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 On
various occasions I have taken part in worship services which
are broadcast to a radio audience. Every time this happens I
notice the special attention given to the singing, prayer, etc.
Just before we go on the air the mothers are cautioned to take
their children out if they become noisy; announcements are
planned with care; the one to lead in prayer has been carefully
selected. Even the preacher puts a little extra spit-and-polish
into his sermon.
We
are talking to people outside our" group now — perhaps
this in being recorded — only the best will do.
Last
Sunday we were only worshipping Jehovah God, our Creator. There
is some justification for extra quietness, and crisp
announcements as we go "on the air" but I suspect we
sometimes consider the advertisement value of such programs more
highly than we do the worship value. If so, we are defeating our
purpose.
I
recall accepting a phone call once, which turned out to be an
ill-tempered brother with a sharp and nasty tongue. Switching on
my magnetic recorder, I made a record of part of his tirade.
Then, remembering the law on such matters,
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I informed him the recorder was running, and
asked for permission to use the statements made.
Such
sputtering!! Finally, he said he supposed it was all right, but
maybe I had misunderstood just what he intended to say. He then
reworded his statements — dressing them down to fairly decent
conversation. I accepted the revised version, saying I would
erase the earlier portion of the tape — which I did.
But
just as we closed our talk I asked him to remember one very
important fact, viz., "GODS TAPE RECORDER RUNS DAY AND
NIGHT." More sputtering!
Most
folk are quiet and respectful when someone is praying — man
talking to God; but they may whisper, pass notes, spank
children, etc., when the Bible is being read — God talking
to man. Does this show faith in God??"
When
God becomes more real to us, when we really begin to believe in
His abiding presence, His all-seeing eye, the freedom of His
access to our very thoughts — then, and not until then, will
we truly reverence Him.
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