Daily Republican., 1878-11-21

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the speaker elaborsted fully, showing
that spiritual life was to be found by
eating the words Of the Lord.
He quoted tlsap passages g "lfso bs "
have tasted the goodsword, &C., ''Ex.
ceeding great and precious promises,
that by these ye are partakers Of the
divine nature" jeremiah says, "Thy
words were found, and l did eat them. -
Did Jeremiah chew the parchment
How then did he ~ the words Of God
but BY oheying III So the Saviour
said 10 tas Jews, vYes want life, feed
on me-" But howl Receive, feed on
my words. Peter SO understood it for
some Of the disciples having heard
this, said, "This is = hard saying: who
can hear 1t :" "they went back and
walked no more with him." and then
said Jesus unto ths twelve, "Will 70
also 60 away ~ Then Simon Peter
answered him, Lord, to whom shall
ws, % ! Thou hast ths words Of eternal
iifs." This passage, ,'shsn, has spirit.
ual and only a spiritual mssuing.--
They were TO feed on his word, ON his
truth, and that BY faith. "Jssus
took bread and blessed It, and
broke It, and gave it to the
disciples, and said, /" Take, Bat, This is
my body" Now, how 10 this 70 bs IN
dsrstood'A Is II 70. Be understood
literally that this bread was actually
his bodyi This WAS before he was cru
cited. Then his disciples ate his flesh
and drank his blood before he died,
while he stood before them, and while
his blood was flowing in his veins, ~
it Is not to b. taken literally how shall
We interpret III sgrss that every
passage 10 to BE- taken literally unless
the context forbids Il or makes 1t ab.
|surd. But the context shows what had
been the subject Of speech. They had
been celebrating the passover, sym
boil, type of Christ, the great antetype.
The context is symbolica'. They had
been celebrating their dsliveranes rom
Egypt. Hereafter, they were to CON-
memorate their spiritual deliverance
and spiritual dsliverer. The words
then properly mean, ''This signifies my
body"
Mach stress by some is laid upon a
literal Interpretation. Death, they
say, means literal death, &C., and these
words according to them must be taken
literally; butif these are. TO bs taken
literally Unless there is a provision
against it, all his words must tbs so
taken. Now the Lord says ~ am the
vine, ys ars the branches.'' The same
Interpretation that says "This is my
body" must be taken literally. Then
Christ was grapevine and his disciples
we're grapevine branches. II 1t does
not literally mean what 1t says In this
case, why does it literally mean what
il says in the other?
Then again 1t is said that Christ is
the bright and morning star, that he is
. rock, lion, lamb, &c. Now, &C.
to this literal Interpretation
Christ II star. He must be made up
Of the same elements Of which the plan
cts are made. He is a star, a lion, a
rock, lamb, vine, and if he is all
this he cannot be loaf Of bread on the
able.
Mr.. Haldeman announced that on
next Lords day he woald show what
the Lords supper Is, and what it is in.
tended TO commemorate.
The reporter would add, that while
in the above, the intention has been to
give as truly A. possible ths substance Of
Mr.. Haldeman's remarks, there has been
no pretsnsions to an exact quoting Of
his words or language. No synopsis Of
sermon can bs verbatim report. II
would be critics would remember this,
they might save themselves the trouble
of great deal Of useless writing.l