The fourth step is rectitude of life.
"Lead me, 9 Loni, in Thy righteousness," he prays. For reli. tion must never end in emotion. It is to be hoped that all who join in [Fommon worship leave the sanctuary with a lighter step, but, what is at [least equally important is that they ott "oar deb by. those Themselves: tu' the. enjoyment of religious e¢stacy that does not expres itself in righteous living. As twe Teave the Church we. should be prepared to answer the challenging question propounded in the second Epistle of Peter. What manner of persons ought yet to be in all holy. Conversation and. goilliness?"
The Psalm ends on a note of extltation. "Let all those that pat their trast in Thee rejoices; let them shout for joy." How did' he reach at glad confidence? By medi tion, by private prayer, by" public worship and' by righteous living. These are the well-worn steps to the purest and fiiest joy.
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