Public & Private Worship

May 26, 2010

I pray that our public worship as a church produces the best private Christianity…

The best public worship is that which produces the best private Christianity. The best church services for the congregation are those which make its individual members most holy at home and alone. If we want to know whether our own public worship is doing us good, let us try it by these tests. Does it stimulate our conscience? Does it send us to Christ? Does it add to our knowledge? Does it sanctify our life? If it does, we may depend on it; it is worship of which we have no cause to be ashamed ( J.C. Ryle, Knots Untied, “Worship” [Cambridge, England: James Clarke & Co., 1977], 234).

…please join me in that prayer.

HT: Erik

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