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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - - -Title: Christ Remembered at his Table - - -Author: John Alexander - - - -Release Date: November 15, 2020 [eBook #63769] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - - -***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRIST REMEMBERED AT HIS TABLE*** - - -Transcribed from the 1854 J. Dunn and Co. edition by David Price. - - - - - - CHRIST REMEMBERED AT HIS TABLE. - - - * * * * * - - AN ADDRESS - - TO THE - - Churches of the Nottinghamshire Association, - - * * * * * - - ASSEMBLED AT THE LORD’S SUPPER IN FRIAR - LANE CHAPEL, NOTTINGHAM, - - * * * * * - - ON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20TH, 1854. - - * * * * * - - BY JOHN ALEXANDER, - - MINISTER OF PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. - - * * * * * - - * * * * * - - NOTTINGHAM: - PRINTED BY J. DUNN AND CO., SOUTH PARADE - - 1854. - - - - -AN ADDRESS. - - -WE have come together in this one place, Christian brethren, for the -purpose of celebrating a very simple yet instructive and impressive -ceremony, which has been appointed to us by Jesus Christ our Lord and -Saviour. “This do, said he, in remembrance of me.” To eat of this -bread, and to drink of this cup, is that which he requires us to do. But -we are directed to do it, not as if it were a common meal, nor to satisfy -hunger and thirst, for “we have houses in which to eat and to drink,” but -as a memorial of Him by whom it was ordained. “This do, in remembrance -_of me_.” - -What is it then that we are now to remember respecting Christ? We are, -no doubt, to remember what he is personally, as possessing in himself a -divine and human nature; as being at once the Son of God and the Son of -man—“the great God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ.” But, in connection -with this sacred supper, we are more especially to remember _his death_. -That one event is selected out of the many and marvellous circumstances -which distinguished his wonderful history, as the only event which is to -be celebrated by a religious ceremony. Though he triumphed over Satan, -when he was tempted in the wilderness; though he wrought superhuman and -divine miracles, by which he healed the sick and raised the dead; and -though he was transfigured on the holy mount, when his face shone as the -sun, and his raiment became white and glistering, and Moses and Elias -appeared to him in glory; yet none of these circumstances, splendid and -important as they were, are selected for commemoration at this supper. -It is his death, his death by the shedding of his blood, which he has -required his church perpetually to celebrate. This bread denotes his -body which was broken, and this wine denotes his blood which was shed. - -There must therefore be a peculiar degree of _importance connected with -his death_ which does not belong to any event of his previous life. And -this importance is attached, by the scriptures, not merely to the mode of -his death, or to the degree of suffering which he endured in dying, -agonizing and mysterious as his sufferings were, but more especially to -the state of mind with which he suffered, and to the moral purposes which -his sufferings were intended to accomplish. His body was broken, but it -was broken “for you.” His blood was shed, but it was “the blood of the -New Covenant,” “the blood that was shed for many, for the remission of -sins.” His death is to be remembered therefore, not only as a fact, but -as a doctrine founded on the fact. He died, but he died for our sins; he -died, the Just for the unjust, that he might bring us unto God. - -And in thus remembering his death, we are to connect it with his divine -as well as with his human nature. The scriptures ascribe the sacrificial -and saving efficacy of his death principally to _the peculiar dignity of -his person_; and the language in which they teach this doctrine is -remarkably emphatic. It is “the blood of Jesus Christ HIS SON that -cleanseth us from all sin;” “WHO, being the brightness of his glory, and -the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of -his power, BY HIMSELF purged our sins;” and “WHO HIS OWN SELF bare our -sins in HIS OWN BODY on the tree.” Now while these and similar passages -by no means teach that the divine nature of Christ suffered and died—a -doctrine as contrary to scripture as it is to reason—yet they do teach -that he was competent to be a Saviour because he was the Son of God, and -that because such a person as he gave himself for us, his sacrificial -blood is an availing “propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, -but also for the sins of the whole world.” - -These, brethren, are some of the particulars respecting Christ which we -are to remember while we eat of this bread and drink of this cup. It is -therefore a service intended for both bodily and mental exercise, because -both the body and the soul are interested in the redemption which it -celebrates. As, however, it is especially intended _for the mind_, while -we are doing this, the thoughts of our hearts should be actively and -devoutly directed to Christ, that we may discern the Lord’s body, and -that we may contemplate the things signified, as well as the signs. But -as our minds are naturally affected in accordance with the objects which -are perceived by our senses and contemplated by our thoughts, we should -now remember Christ in order to excite and strengthen in our hearts those -emotions and principles which a devout consideration of his sacrificial -death is calculated to produce. “Mine eye,” says Jeremiah, “affecteth my -heart.” Attention to an object awakens corresponding feelings. Minding -the things of the Spirit is, by the agency of that Spirit, productive of -spiritual-mindedness; and, in harmony with the same divine rule, a -thoughtful and believing remembrance of Christ is rendered, by the Spirit -of God, productive of such sentiments and feelings as his person, and -grace, and dying love, are intended and adapted to awaken, and which are -so peculiarly appropriate to this solemnity. These remarks may therefore -be illustrated by the following particulars, for the purpose of shewing -_the influence which may be produced by an attentive and devout -remembrance of Christ_. - -1. In the first place, such a remembrance of Christ will encourage our -approach to him as sinners. This indeed is the only character in which -we can approach him. We cannot go with any degree of previous -preparation or of personal merit. If we go to him at all, we must carry -with us our burden of sin and unworthiness. Now, the remembrance of -Christ who died for sinners, will greatly encourage us to do this, for we -are told that the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was -lost; that he approved the prayer of the publican, “God be merciful to me -a sinner;” that he promptly received the weeping penitent whom the -self-righteous Pharisee rejected, and said to her “Go in peace, thy sins -are forgiven thee;” that he threw his arms around the neck of the -returning prodigal, and said, “This my son was dead and is alive again, -he was lost and is found!” and that his constant and constraining -invitation is, “Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and -I will give you rest.” Now this invitation, combined with these -remembrances, is a special and powerful encouragement to go to Christ, -because it gives us authority and right to go. It is not a sense of -need, nor an earnest desire, nor hungering and thirsting for the -righteousness which the gospel feast provides, that gives us primary -authority to sit down with the guests, however much these feelings may -dispose us to go; but it is his own invitation which, as Master of the -feast, he addresses to the perishing and the lost. That is our -authority, and with that in our hand, we may go “boldly to the throne of -grace that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” - -2. Remembrance of Christ will excite and strengthen our penitential -feelings. Remembrance and reflection are the means of producing -conviction and contrition, especially if we remember Christ as well as -our own sins. David says, “I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to -thy commandments.” And reflection produced a similar effect upon Peter, -after his denial of the Lord; for, “when he thought thereon, he wept.” -On this same principle it is written, “They shall look on him whom they -have pierced and mourn;” so that repentance, evangelical repentance, the -repentance which includes a change of heart and conduct, is derived not -so much from looking at the broken tables of the law, important as it is -to remember them, but from looking at the broken body of the Lord. We -must remember the groans and agonies of Gethsemane, rather than the -thunder and earthquake of “the mount that might be touched;” we must look -to Jesus rather than to Moses; and our sorrow and mourning for sin must -be produced on Calvary rather than on Sinai. - - Law and terrors do but harden, - All the while they work alone; - But a sense of blood bought pardon, - Can dissolve a heart of stone. - -3. Grateful love to Christ will also be produced by this remembrance. -Love to Christ is a principle essential to personal religion, and without -it we are nothing. But our hearts are so constituted that love cannot be -excited in them by any commands however authoritative, or by any -threatenings however terrible. We cannot love an object unless we -perceive that it is lovely; nor can we love Christ unless we perceive the -loveliness of his person and character. And this perception is derived -from reflection and remembrance. While we are musing the fire begins to -burn; and when we remember the great love with which he loved us, when he -gave himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, that love -excites and constrains our own, and “we love him because he first loved -us.” When we thus begin by loving him for what he has done for us, we go -on to perfection by loving him for what he is, the noblest and the purest -love our hearts can cherish. And as love always assimilates to its -object, and blesses the heart which it inspires, so love to Christ -conforms us to his character, and becomes a fruitful source of joy and -peace. The Spirit takes of the things which are Christ’s and shews them -to us with increased clearness and impressiveness, so that “beholding as -in a glass the glory of the Lord, we are changed into the same image, -from glory to glory.” - -4. Nor can we thus remember Christ, and thereby feel the constraining -influences of his love, without manifesting devout subjection to his -authority, and practical conformity to his example. The great and -pervading principle of his mind was evidently a spirit of obedience and -submission to his Father’s will. “I am come,” said he, “not to do my own -will, but the will of him that sent me.” “My meat is to do his will.” -“Father, not my will but thine be done.” How perfectly and perseveringly -were these sayings exhibited in his daily life; and how precious and -powerful does his example become to those who endeavour to have these -things always in remembrance. And shall it not be so with us? Shall we, -his disciples, pursue any course but that which is marked by his -footsteps? Shall we remember Christ and love the world, and comply with -temptation, and neglect watchfulness and prayer, and carefully avoid self -denial, and follow our own inclinations rather than his commands, and -feel ashamed of making a public profession of his gospel? Oh, no! Holy -Jesus, no! We would ardently cling to thy cross, but we would also -humbly bow beneath thy sceptre. And while we do this in remembrance of -thee, we would thankfully acknowledge that we are not our own; that we -have been bought with the price of thy precious blood; and that we are -under infinite obligations to glorify thee in our body and our spirit -which are thine. - -5. This remembrance of Christ will also promote our love to the -brethren. How affecting and constraining were the manifestations of -Christ’s love to his disciples. He lived for them; he died for them; he -bore with their infirmities; he prayed for them that their faith might -not fail; he washed their feet, to teach them to wash one another’s feet; -and when his soul had begun to be exceeding sorrowful, even unto death, -and they were striving which of them should be greatest in that earthly -Kingdom which they expected him to establish, he looked mildly on and -said, “Whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? -Is not he that sitteth at meat? But I am among you as one that serveth.” -“While you sit, and strive, and aspire to lofty stations, I am content to -stand and wait.” “I am come, not to be ministered unto but to minister, -and to give my life a ransom for many.” Brethren, was this in any degree -the spirit of the world? Was not this love that passeth knowledge? And -can we do this in remembrance of such a meek and lowly Jesus, and yet -cherish towards any of his disciples a spirit of cold-hearted selfishness -and proud sectarianism, which would refuse to recognise them as brethren, -or to co-operate with them in promoting the cause of Christ. Oh no! Let -us rather sit at the feet of Jesus and learn of him; let us love mankind -at large, even our enemies, with a benevolent desire to do them good; but -let us love the brethren because they are brethren and because “Christ -hath loved them and given himself for them.” And let our love to them -include forbearance and longsuffering in reference to their infirmities, -a cordial recognition of their as well as our spiritual relationship to -Christ, an affectionate sympathy with them in all their difficulties and -tribulations, and a fraternal communion and co-operation with them in all -their works of faith and labours of love. - -6. Such remembrance of Christ will bring us, even now, into a state of -harmony with heaven. Heaven is that “upper room” in the new Jerusalem -where Christ sits down at his table with his disciples; where he partakes -with them of the new wine of his kingdom; and where all that is signified -and shadowed by this earthly supper is “fulfilled.” When therefore we -thus come together in this one place to remember Christ, by eating of -this bread and drinking of this cup, we come also “to the heavenly -Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly -and church of the first born which are enrolled in heaven, to the spirits -of just men made perfect, and even to Jesus himself, the mediator of the -new covenant.” Our spiritual circumstances, though in many respects very -inferior to theirs, are nevertheless the same in kind. “As is the -heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.” All things which are in -heaven and which are on earth, are gathered together in one by Christ, -even in him. We and they therefore are one church; one whole family in -heaven and earth; one communion of saints, partakers of the same blessed -privileges, and cherishing a devout remembrance of the same Lord. Our -justification is as complete as theirs; our holiness is derived from the -same source, and assimilates to the same image; our joy, as well as -theirs, is “unspeakable and full of glory.” Thus the pure river of water -of life, which flows from the throne of God and the Lamb, pours down its -clear and crystal streams to make glad this earthly city of our God. -Thus the Tree of life, which grows in the midst of the Paradise of God, -bends its fruitful branches down to earth, that we may sit under its -shadow with great delight, and find its fruit sweet unto our taste. And -thus - - The men of grace have found - Glory begun below; - Celestial fruits on earthly ground, - From faith and hope may grow. - -Finally. Our remembrance of Christ will be the means of preparing us for -his coming. We are directed to do this “till he come.” He has been -once, and his first advent is the pledge of a second. He will come to -all mankind at the last day; and till that day arrives, his church is -continually to shew forth his death. The Lord’s supper is therefore -designed to be prospective as well as retrospective. It is a chain which -connects together the two advents, and requires us to remember not only -the cross on which he suffered, but also the throne which he will occupy, -when he comes “the second time without sin unto salvation.” He will also -come to us individually at death. “I go,” said he, “to prepare a place -for you, and I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I -am, there ye may be also.” He will not send for us; he will come -himself. And when he appears, his presence will deprive death of its -darkness; only a faint “shadow” will be thrown across “the valley” -through which we shall have to walk; only a shadow; the shadow of a sword -which cannot pierce, and the shadow of a serpent which cannot sting; and -a shadow through which we shall walk till we reach the sunshine of -everlasting light. The brightest object amidst that light is Christ: and -when we behold him, “we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he -is.” His presence is heaven; the highest, the holiest, and the happiest -heaven that we can desire or enjoy. “Then shall we be satisfied when we -awake in his likeness; for in his presence is fulness of joy and at his -right hand are pleasures for evermore.” “AMEN, EVEN SO, COME LORD -JESUS.” - - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRIST REMEMBERED AT HIS TABLE*** - - -******* This file should be named 63769-0.txt or 63769-0.zip ******* - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/3/7/6/63769 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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Dunn and Co. edition by David -Price.</p> -<h1>CHRIST REMEMBERED AT HIS TABLE.</h1> - -<div class="gapshortdoubleline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>AN ADDRESS</b></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">TO -THE</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>Churches of the Nottinghamshire -Association</b>,</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">ASSEMBLED AT THE LORD’S -SUPPER IN FRIAR<br /> -LANE CHAPEL, NOTTINGHAM,</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">ON MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20<span -class="smcap">th</span>, 1854.</p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><b>BY JOHN ALEXANDER,</b></p> -<p style="text-align: center"><span class="GutSmall">MINISTER OF -PRINCE’S STREET CHAPEL, NORWICH.</span></p> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center">PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.</p> - -<div class="gapshortline"> </div> - -<div class="gapspace"> </div> -<p style="text-align: center"><span -class="GutSmall">NOTTINGHAM:</span><br /> -<span class="GutSmall">PRINTED BY J. DUNN AND CO., SOUTH -PARADE</span></p> -<p style="text-align: center">1854.</p> -<h2><a name="page3"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 3</span>AN -ADDRESS.</h2> -<p><span class="smcap">We</span> have come together in this one -place, Christian brethren, for the purpose of celebrating a very -simple yet instructive and impressive ceremony, which has been -appointed to us by Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. -“This do, said he, in remembrance of me.” To -eat of this bread, and to drink of this cup, is that which he -requires us to do. But we are directed to do it, not as if -it were a common meal, nor to satisfy hunger and thirst, for -“we have houses in which to eat and to drink,” but as -a memorial of Him by whom it was ordained. “This do, -in remembrance <i>of me</i>.”</p> -<p>What is it then that we are now to remember respecting -Christ? We are, no doubt, to remember what he is -personally, as possessing in himself a divine and human nature; -as being at once the Son of God and the Son of -man—“the great God and our Saviour, Jesus -Christ.” But, in connection with this sacred supper, -we are more especially to remember <i>his death</i>. That -one event is selected out of the many and marvellous -circumstances which distinguished his wonderful history, as the -only event which is to be celebrated by a religious -ceremony. Though he triumphed over Satan, when he was -tempted in the wilderness; though he wrought superhuman and -divine miracles, by which he healed the sick and raised the dead; -and though he was transfigured on the holy mount, when his face -shone as the sun, and his raiment became white and glistering, -and Moses and Elias appeared <a name="page4"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 4</span>to him in glory; yet none of these -circumstances, splendid and important as they were, are selected -for commemoration at this supper. It is his death, his -death by the shedding of his blood, which he has required his -church perpetually to celebrate. This bread denotes his -body which was broken, and this wine denotes his blood which was -shed.</p> -<p>There must therefore be a peculiar degree of <i>importance -connected with his death</i> which does not belong to any event -of his previous life. And this importance is attached, by -the scriptures, not merely to the mode of his death, or to the -degree of suffering which he endured in dying, agonizing and -mysterious as his sufferings were, but more especially to the -state of mind with which he suffered, and to the moral purposes -which his sufferings were intended to accomplish. His body -was broken, but it was broken “for you.” His -blood was shed, but it was “the blood of the New -Covenant,” “the blood that was shed for many, for the -remission of sins.” His death is to be remembered -therefore, not only as a fact, but as a doctrine founded on the -fact. He died, but he died for our sins; he died, the Just -for the unjust, that he might bring us unto God.</p> -<p>And in thus remembering his death, we are to connect it with -his divine as well as with his human nature. The scriptures -ascribe the sacrificial and saving efficacy of his death -principally to <i>the peculiar dignity of his person</i>; and the -language in which they teach this doctrine is remarkably -emphatic. It is “the blood of Jesus Christ <span -class="GutSmall">HIS SON</span> that cleanseth us from all -sin;” “<span class="GutSmall">WHO</span>, being the -brightness of his glory, and the express image <a -name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 5</span>of his person, -and upholding all things by the word of his power, <span -class="GutSmall">BY HIMSELF</span> purged our sins;” and -“<span class="GutSmall">WHO HIS OWN SELF</span> bare our -sins in <span class="GutSmall">HIS OWN BODY</span> on the -tree.” Now while these and similar passages by no -means teach that the divine nature of Christ suffered and -died—a doctrine as contrary to scripture as it is to -reason—yet they do teach that he was competent to be a -Saviour because he was the Son of God, and that because such a -person as he gave himself for us, his sacrificial blood is an -availing “propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, -but also for the sins of the whole world.”</p> -<p>These, brethren, are some of the particulars respecting Christ -which we are to remember while we eat of this bread and drink of -this cup. It is therefore a service intended for both -bodily and mental exercise, because both the body and the soul -are interested in the redemption which it celebrates. As, -however, it is especially intended <i>for the mind</i>, while we -are doing this, the thoughts of our hearts should be actively and -devoutly directed to Christ, that we may discern the Lord’s -body, and that we may contemplate the things signified, as well -as the signs. But as our minds are naturally affected in -accordance with the objects which are perceived by our senses and -contemplated by our thoughts, we should now remember Christ in -order to excite and strengthen in our hearts those emotions and -principles which a devout consideration of his sacrificial death -is calculated to produce. “Mine eye,” says -Jeremiah, “affecteth my heart.” Attention to an -object awakens corresponding feelings. Minding the things -of the Spirit is, by the agency of that Spirit, productive of <a -name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -6</span>spiritual-mindedness; and, in harmony with the same -divine rule, a thoughtful and believing remembrance of Christ is -rendered, by the Spirit of God, productive of such sentiments and -feelings as his person, and grace, and dying love, are intended -and adapted to awaken, and which are so peculiarly appropriate to -this solemnity. These remarks may therefore be illustrated -by the following particulars, for the purpose of shewing <i>the -influence which may be produced by an attentive and devout -remembrance of Christ</i>.</p> -<p>1. In the first place, such a remembrance of Christ will -encourage our approach to him as sinners. This indeed is -the only character in which we can approach him. We cannot -go with any degree of previous preparation or of personal -merit. If we go to him at all, we must carry with us our -burden of sin and unworthiness. Now, the remembrance of -Christ who died for sinners, will greatly encourage us to do -this, for we are told that the Son of man came to seek and to -save that which was lost; that he approved the prayer of the -publican, “God be merciful to me a sinner;” that he -promptly received the weeping penitent whom the self-righteous -Pharisee rejected, and said to her “Go in peace, thy sins -are forgiven thee;” that he threw his arms around the neck -of the returning prodigal, and said, “This my son was dead -and is alive again, he was lost and is found!” and that his -constant and constraining invitation is, “Come unto me all -ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you -rest.” Now this invitation, combined with these -remembrances, is a special and powerful encouragement to go to -Christ, because <a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -7</span>it gives us authority and right to go. It is not a -sense of need, nor an earnest desire, nor hungering and thirsting -for the righteousness which the gospel feast provides, that gives -us primary authority to sit down with the guests, however much -these feelings may dispose us to go; but it is his own invitation -which, as Master of the feast, he addresses to the perishing and -the lost. That is our authority, and with that in our hand, -we may go “boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain -mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”</p> -<p>2. Remembrance of Christ will excite and strengthen our -penitential feelings. Remembrance and reflection are the -means of producing conviction and contrition, especially if we -remember Christ as well as our own sins. David says, -“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy -commandments.” And reflection produced a similar -effect upon Peter, after his denial of the Lord; for, “when -he thought thereon, he wept.” On this same principle -it is written, “They shall look on him whom they have -pierced and mourn;” so that repentance, evangelical -repentance, the repentance which includes a change of heart and -conduct, is derived not so much from looking at the broken tables -of the law, important as it is to remember them, but from looking -at the broken body of the Lord. We must remember the groans -and agonies of Gethsemane, rather than the thunder and earthquake -of “the mount that might be touched;” we must look to -Jesus rather than to Moses; and our sorrow and mourning for sin -must be produced on Calvary rather than on Sinai.</p> -<blockquote><p>Law and terrors do but harden,<br /> - All the while they work alone;<br /> -<a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 8</span>But a sense -of blood bought pardon,<br /> - Can dissolve a heart of stone.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>3. Grateful love to Christ will also be produced by this -remembrance. Love to Christ is a principle essential to -personal religion, and without it we are nothing. But our -hearts are so constituted that love cannot be excited in them by -any commands however authoritative, or by any threatenings -however terrible. We cannot love an object unless we -perceive that it is lovely; nor can we love Christ unless we -perceive the loveliness of his person and character. And -this perception is derived from reflection and remembrance. -While we are musing the fire begins to burn; and when we remember -the great love with which he loved us, when he gave himself for -us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, that love excites and -constrains our own, and “we love him because he first loved -us.” When we thus begin by loving him for what he has -done for us, we go on to perfection by loving him for what he is, -the noblest and the purest love our hearts can cherish. And -as love always assimilates to its object, and blesses the heart -which it inspires, so love to Christ conforms us to his -character, and becomes a fruitful source of joy and peace. -The Spirit takes of the things which are Christ’s and shews -them to us with increased clearness and impressiveness, so that -“beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, we are -changed into the same image, from glory to glory.”</p> -<p>4. Nor can we thus remember Christ, and thereby feel the -constraining influences of his love, without manifesting devout -subjection to his authority, and practical conformity to his -example. The great and pervading <a name="page9"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 9</span>principle of his mind was evidently a -spirit of obedience and submission to his Father’s -will. “I am come,” said he, “not to do my -own will, but the will of him that sent me.” -“My meat is to do his will.” “Father, not -my will but thine be done.” How perfectly and -perseveringly were these sayings exhibited in his daily life; and -how precious and powerful does his example become to those who -endeavour to have these things always in remembrance. And -shall it not be so with us? Shall we, his disciples, pursue -any course but that which is marked by his footsteps? Shall -we remember Christ and love the world, and comply with -temptation, and neglect watchfulness and prayer, and carefully -avoid self denial, and follow our own inclinations rather than -his commands, and feel ashamed of making a public profession of -his gospel? Oh, no! Holy Jesus, no! We would -ardently cling to thy cross, but we would also humbly bow beneath -thy sceptre. And while we do this in remembrance of thee, -we would thankfully acknowledge that we are not our own; that we -have been bought with the price of thy precious blood; and that -we are under infinite obligations to glorify thee in our body and -our spirit which are thine.</p> -<p>5. This remembrance of Christ will also promote our love -to the brethren. How affecting and constraining were the -manifestations of Christ’s love to his disciples. He -lived for them; he died for them; he bore with their infirmities; -he prayed for them that their faith might not fail; he washed -their feet, to teach them to wash one another’s feet; and -when his soul had begun to be exceeding sorrowful, even unto -death, and they were striving which of them should be greatest in -that earthly <a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -10</span>Kingdom which they expected him to establish, he looked -mildly on and said, “Whether is greater, he that sitteth at -meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at -meat? But I am among you as one that serveth.” -“While you sit, and strive, and aspire to lofty stations, I -am content to stand and wait.” “I am come, not -to be ministered unto but to minister, and to give my life a -ransom for many.” Brethren, was this in any degree -the spirit of the world? Was not this love that passeth -knowledge? And can we do this in remembrance of such a meek -and lowly Jesus, and yet cherish towards any of his disciples a -spirit of cold-hearted selfishness and proud sectarianism, which -would refuse to recognise them as brethren, or to co-operate with -them in promoting the cause of Christ. Oh no! Let us -rather sit at the feet of Jesus and learn of him; let us love -mankind at large, even our enemies, with a benevolent desire to -do them good; but let us love the brethren because they are -brethren and because “Christ hath loved them and given -himself for them.” And let our love to them include -forbearance and longsuffering in reference to their infirmities, -a cordial recognition of their as well as our spiritual -relationship to Christ, an affectionate sympathy with them in all -their difficulties and tribulations, and a fraternal communion -and co-operation with them in all their works of faith and -labours of love.</p> -<p>6. Such remembrance of Christ will bring us, even now, -into a state of harmony with heaven. Heaven is that -“upper room” in the new Jerusalem where Christ sits -down at his table with his disciples; where he partakes with them -of the new wine of his kingdom; and <a name="page11"></a><span -class="pagenum">p. 11</span>where all that is signified and -shadowed by this earthly supper is “fulfilled.” -When therefore we thus come together in this one place to -remember Christ, by eating of this bread and drinking of this -cup, we come also “to the heavenly Jerusalem, to an -innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church -of the first born which are enrolled in heaven, to the spirits of -just men made perfect, and even to Jesus himself, the mediator of -the new covenant.” Our spiritual circumstances, -though in many respects very inferior to theirs, are nevertheless -the same in kind. “As is the heavenly, such are they -also that are heavenly.” All things which are in -heaven and which are on earth, are gathered together in one by -Christ, even in him. We and they therefore are one church; -one whole family in heaven and earth; one communion of saints, -partakers of the same blessed privileges, and cherishing a devout -remembrance of the same Lord. Our justification is as -complete as theirs; our holiness is derived from the same source, -and assimilates to the same image; our joy, as well as theirs, is -“unspeakable and full of glory.” Thus the pure -river of water of life, which flows from the throne of God and -the Lamb, pours down its clear and crystal streams to make glad -this earthly city of our God. Thus the Tree of life, which -grows in the midst of the Paradise of God, bends its fruitful -branches down to earth, that we may sit under its shadow with -great delight, and find its fruit sweet unto our taste. And -thus</p> -<blockquote><p>The men of grace have found<br /> - Glory begun below;<br /> -Celestial fruits on earthly ground,<br /> - From faith and hope may grow.</p> -</blockquote> -<p><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p. -12</span>Finally. Our remembrance of Christ will be the -means of preparing us for his coming. We are directed to do -this “till he come.” He has been once, and his -first advent is the pledge of a second. He will come to all -mankind at the last day; and till that day arrives, his church is -continually to shew forth his death. The Lord’s -supper is therefore designed to be prospective as well as -retrospective. It is a chain which connects together the -two advents, and requires us to remember not only the cross on -which he suffered, but also the throne which he will occupy, when -he comes “the second time without sin unto -salvation.” He will also come to us individually at -death. “I go,” said he, “to prepare a -place for you, and I will come again, and receive you unto -myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” He -will not send for us; he will come himself. And when he -appears, his presence will deprive death of its darkness; only a -faint “shadow” will be thrown across “the -valley” through which we shall have to walk; only a shadow; -the shadow of a sword which cannot pierce, and the shadow of a -serpent which cannot sting; and a shadow through which we shall -walk till we reach the sunshine of everlasting light. The -brightest object amidst that light is Christ: and when we behold -him, “we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he -is.” His presence is heaven; the highest, the -holiest, and the happiest heaven that we can desire or -enjoy. “Then shall we be satisfied when we awake in -his likeness; for in his presence is fulness of joy and at his -right hand are pleasures for evermore.” “<span -class="smcap">Amen, even so</span>, <span class="smcap">come Lord -Jesus</span>.”</p> -<pre> - - - - -***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHRIST REMEMBERED AT HIS TABLE*** - - -***** This file should be named 63769-h.htm or 63769-h.zip****** - - -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: -http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/6/3/7/6/63769 - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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