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Next time you see a church standing in the snow, its spire raised to the winter sky, think how hard it was to attend church servicts in your grandfather's day.
Then it was a matter of getting up in the cold chill of early morning, hitching up the horse and sled and jingling across the country side with sharp icicles of wind stinging your cheeks. Vet. few stayed at home because of the weather.
Today, it is relatively easy for all of us to get to church. W hether we live in the city or in the country , modem transportation can bring us conveniently to the doors of the church. Vet. we are far more apt to stay home than grandfather was.
(■randfather realized there was so much to be gained by making his pilgrimage through the snow. Only sickness could have kept him at home. He knew that few experiences were richer than worshiping in (aid's house each week. Hue stop to think...and if we re honest with ourselves...we'll know it too.
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