The New Life

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"^he New Life.
3. In the Supper, Jesus desires to give Himself to us, and
would have us g^ve ourselves to Him. These are great and holy
things.
4. The lessons of the Supper are many. It is a feast of remembrance
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a feast of reconciliation ; a covenant feast ; a love feast
a feast of hope. But all these separate thoughts are only subordinate
parts of the principal element : the living Jesus would
give Himself to us in the most inward union. The Son of God
would descend into our inmost parts ;
He would come in to
celebrate the Supper with us. " He that eateth My flesh and
drinketh My blood, let him abide in Me, and I in him."
5. And then union with Jesus is union vnth His people in love
and sympathy.
6. The preparatory address is not itself the preparation : it is
only a help to the private preparation which one must have in
intercourse with Jesus.
7. To hold festival with God at His table is something of unspeakable
importance. Pray, do not suppose that, because you
are a Christian, it is easy for you to go and sit down. No : betake
yourself to solitude with Jesus, that He may speak to you
and say how you are to prepare your heart to eat with Him,
yea, with Himself
It is very useful to take the whole week before the Supper fcr
preparation and the whole week after for reflection. You will
find help for this in the book, ' ' The Table of the I,ord ;
a help
to the right celebration of the Holy Supper" (J. H. Rose, Cape
Town).
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