THE Holy Spirit delights to occupy our hearts and minds with Christ. It is as we are taken up with Him that we bow before God in adoration and thanksgiving for what He is as revealed in Jesus Christ and in His Fatherly care. This is worship in the highest sense. It is a great and holy spiritual frame, far above forms and ceremonies, whether found in the Old Testament Scriptures or invented by men in the Christian era. In fact, such carnal rites are rather hindrances than helps, for they tend to occupy us with things seen and heard, rather than with the Lord Himself.
“To Thee, O God, our hearts we raise.
In solemn songs of thankful praise
Thee as our God and Father own,
And bow our souls before Thy throne:
While here below we seek to sound
Thy praise to earth’s remotest bound.
Worship and praise we render Thee.
Father of endless majesty;
Thy true and only Son adore,
One with Thyself in bliss and power;
And God the Holy Ghost declare
The saints’ eternal Comforter.”
—Mary Bowley.