Questions & Answers
Questions 132 (COD Page 601)
Brother Bill, please say something about both children and adults being so noisy in morn-...moving about during the service. This tabernacle needs some lessons in reverence.
27 Amen! Children, do you not know how to obey yourself in the house of God? Do you not know this is the sanctuary of God? God is in His holy temple, let everybody keep quiet. It’s the place of God where people are coming, meditating, trying to find salvation to the soul; trying to find the problems of the people’s lives, trying to help someone. The least you can do is be reverent, be quiet. Get you a drink of water before church starts, I know little ones has to have drinks. Mothers that’s got those little fellows, if you’d sit near the back, keep them just as quiet as possible. And there should never be a whisper, never one whisper. We’re all guilty. But when that Bible is read and that minister enters the pulpit, we should be silent, waiting on the Lord. Now, please try to do that.
28 I know, you little fellows, you’ve got to squirm around a little. That, if you do, make it just–just be real nice. And, you remember, mother don’t want you to do that, and daddy don’t want you to do that. And so...
29 And I know, I got little ones, too, that squirm around, and Joseph. And Meda says, “I don’t get anything out of the service, trying to keep Joe quiet.” Well, she’s trying to do that so somebody else can get something out of the service. See?
30 And we always want to respect one another, honor one another. And, above all things, honor God and honor His house. Now, this next question is: