May 1876 A.D. Rev. Charles Dent Bell, Canon of Carlisle & Rector of Cheltenham—“The Nature of Christian Worship”
May 1876 A.D. Rev. Charles Dent Bell, Canon of Carlisle & Rector of Cheltenham—“The Nature of Christian Worship” Bell, Charles Dent. “The Nature of Christian Worship.” Church Society. May 1876. http://archive.churchsociety.org/publications/tracts/CAT050_ChristianWorship.pdf . Accessed 20 Jan 2015. THE NATURE OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP Church Association Tract 50 BY THE REV CHARLES DENT BELL, M. A., HON. CANON OF CARLISLE AND RECTOR OF CHELTENHAM May 1876 WORSHIP is a religious instinct. It is not so much a duty as an impulse; not so much an obligation as a necessity. When Adam was in Paradise, his worship of God was perfect. When Adam fell his worship was marred. There was no longer the same free, frank fellowship with God–no longer the reverence, and the love once quickened into adoring rapture. As time rolled on , man forgot God entirely; and the instinct of worship led him to pay homage to the creature, and to bow down before material things w...