Elders were men who had a care for the flock and served the Lord in this capacity voluntarily, not for filthy lucre. Their ability to do this depended on their moral and spiritual qualifications. In a Scriptural assembly the Lord s Supper, or Breaking of Bread, occupies an important place as the centre of the church s activities. Being a divine appointment, it can never be relegated to a place of secondary importance, or treated as a matter for occasional obedience. It is the remembrance of the Lord in His own appointed way that produces true worship, and worship is one of the principal functions of the assembly.
True worship produces true service, and every other activity is likewise derived from it.
Not only should the Lord s Supper be observed on the first day of every week, but it should be observed in the conditions contemplated in 1st Corinthians not as a sacrament administered by aclergyman, but as a remembrance feast partaken of by disciples meeting together in subjection to the Holy Spirit and not presided over by any man. An essential feature of every Scriptural assembly is the preservation of that pilgrim character which the Lord Himself impressed upon it. . Born Himself in the stable of an inn, He taught His disciples not to aspire to anything more than He had. The early Christians met in upper rooms and private houses and it was not to the detriment of their testimony. Theirs was an Other world religion, and it needed no consecrated buildings.