Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-05-02

Matt XVI, %. He that dippeth his
hand with me in the dish, the same shall
betray mel .Their bread, which is ex-
tremely thin. tearing and folding up like
like sheet of paper. is used for the pur-
pose of rolling together large mouthful,
or topping Up the fluid and vegetables
When the master of the house found in
the dish any dainty morsei, he took it out
with his fingers. and applied it TO my
mouth. This was the true Syrian cour-
tesy and hospitality" The action then
OF the Savior, in this instance, was one OF
politeness and goodwill, well calculated
TO cut the traitor TO the heart and to stay,
if it could have been done, the half form
ed purpose Of treachery. - II.
l., From the Gospel Witness.
+ ExpositIOn OF 4 Corinthians If, 20.
"For he that eateth and drinketh I'M.
worthiiy, eateth and drinketh damnation
to himself. not discerning the Lords
body" The peculiar idea which Eng
lish readers always connect with the
word dGmaatiOn, has frequently excited
4 fears in many pious persons, that they
have RETAINED from partaking of the
Lords supper. lest they might not prop
erly discern the Lords body, and bring
themselves under the wrath of God in
another world.
In presenting the idea designed to be
communicated by the apostles, it is neces-
ssry to refer to the context. Some disor-
ders in the administration OF the Lords
supper had crept into the Corinthian
church. Verse 20. "When We come to-
gether, therefore, into one place, this is
not to eat the Lords supper; for in eat
ing. every one taketh before other his own
supper; and one is hungry and another is
drunken" When it is recollected that
convlvial feasts were common among the
Greeks, 10 which each guest brough,
some portion OF the provision from bis
own house, and from the common stock
, was thus furnished the banquet which
was served up, we perceive the force o.
, the Apostles language. which might be
,, paraphrased thus: Though members Of
the church Of Christ, you still retain
!. traces Of your paganism, When tina
: ordinance is TO be celebrated, which com
r memorates the death of Jesus you sever
y ally bring, as you formerly did, the art
. clos which are to form the supper anc
regard it like feast designed solely t.
0 promote conviviality. Nay, you hav,
gone so far that each one proceeds to ca
what he himself has furnished, withou
: the common etiquette of tarrying unit
J., others arrive. As consequence, tn,
: man who is wealthy drinks abundantI,
from his own store; the poor man, VIII
!. can furnish but little or nothing, is hun
cry. Your meeting. therefore, is not t,
commemorate the sacrifice Of Christ vol
lose sight Of the great lesson taught il
Re the supper, and come together merely t
'e eat and drink"
N The apostle. in verse 1916. gives
al concise history Of the institution and OF
u ject Of the ordinance. Strange as it ma
r. seem to US. bis language obviously implie
4. that the Corinthians required instructio
d on a subject which is now familiar to a
lie who dwell in Christian lands. He pre-
re ceeds then in the language we hav
:. quoted: Wherefore, whatsoever shall ei
Fl this bread and drink this cup unworthily.
Re The Specification Of the word "unwol
- thily" is restricted by the context to tn
rery eriLs which he had before noticed
What is termed in legal phraseology til
subject matter in every writer's languag
: must modify the terms which he use
re and this is the clue which is to guide U
Re in ascertaining his meaning in every cas-
lie Now, the subject matter was the ia
OF which has been thrown into the foregoin
IL paraphrase. "Shall be guilty ofthe bloc
y and body Of the Lord" Not guilty q
y though he had slain the Lord, las som
r. have supposed but guilty of making r
m distinction between the bread and wiz
ne which represent the blood and body
the Lord, and the bread and wine whic
Ist man examine himself and SO let him eat
r. sc. That is. let him see to it that
ne keeps in view the object of this ordinanc
On and does not carelessly eat, losing sig
re Of the truth which it symbolizes that J
re sus by the grace Of God tasted death f
IS every man." If any one neglects this I
a eats and drinks unworthily; he eater
We and drinketh damnation to himself TT
At Greek word krimG here rendered damn
lie, ton has far more general signifcatic
m than that word. 1t is used for judgme
Duo or opinion. for judicial sentence whic
g. condemns to punishment whether it
nj, temporal or eternal, whether the Judge
on God or man; and by implication it al
m often conveys the idea Of punishme
ne proceeding as from judicial sentence.
elf In this last sense it is no doubt employ
ct in this place, as the very next verse te
= what this PUNISHMENT was. "For Il
me cause many are weak and sickIy amor
las you. and many sheep e. have died