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THE LORDS SUPPER.
LESSON XIII, THIRD QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, SEPT. rs.

Text OF tho Lesson, Cor. XII, ao-34--
Memory verses, sa-s5--GoIden Text.
Cor. XII. s-Commentar by the Rev.
d, NJ. stearhs
QUARTERLY TEMPERANCE LEssoN.l
co. when ye come together, therefore,
into one place, fhis is not to eat the Lord s
Supper" The r. V. says, at is not posi-
Bile to eat the Lords Supper. ~ The divi
si0ns Of this epistle are easily recognized
by the words, Now concerning or as
touching" ichqptefs vi, /, viii, i;sxii, i;
xvi, D. If the section in, which our lesson
Is found be carefully read, the prominent
topic will be found to be TINT of clarifying
God in eating and drinking tx, 81, and
when people come together to enjoy them
selves Inv eating and Arisiking theycannot
truly eat the Lords Supper. for 1t points
to the death Of self. hot the life of self,
81 For irr eating, every one taketh be-
fore other Lis owh supper And one isklIpn-
CRY and Aapother is. dEifnkep.". Imagine
people coming together for good time, as
they say, and after enjoying themselves 20
the fulr proceed to commemorate the
Lords death. These did worse than that
for they actually made the Lords Suppel
drunken feast.
% "What have ye not houses to eat
and drink in, or Gcspise ys the church of
God3" The supplying of our bodily needs
Is one thing, hut the worship OF God is an
entirely different matter One of the most
prominent characteristics of Clfrist was
that He never lived for Himself, but al.
ways as sacrifice for others from. XIV, 81
John vi, SO, sly. II we have not His Spirit
we are none Of His (Rom. viii, '0) II
abide in Him we will walk as He walked
Ct John ii, O..
&c. "For have received Of the Lord chat
which also delivered unto you, that the
Lord Jesus, the same night in which He
was betrayed, took bread. "e,fiated by the
world, betrayed by q protested friend and
delivered to be crucified, this was the treat
ment Christ received, and He teaches us
not to expect anything different or better
John XIV, 1920; xvi, 83}.
"a "AId when He had given thanks
: He brake 1t and said, Take, eat; this Is
my body which is broken for you; this do
in remembrance of me-" He did not say
this is my body which is pampered or i'm
Obliged for you, but given or broken for
YOU If we are saved by His blood, then
the great question with us Is no longer
one of food or raiment, but one of right
eousness and clarifying God (Rom. xiv, IN.
25. 'iThis cup Is the new testament in
my blood; this'do ye, as oft as We drink It,
in remembrance of me.n 1t was after the
eating of the passover on that last nigh
before He was crucified that He instituted
this supper UIuke xxi, 14-20) and gave to
His disciples these emblems of His Body
and blood to be used by them in, coming
days as memorials OF His death. He would
have them not only filled with gratitude
because of His sacrifice on their behalf,
but also ready to lay down their lives for
Him or pour them out in loving service on
behalf of others q John i'll, IL, John XIV, 18).
%. For as often MS yG eat this bread,
and'drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's
death till He come" Redeemed by His
great sacrifice, we are expected to deny
self, reckon'our old man as crucified and
constantly present our bodies living
sacrifice, sustained and cheered by the
glory which will be ours in the resurrec-
tion body at His coming (Math. xvi, "a;
Rom. VII o; xiii 1, 2; viii IS; l. Thess. /, 10).
The two greatest of all events in the his
tory of the world arc the death of Jesus on
Calvary and his return to reign and sub
due the earth.
81. Wherefore, whosoeyer shall eat this
bread, and dripk this cup Of the Lord un-
worthily, shall be guilty Of the body and
blood of the Lord" The unworthy refers
not to the persons partaking,' for all are
unworthWin themselves, but to the spirit
In which it is partaken. II one should take
the bread and vine at such 4, timefor mere
carnal qualification be would be- guilty OF
i'll treating the sacrifice of Christ and mails
ing.light Of his death Tor US.
2S HiBut let a man eXafnincf hfsiSelf, and
SO let him eat of that bread AND drink OF
| thatcup." etnsistsc idesswell n We haYe
really seeh nursel9es To be 4sHfSdh 'fDDk
sight 81 Goo, ,siiiil4ns Justly .ieservi9p III
wrath, and fia5S truly IfceiHeJ ,,Ifsiis
Christ as our ewffpe 6rH1 loIirsS Haley.
ing that He.'loved prg, AMI EavassI jagsezi
for me- If thistle 81 thjsfwit IL sxfnbSs
and grateful beayas we,,@dll pmSpksAf tfh
bread and wine. as etnblemsxc f HIS body
and blood ~
90 For he that tethsapsfdrinketh UNI
worthily eateth and Observation-Disclosures
| himself, not DISCERNING the Lerdis, body. :
| To die to self Is Che daily business Of EVERY
believer In order that the Ilfe of Ehrist
may be manifest in us QI Con. Nv, I'D. One
| who lives to Crafty self and yet partakes
| of the Lords Supper, Che emblems Of which
speak of death, ana life Though death, Of
necessity condemns himself.
80, "For this cause many are weak and
| sick1y among you, and many Sleep" Phys
teal health was promised on condition Of
obedience. and disease wag~threatened II
they disobeyed Qex. XIV. 20. Lev. xxvi. 10
| l8). At Corinth because 81 dlsobedience
| many were sick and some had died. We
are not taught that all sickness is because
of disobedience John tx, 3; XII, AZ, but thu!
| it is sometimes the case that sickness and
| death follow the disobedienee Of believers
| we should not be judged.n If we would
walk humbly with God and live, uprightiy
| no good thing would He withhold from us
!, and we would escape much christening
| If we would test everything by the judg
| ment seat of Christ and do only what h,
approves, we would thus walk In the Zig NJ
| with Him and enjoy constant fellowship.
SO. "But when we are judged, we arr
| chastened of the Lord, that we should pO
be condemned with the world" Whom
the Lord loveth he chasteneth (Iieb. XII
| 81. The same word translated chasten
| Christening or chastisement, in Heb. XII
So, and in this verse Of our lesson, is IN
! struct and in Tit. Ii, 12, teach, so that b
Christening vs when we do wrong on
Heavenly Father instructs us to do better
and nourishes us by His love.
49, Wherefore, my brethren, when y
come together to eat, tarry one for anoth
err" Jesus t.ught His disciples to be hum
BILE and delight In serving rather than y
being served. To he first and uppermos
4 is not His Spirit, but rather TO esteem 9th
ers better than ourselves (Math. Xxx, B-2e
Phil. ii, 8)s
81. "And If any man hunger, let him ca
! at home; that We come not together unit
condemnation, and the rest will set y