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pleasure to worship the Lord and to take part in His work. God would
not have His children, for whom so great salvation has been provided,
act as if He were a hard, exacting taskmaster. He is their best friend;
and when they worship Him, He expects to be with them, to bless and
comfort them, filling their hearts with joy and love. The Lord desires
His children to take comfort in His service and to find more pleasure
than hardship in His work. He desires that those who come to worship
Him shall carry away with them precious thoughts of His care and
love, that they may be cheered in all the employments of daily life,
that they may have grace to deal honestly and faithfully in all things.
We must gather about the cross. Christ and Him crucified should
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be the theme of contemplation, of conversation, and of our most joyful
emotion. We should keep in our thoughts every blessing we receive
from God, and when we realize His great love we should be willing to
trust everything to the hand that was nailed to the cross for us.
The soul may ascend nearer heaven on the wings of praise. God is
worshiped with song and music in the courts above, and as we express
our gratitude we are approximating to the worship of the heavenly
hosts. “Whoso offereth praise glorifieth” God.
Psalm 50:23
. Let us
with reverent joy come before our Creator, with “thanksgiving, and
the voice of melody.”
Isaiah 51:3
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