God is high and holy; and to the humble, believing soul, His house on earth, the place where His people meet for worship, is as the gate of heaven. The song of praise, the words spoken by Christ’s ministers, are God’s appointed agencies to prepare a people for the church above, for that loftier worship into which there can enter nothing that is impure.... God sees every irreverent thought or action, and it is registered in the books of heaven.... Nothing is hid from His all-searching eye. If you have formed in any degree the habit of inattention and indifference in the house of God, exercise the powers you have to correct it.... Practice reverence until it becomes a part of yourself. {FLB 188.3}

Gud er højest og helligst; og for den ydmyge og troende sjæl, er Hans hus på jorden, stedet hvor Hans folk mødes for at dyrke ham, himlens port. Lovsangen, ord der tales af Kristi tjenere, er Guds udpegede hjælpere der bereder et folk til menigheden deroppe, for den ophøjede gudsdyrkelse hvori der ikke kom noget uforfalsket ind. . . . . . Gud ser enhver uærbødig tanke eller handling, og det er registreret i himlens bøger. . . . . Intet skjules for Hans alt-ransagende øjne. Hvis du på nogen måde har formet en uopmærksomhedens eller ligegyldighedens vane i Guds hus, så brug de kræfter du har til at rette den. . . . Udøv ærbødighed indtil den bliver en del af dig selv."