Show going to church gives evidence of believing Be believing lievin 9 WOULD YOU VOTE to lower the burden of darkness the stain of shameful superstition the degrading influence of sin the curse of selfish greed upon already overburdened shoulders of weak humanity 7 I 1 hear you now your vote is no I 1 in a loud N voice oice and with A proper exclamation point to show your interest but just a voice vote is not enough your or absence next sabbath day at divine services is your vote your absence is to vote yes your faithful presence is to vote the emphatic no I 1 you thought you were 4 voting to begin with not everyone who mayeth but he that boeth 2 said the master would you vote to call home all the missionaries to close all the hospitals to shut the doors of all the schools to disband all the choirs and disperse all the congregations in the land 7 again your answer la is a loud and indignant no but wait again your vote is not what you say about the matter but what you actually do this is vacation time naturally people are scattered all over the v A orld it is a good thing everybody needs a vacation but even while relaxed in body and unworried unworn ed by the ordinary cares of everyday living you have a soul to look after it needs feeding exactly as the body needs food we feed our stomachs three times a day 21 times a week then we toss our soul a bone every week or so and wonder why our bodies grow fat and lazy while our souls grow lean and hungry looking A closed bible dusty and neglected on your living 9 room table is a vote to close the bible the world over it is a rude thrust at our negligence bu A deserved and truthful one As kipling puts it to be hated yet not give way to hating bating or being lied about don t deal in lies is to take a stand for the truth and right and that is what life demands of us all to take a stand in that book that none of us read like we should is a passage let the redeemed of the lord say so it is that willingness to stand up and be counted that fills the ranks of the faithful with good soldiers of jesus christ this may seem strange to some but strange or not it lt is the everlasting truth the encouraging thing is many men today are waking up to the fact it is not what you declare but what you demonstrate that finally classifies you your actual presence in the house of the lord on the sabbath day affirms a hundred times more what you believe than any number of enthusiastic thusia words I 1 quickly spoke and soon forgot be there brother your presence is vastly more important than S 3 our professions |