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R207 : page 3THE COMING STORM.Oh! sad is my heart, for storm that is coming;Like eagles the scud sweepeth in from the sea;The gull seeketh shelter, the pine trees are sighing,And all giveth note of the tempest to be.A spoil hath been whispered from cave or from mountain,The shepherds are sleeping, the sentinels dumb,The flocks are all scattered on moorland and mountain,And no one believes that the Master is come.He's come, but whom doth he find their watch keeping?Oh, where--in his presence--is there faith the world o'er?The rich, every sense in soft luxury steeping;The poor, scarce repelling the wolf from the door.Oh, man, and oh, maiden, drop trifling and pleasure,Oh, hark, while I tell of the sorrows to be,As well might I plead in the path of yon glacier,Or cry out a warning to wave of the sea.--Altered====================R208 : page 3THE LORD'S SUPPER.Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us, therefore let us keep thefeast. 1 Cor. 5:7.The Passover was a Jewish feast kept annually (and is stillobserved by them) as a commemoration of their remarkabledeliverance under the tenth plague upon Egypt--the Passing-overor sparing from death of their first-born.The circumstances as narrated in Ex. 12 --the slaying of theLamb, the roasting of the flesh with fire, and the eating of it withbitter herbs and unleavened bread while the eaters stood, girdedand shod, and with staff in hand ready to depart out of Egypt forthe Land of Promise-- Canaan--are doubtless familiar to most ofour readers. Also, the meaning of these things which were buttypes: How that Jesus came-- "The Lamb of God which takethaway the sin of the world," and "Christ our Passover wassacrificed for us"--how the door posts and lintels of thehousehold of faith are sprinkled (typically) with the blood of ourLamb which speaketh better things, and saves in a higher senseall that are in that house--how that we are to be pilgrims andstrangers, not making Egypt (the world) our home nor restingthere, but with staff in hand--how that the "bitter herbs"represent the bitter experiences and trials of this life, which are