THE HALLOWED NAME AND THE HALLOWED LIFE
‘Hallowed be Thy Name.’
A person who wishes to live up to His prayer, that God’s Name may be hallowed, must have a hallowed life.
I. A man does not hallow the Name of God who does not speak of Him most reverently.
II. The man who could hallow the Name of God should be very diligent in publicly worshipping Him; he who is diligent in attending on the public worship of God thereby honours God Himself.
III. Every man who would hallow the Name of God should so manage his whole walk in life, so conduct himself in business, in his work, in whatever he has to do, that it may be clear to all men that the honour of God is the rule of his actions.
Christ our Lord said that His disciples ought so to act that men should see their good works, and glorify their Father which is in heaven.
—Bishop Harvey Goodwin.
Illustration
‘The Name of God is spoken of in the Old Testament in a manner calculated to excite the very deepest awe, and the most intense fear of polluting it. As in the case of the Israelites so in all others, the honour of His own most Holy Name is the end of all the works of God. And as the glory of God is the guide of His own acts, so that same glory ought to be the end of all that His creatures do; whether they be angels or men, all who have the gift of an intelligent soul are bound to make the glory of God the end of all they do.’