The last supper, or Christ's death kept in remembrance, by the author of The morning and evening sacrifice

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...he had given thanks, he brake it, and said," &c.--" After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup," &c. " And as often as ye eat bread, and drink of this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he ADDRESS AFTER THE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED. You have thus, Communicants, performed what ought, to sinful beings, to be the most interesting of all services, by celebrating a feast in honour of divine mercy,--in honour of that lovely attribute of the divine nature, and of all its consequent provisions for the salvation of mankind, which adapt the character of the Deity and the course of his dispensations to the peculiarities of the frail and fallen nature with which we are endowed,--and you have considered this forgiveness as extended to man, according to the beautiful representation of Scripture, through the propitiatory death of him who himself bore our human nature, as " a Man of Sorrows, and acquainted with grief,"--but who was also honoured with the high distinction of being proclaimed, by a voice from heaven, to be the " beloved Son" of God, " in whom he was well-pleased." You are now then called to consider yourselves as the " Redeemed of the Lord,"--" as not yoilr own, M but as bought with a price, not of corruptible things, such as silver and gold, but with the precious blood of the Son of God, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." Yes, Communicants, you are the Redeemed of the Lord;--this is the interesting title which the sacred writings have chosen to adopt in addressing mankind upon this subject,--this, and phrases synonymous with this, run through the whole of the Apostolical writings,--and it is upon this idea that the inspir...