Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
That the services of domestic worship may be instrumental in subserving this high purpose, two things are indispensable;— they should be performed with scrupulous punctuality, and formality should be carefully avoided. No multiplicity or variety of engagements — no plea of inability for conducting devotional services — no backwardness, from the presence of servants or strangers, can be sustained as valid excuses for the occasional or frequent neglect of a duty, on which so much of the benefit or happiness of the family depends.
To limit family worship to one part of the day, and to omit it, at times, from the interruption of business or society, is to neglect Heaven’s standing institute and to postpone the spiritual welfare of the household to the trivial, fleeting interests of the world. It is, in fact, to substitute a human invention for God’s appointed ordinance, and to render the spiritual and eternal interests of a family subservient to mere worldly caprice or convenience. ...
For more, see Thomas Houston on implausible excuses for neglecting family worship.
To limit family worship to one part of the day, and to omit it, at times, from the interruption of business or society, is to neglect Heaven’s standing institute and to postpone the spiritual welfare of the household to the trivial, fleeting interests of the world. It is, in fact, to substitute a human invention for God’s appointed ordinance, and to render the spiritual and eternal interests of a family subservient to mere worldly caprice or convenience. ...
For more, see Thomas Houston on implausible excuses for neglecting family worship.