and gentleness, and influences shall stream from us, bearing no tardy fruits, to our fellow-men.

(D. B. Williams.)

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KJV: Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

WEB: Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name. Worship Yahweh in holy array.