Help or a Hindrance: Which?, A
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(A Question for All in the Assembly)
Of the many favors conferred upon us by our ever-gracious Lord, one of the very highest is the privilege of being present in the assembly of His beloved people, where He has recorded His name. We may assert, with all possible confidence, that every true lover of Christ will delight to be found where He has promised to be. Whatever may be the special character of the meeting - whether it be around the Lord's table, to show forth His death; or around the Word, to learn His mind; or around the mercy seat, to tell Him our need, and draw from His exhaustless treasury - every devoted heart will long to be there; and we may rest assured that anyone who willfully neglects the assembly is in a cold, dead, dangerous state of soul. To neglect the assembling of ourselves is to take the first step on the inclined plane that leads down to the total abandonment of Christ and His precious interests. (See Heb. 10:25-27.)
And here at the very outset, we would remind the reader that the object of this brief paper is not to discuss the oft-raised question: "How are we to know what meeting to go to?" This is, assuredly, a question of cardinal importance which every Christian, man, woman, and child, is bound and privileged to have
11 pages Pamphlet Author: C. H. Mackintosh
