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I. A REASON FOR CONSECRATING. Where God is should be holy. God gave symbols of His presence — the Shekinah, Mercy Seat, etc., which were shadows of that which was to come. Consecration is the devoting anything entirely to the service of God, and demands —

1. Purity. There should be nothing unholy.

2. Sacredness. There should be nothing secular.

3. Perfectness. Nothing common so far as it is in the sphere of our power to exclude it.

II. A REASON FOR ADORATION.

1. The object of going to god's house is to honour him. Hence we should

(1)  Watch our motives;

(2)  Watch our conduct;

(3)  Watch our thoughts.

2. To worship Him.

3. To carry out our profession in the sight of the world, and let others take knowledge of us that we have been with Jesus.

III. A REASON FOR EXPECTATION. God is there —

1. To hear His people.

2. To bless His people.

3. To sanctify His people. The Bible is full of promises of this great truth and its reality.

IV. A REASON FOR SATISFACTION How high an honour to meet with God! It is a preparation and a prelude to heaven.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

WEB: But Yahweh is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!"