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 til* wetA of tht woninn w|k> U to briiiiM* tho »«r)»«»nl*t 
 lirntl, th« on# in->»lioni all tli« fniiiilift of tbf Mrih 
 Mr* to ht blcMrtl th« RrrfiMfnirr, t}i« Holy Ono of 
 IimH. Your vyt% arc flo»«»»l tliut vfl r«nnot 
 
 You Are toniblr Mihti thiit xv will not iirrccivo Umt 
 mj nets Art iiurh tlmt nrocldun mo to lo Mnt fVom 
 Oo(L You lUl ailuiit tW Mo«M wiui Divinely oom- 
 nil«Hion<Nl (o li«(ul tli« childi^n of iNrncI, Wcaum*, wh»ci 
 lie'iUKxl Ufoiv rimnioli, La wrauglit two mimclM ; 
 iurthcT, while on tlio njam-V througn the wiMfnieeo, 
 on more thun one occimion be wii« the nie«ni of mi- 
 icnloutly Mving tbu people from fMniine, and hence 
 (lent ruction by their encmiea. 
 
 • A grciitrr than Mown i« now HUiongNt you ; one, 
 who, at Ills own cooiniiind, arrenlR nuture and makM 
 it« lawt fubfier\-ii>Qt to Hit will. I, by thece acta, 
 declare MvM'lf to lie your Saviour, I aiik you to ht»- 
 lieve in ^fc, and I pmuiive ypu in return, eternal life 
 with Me, but ye will not. 
 
 All will agree in pronouncing the Jews very 
 pei verse. Oh ! how, you excluiin, they atood in 
 thfir own light in the way of their aalvation. Again 
 and agitin, cuch ofyou hnH Hxid, "Had I lived when 
 Jeaut wuA u|K)rt earth, I would have been one of Hit 
 dinciplea; I would have glndly followed Him; I would 
 never have \u%t an opportunity of being with Him to 
 catch HiH lifr'.giving wordu, «nd to nae His wonderful 
 dfKida. Thf-n Hg>un, Ho heenm to hnvo been so very 
 amiable and go<^, thitt He muNt have hid the power 
 of drawing mo to Him. I cpuld have laid down my 
 life for so exrcllent and wilf-denying a |MjrHon. Aa to 
 doing w*hat bo ohIcciI me, it would have boea a per- 
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 : * Have yon, while tlius thinking of what you would 
 have done nnd how you would have acted, if you had 
 bwn in JcrusHl<;in with JtiH\\H,/orffoUen that He ia 
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 m iii.iny of jrou w»*lly llvn on aiiil on, «• If y«Mi ili*iil«t| 
 tlio fitct t)( tiif* rmiiriYK'tiuii: m if Jmim wntu c|«iai1, tir 
 if jrott Mi«v« Him to Im ttlivo, no rtmoto from Mirth, 
 NO (kr mnovMi fhiw you, Ui«l ll !■ a tiMilUir of no 
 tionMqiMiMt wh«l)i<«r you livt unto Him or poi t 
 
 Hmhw In nothing Initwi^rn you And Chrint that r«n 
 ooiMful you fi-om Iliut* H« <hmi iMx<t|»t your otter to 
 follow Him jUNt ■■ quiokl/ now, m H« could • Mm 
 tlitw'i, A Pvtcr'i^ or A John'i. Ha glviw you, •¥«:/ 
 timfi thn Holy roinniunion i« Mprt^nd ui your |irt<««nc«, 
 MM u|i|Kn'tunitv of Nhnwiitg tli« rmlity of your gri«f at 
 the cruel concluct of th« Horilimi and FluiriiMNMi, who 
 huNtled Him to Nn niiiuiit tloiith; Mn<l rImo of proving 
 your <l(Miir« to fullow llim in m\\ thiiigi, and to obey 
 IliR injunottona. • 
 
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 conung agHin, to conatMntly^mmind mnn 
 
 Hn Inft VP tw don« in all agoa, 
 
 tnia v«ry i)ur|KMe. 
 
 down till Hia coniii 
 
 luxl woiiuu) thitt Hfl it atill aliv*>, and holding out to 
 
 thvui tho offv.n of aalvation. 
 
 Ho haa made it imperative too thnt thoao who be- 
 lieve in Him ahould by their obatuvnnce of thia aimple 
 riu*, make known their truat in Him. Many of you 
 who hnvo thonght you would hav» ^iccn Mniongat the 
 diaciplea, hiid you livo<I in th«ir tinio, have never yet 
 drawn nigh to thia table. Ii it a harder matter to 
 eat and to dnnk of thoae elomenta than to have foraaken 
 all^thinga, i»n<l to hnvi» gone with Chriat, aa did the 
 Apoatlea ? Here ia a vciy coav tfat of your urofeBae4 
 love for vour aoul, and you will not give it. Tlien you 
 do. not know your own heart After all, the Jewa 
 who put Jcmua to <leftth were no wonie than you. 
 V«ry pro^Mibly you would have been found with them, 
 crying out, " Crucify Him, Crucify Him ! Let none 
 of you cohitider thia too hitrah a concluaion to airive at, 
 in reference to thoae of you who refuae to come, and 
 at the tiibic on which are the ottMnenta, tho tokena of 
 Clirist'M love, eat and drink in faith, that you raa 
 
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 ilftfvbwl JrmxM, PwwHtly you ntvff thought you wftv 
 
 |m(llntf )ounirl»r« iimon{nit iueh, or y«t Ui th« 
 cUm of whom lit MiJ, "It win not count to iw«, th«l 
 y#» might h«vii Mtm," 
 
 TlirM »i» n<H mtrt wonl«, th#T •?• ""t thought* 
 •jtokrii to h*v«» yoa oti« miH til for apjt^aranft Mk« 
 •pprrmch tht Commnnion T«bl«.* ThytS9 tteMii> 
 B#nU of tht facta to ha found In tht flrHpturm 
 
 From th« vrry ♦wginnlng, Otui han t\em»tuM on tht 
 (tart of mnn outwani acta, hy which to girt evidtnflt 
 of Mirf in 11 im. 
 
 In patriarchial timta, thty con»Ut#*l of drcnimciaion 
 and tacriAot ; In tht Moaalc rconoiny, of cin^tmd 
 iion, aacrifict, and off«ring«of »liffVr»ni klnda ; in th« 
 Cbriatitn dinpriuntion, that ih which wt livt, thty 
 conaiat of two -BArrian and TmI Ix>iiu't BvrFiB. 
 ilt thtn, who would bt aocount«d a tnit followrr of 
 tht liord Jwiua, cannot deatiiaa r ithtr of theai ordi- 
 Banc«a. To do ao, in to tliaobry Clod ; la, in fact, to act 
 ln(le|M'nd««ntIy of Him, and ia to try to diao©vtr a road 
 to tternal hapninraa, altogether dinerent U> that mark- 
 od out by tht hand of inRpiration aa the omlt right, 
 aafe and proper one. 
 
 Now aa tht Jewa, who fulfilled tht requiremtnta of 
 tht law, enjoytd ccrUin f rivllcgca, and ware aaaured 
 of Ootl'i proitction, ao all who endeavour to carry out 
 Chriat'a injunctiona— the partaking of the Holy Com- 
 munion amongst otlttra— arc guarBntetd pcculuur and 
 tpocial bltaainga. 
 
 Tht moat important of all the promiaea attached to 
 tht dutica devolring upon Chriatiana, art thoat con- 
 nected with the lyjrd'a Supper, and paramount ia tht 
 gift of eternal life. Etonial life ia that which belongn 
 eaaentially to Chriaej and which can be imparted to ua 
 only after aincere confewiion of our aina and hearty rt- 
 (tentance, by partaking in faith of thoae elemtnta 
 which reprcacnt Hia liody and Hia blood. " Ejioe[it, 
 said Jeaua, yt eat the flcnh of the Son of Man, and 
 drink Hia blood ye have no lift in yon." 
 
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 not Iirli0v« wimt (2«mI )i«h Mill rrN|H^4l«i^ It \ Atwl fur 
 thrr, U ll not • trjtHHion <iti ) «»ui |>«itt of ih# iuc»Um 
 abti* gift of rUinmf lift t 
 
 To »|MN(k (ifUir Ihr ttimiiKn of mrti : liow tKiritlMlr 
 «on«W«n»t# h«« Owl liwni In lli# •rnii»g«»«M«nU of H»« 
 ahuniirU of gr»r* Tli#y m« %\%c\% tlint cnn r«nily •»» 
 mmAfi mm of ty racli mul rvriy iii«1ivi<lMn). !!« )(•« 
 not domaruW uny t'o«tly ofTfiiiig. Il« Hmk fcUd wlwii 
 yt ootn« togfllliwr for |»rnytv, cooip m Chrl*ti«n«, •»! 
 .brvHMi, ilrink win* U»grtli««r, in it«n<*ml»ran€^ of Oirint 
 Jmum IIiji iitonruir^it, IIin imriifloi*. Anofyo«i,«lrt 
 mi. IH> it in fttitli, in tlir flini iirniuniiion (li«t by ttnd 
 Ihrougii the ni«Hti of tlir OomiiikI P«Miion. yoM nlon«« 
 obtAin it»nuwii<»n of ywir •in^ unH hit nm«l« i>«rt«k«r« 
 of th«» Kingiloin of ficMvmi. and I will givn yew 
 Mpiritiml Htn-ngth in fnct, gi\« you of^tlmt lif« wliicJi 
 i« lii(M«n in (lii-iiit. and whi^h will UtC with InefTMblft 
 glory tlirougliout iH«mity. n«fc«UM*, miiil Jrnui to Hi« 
 followrm, •• I live, ye nhall live aluo." 
 
 !■ it not Rtmnge no inMuy who cell tlietneelreft 
 ChriNiinnii reject thene nitmnt of naUiitioilt 
 
 If hereafter, thoee of you who «lo ko, find youneiver 
 thruat *iii<le from the r«nkii of the rwleenie*!, 6wt into 
 outer ilarknc'wi, cun you jiOMHihly iu'cu««« Ood of injuft- 
 tice or unfttirncfw 1 8u|»|>o«iug, to Uke a very liinple 
 illuatmtion, iiny of vou were to |H"e|i(»re • fen»t dtllr 
 for yo«ir nee<ly bivtiiren, an<l «xten<l«'<l a general invi- 
 tation to all to come, would you fwl any pity, or 
 entertjiin the Hiighteat commiuerution for thoac who, 
 from aheer indolence, or niiacmblo jnide in refuaing to 
 accept of your hoapitality, happened to die of atarva- 
 tion ! I am very certain you would not It N«^onia to 
 inc,tliia ia juat, how Ood hcrcafler will regnr«l llioae 
 who never approached the table of Hia Son, Jcaua 
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 Mci-nment, by which those who partake of »*• o*™ 
 themselves by an oath to the servi<Je of our Lord tod 
 Saviour. Now it must be an unwillingness to do tliui . 
 which prevents so many in eveiy congi-egatioa from 
 eating and drinking of the elements which repwaept 
 Christ's body and blood. If you really ever expect to 
 .lerive— as I know you do— any benefit from Chntt ■ 
 death ; if you do trust that you may have eternal Jife 
 —that yours may never be the wages of sin, death— 
 afiould you not in all reason, employ such meaiip 
 as are provided and set before you, for the rendenngs 
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 If any of you Expect to be paid by an.in^uranoj \ 
 company for loss you may happen to sustain, you fulfil 
 its conditions, that of renewing your policies from year 
 to year : should you allow two or three paymenta to 
 ^ lapse or fall l>ehind, and presented a claim for a recent 
 .ILsa.ster or accident, do you not know your application 
 would be rejected, and with perfect faimesal 
 - Now look at the case of one standing in the preaence ' 
 of God. His life is being looked into— the raUier 
 gone over. He hopes ho is going to-be permitted to 
 mss in beyond those hhining gates into the home of . 
 the blessed dead, from which are being wafted the 
 ' Hweetest sounds. Tlie scmtiny proceeda, his life showt^ 
 years of neglecte<l dutiei, hurried prayers, formal ser- - 
 vices^ days of neglected Bible rea^linga, commu^ioni 
 
 after communions iih[jHrtaken ot AU ihn cOiulttwns 
 laUdotvH to tmure'an abuiulant entratux inUt glory 
 hivt Uen utterly disrefjarded, treated cw iftluiy meittU 
 mtJiing.mit they were wiitten only to fill np the 
 
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 •luptyform. Wh-tcanajust God <tan such . caw, 
 but conaigu the one at His bar to the'M>m of the earth 
 less, the imUflerent and the unbelieving ' , ^ . ^ 
 
 Would it be reasonable, right or ^UST in God to 
 treat the open violator of His laws in the same inan- 
 oer •• the neison who hait all along through life kent 
 and observed His commandments 1 Surely, surely 
 not, and you know it. Can the Judge not turn to the 
 one who has set at naught HU wUl and say "Ye 
 would not come unto me when you could, that ye 
 miffht have life 1 think of this, you who do not care 
 to prepare yourselves to e«t and drink at the table of 
 the LoTd, who do not wish to put youi-selves to the 
 exertion of serving Christ fully; to whom it^api^ears 
 as nothing that He has sufferetl and died to become a 
 Hiah Priest in the CourU of Heaven, to intei-cede for 
 your souls with God, that He shed his blood tliat He 
 micht become a Mediator for you, that you might live 
 and not die eternally. Let me again ask you to <jill 
 to mind your Lord's command in reference to tliis 
 blessed ordinance of which we are speaking. /• D^ 
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 What a feeling of sadness will pei-vade that blessed 
 face on the last day, when he shall look o„t upon 
 the vast, vasV numbers who despised Hun ; who 
 - thought it not worth their while to fulfil His dying 
 request. He longed to have them all with Him ever- 
 lastingly, to give them the gi-eatest of all gifts— life 
 amidst the pleasui^s of Heaven, but Uiey would not 
 listen to His counsels, nor act ui)on His words ; they 
 would not heed His niinisteis, they would go their 
 own way. He must how part frOm them for ever. He 
 * looks at them, and in woi-ds which will cut into the 
 very depths of the heai-t-and which will make them 
 feel it was their own fault-will say. "Depart from 
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 Oh that scene! How awAiIII Surely you, yoa 
 who NOW htive the opportunity of laying hold of life, 
 will never allow yourselvea to be amid that unhappr 
 throng of Chriat'a despiaers, Christ's reiecters, Chnsts 
 forgotten ones. Come forward then and begin at the 
 Table of the Lord, to follow your Saviour — to seek 
 to find eternal life. As you kneel in the sight of those 
 blessed emblems of Christ's love, you cannot but think 
 of the past when He suffered for you, died for your 
 Htns; and you cannot but think, and with gladness that 
 those same elements serve to remind you of the future, 
 of the hour when He shall again visit this earth, to 
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 To those who look for happiness in earthly things, 
 the world is very unsatisfactory ; they do not realize 
 it is a path to a better; they see disappointment stamp- 
 ed upon their^ondest hopes, and their future looks 
 fearfully dark. 
 
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 this life as a passage to a far happier land; as he passes 
 along, he stoops and drinks of the brooks by the way, 
 draws refreshment from prayer, and when ever he can 
 from that bles8e<l ordinance, the highut vouchsafed to 
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 for he knows he is one stage nearer to Him who has 
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