REVERENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD.
LACK of reverence for the place where God is worshiped is easily and very naturally transferred to the worship performed there, and the next step is a lack of reverence for him in whose name the worship is performed. Yet without this reverence no worship is acceptable. Therefore our churches should always be regarded as holy places, set apart from all unhallowed or common uses, for the worship of Almighty God; and this specific use necessarily excludes all other uses; and while there is no sanctity in the materials, the wood, brick, and mortar of which the houses are made, yet there is a power in association that influences us greatly, and the feeling of reverence for the place and the worship should be carefully maintained and cherished all the time, and everywhere, and that too for our own personal benefit.—St. Louis Christian Advocate.