DAILY FAMILY WORSHIP
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end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever. First Corinthians 10:31; Romans 11:36; Psalm 73:25-28."
This chief end of man today, was pre-eminently also the chief end of Adam and his household at the very beginning of history. Even in the human home before the fall – to 'glorify' God also included the need of worshipping Him.
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Well did Rev. Alexander Smith Paterson comment on this. He did so in his Concise System of Theology on the Basis of the Shorter Catechism. There, he declared:11 "The chief end of man's creation…was the enjoyment of God for ever. To enjoy God, is to acquiesce or rest in God as the Chief Good, with complacency and delight…; to feel unspeakably happy in His presence. Psalm 116:7….
