p. 672 | Worth Reading by Editor

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 5, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 42.

Worth Reading.

By Editor

HERE is a little thing that we have often seen, which we wish could be read at least once a week by every one who goes to church. It is one of the "notices" posted in the porch of the church at Hawarden, England, where Mr. Gladstone worships, and of which his son is rector:—

"On your way to the Lord's house, be thoughtful, be silent, or say but little, and that little good. Speak not of other men's faults; think of your own, for you are going to ask forgiveness. Never stay outside; go in at once; time spent inside should be precious."

It strikes us, however, that it would be a good thing to have the notice posted in the house of each church member, and in the church something like this: "Go silently and reverently from the house of the Lord. Do not speak of what you saw, but meditate prayerfully on the word spoken. By so doing you may take the Holy Spirit with you, and the house of God will prove indeed the gate of Heaven."