Originally printed in Matter of Fact, this is copied from the August 27, 1872 edition of Reminders, which was published by the Moundsville Church of Christ in Moundsville, West Virginia. Paul C. Keller was the editor.
Despite what you may tell yourself and others, your actions prove that God and Christ are not first in your life. You claim to be like Christ but there is one way you are very unlike Him. He loved the church enough to die for it. You do not love it enough to sacrifice anything so that you may attend its services.
You tear down the teaching done to new converts and become a poor example for them to follow. If they get to heaven some day, it will be in spite of you and not because of you. You disappoint Jesus, who is present every time two or three gather in His name. He knows you aren't there and He knows why you are not there.
You leave no doubt in the minds of your faithful brethren that there are other things that you enjoy more than worship and that there are earthly pleasures that you prefer more than Christian fellowship.
You weaken you soul, put yourself on the side of the devil, hurt the influence of the church, discourage the preacher and those in charge of teaching Bible classes and make it impossible to teach your child and your neighbors how important church really is.
"And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and in fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers." (Acts 2:42).
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as the manner of some is." (Hebrews 10:25)
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