St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-27


mind into the freedom of the sons of
God. Jesus had not one sinful desire.
bence was not, i'll that sense, fettered
by carnal mind. But temptations were
presented to him in all points, yet with
out finding in him any sin. Because of
this perfection, carnal mind, which is
''enmity against God;" was incensed.
maddened, and poured out upon him
hatred and abuse. This was the cup of
suffering. The spiritual Specification
of blood is sacrifice, and the sacrifices of
Jesus, which involved even crucifiXion,
were awful to mortal sense.
Jesus neither desired nor Instructed
them to
Continue the Dead Rite
OF partaking of bread and wine. Of
the bread He babe them eat, He said,
s''This is my BODY" and of the cup,
| s'.This is my blood,' but He could not
have been guilty of the absurdity of re-
ferring to material bread and wine.
The bread of which they were invited
to partake was surely that ''bread of
| life which came down from heaven"--
which comes down from heaven, and is
the life OF every man; the living bread,
| or thatliving which is the likeness of
living God. 1t acknowledges God as the
only Creator and all that He created as
being good, thereby denying any legiti-
mate or real existence OF evil. And not
only denying evils reality and power.
but demonstrating its noneXiStence and
power by bringing to iight.hOliness and
health as the reality of man, thus van
gushing the false claims of sin and
! sickness, which have no origin in God,
the only source of being. The cup Of
which He urged them to drink all OF it,
even the dregs, was that suffering
which such holy living would entail.
This cup for them would be both the
prosecutions of the world and their own
crucifixionS of the flesh with its lusts
and affections. He foresaW that as
the world had hated Him, so would
they hate all who followed
in His footsteps through all time. He
said, "rhey will cast you out of the
synagogues," and so they did, for the
stirred up the people against them,"
both i'll the time of the apostles and in
| our days. Next III order the physicians
war against the divine healing, and the
people in general who cling to dead
rites and the beliefs i'll finite God and
all-pOWerful Satan, oppose and mallgn
the followers of the Master who are
turning from those lifeleSS shadows to
the living body (belng) of Christ.
Paul had a clear realization of the
spiritual import OF Jesus teachings.
He looked through the veil (0f material.
ity) and scared above types, figures and
ceremonies. He wrote, Nov ye are
the body Of Christ and members in par
ticular," So we, being many, are one
body i'll Christ, and every one members
are OF another. And also, the cup OF
blessing which we bleSt, is it not the
communion Of the body Of Christ? The
bread which we break. is it not the
communion of the body of Christ?
So, then, if Christians be the body
| (embodmenD OF Christ, and the break
| ing of bread be the communion OF that
body, the Lords supper is the COM
munion of Christians in eXpounding
| the word (breaking OF bread) And
| this is clearly proven, since The apostles
| went from house to house breaking
! bread explaining the WOrd) while at
| the same time they were instructed by
! their leader to eat at home if they were
hungry.
| We commune together and eXpound
| the word with one purpose only, ana
| that is to destroy evil i'll ourselves and
others drinking the cup, and partak-
| ing of goodness (eating the Dread)
| What is this but the feast of the Pass
oEer-passing over from error into
truth?
| But we nave our Pentecosts as we'll
| as our Passover. 1t is a significant fact
| that the feast Of PentecOSt was eaten
with leavened bread. The leaven is
ever within us, even the hidden Christ;
| and when the
Old Aeayen Gs Purged Out.
when some great claim of evil has been
| destroyed, and we have our victory i'll
| the dawning Of a great truth and real
ization, of the living presence OF Christ,
our life, who is also our Passover, then
| we rejoice in the transforming power OF
| the hidden leavtn. which has brought
us this blessing. this Pentecost. Purge
out, therefore, the Old Ieaven, that ye
may be a new lump, as We are un!eav-
ened. For even Christ, our Passover, is
sacrificed for US.
cannot more appropriately close this
sermon than with quotation from
"Science and HEALTH" whose authOreSS
has SO deeply drank of this cup, and so
truly partaken of this living bread.
"The cup was to show forth His suf-
ferings-she cup which lie prayed
might pass from Him-tnough He
bowed III holy submission to the divine
decree. Their bread indeed came
down from heaven. 1t was the great
truth of spiritual being, healing the
sick and casting out error. Their mas
ter had explained it ali before, and now
This bread was feeding and sustaining
them. They had borne this bread from
house to house, breaking-explaining-
it to others, and now it c0mf0rted them
selves.
For this truth their Master was about
to suffer violence. and drain 10 the drtgS
His cup OF sorrow. lie must leave them.
With the great glory and everlasting
victory shining already about Him, He
gave thanks and said, Drink ye all of
it
When the human element in Him
truggled with the divine, our Great
Leader said. Not my will, but thine,
be'donew That is, Let not the flesh,
but the spirit be represented in me-"
This is the new understanding of spirit
ual love. 1t gives all for Christ or
Truth. 1t blesses enemies, heals the
sick, casts out error. raises the dead
from trespaSSeS and sins. and breaches
the goS pei to the poor, the meek in
heart.
Christians. are you drinking His cup?
Have YOU shared the blood of the new
covenant, the sufferingS and perSecu-
tionS which attend new and higher
understanding OF God? If not, can you
then say you have commemorated Jesus
in His cup? Are all who eat bread and
drink wine in memory of Jesus willing
truly to drink His cup; and leave all for
| the Christ principle? Then why ascribe
this inspiration to dead rite, instead
| of showing that truth has come TO the
| understanding, by casting ont error and
making the body "holy and acceptable
unto God?' If Christ, Truth, has come
| to us in demonstration, no commemora-
ton is requisite, for He is Emmanuel, OF
| God with us and if friend be with us,
| why need we memorials of that friend?
If all who ever partook of this Sacra
ment had really commemorated the suf-
ferings of Jesus, and 1ank of His cup,
| they would have revolutionized the
| world. If all who seek His commemora-
| tion through material symbols will take
| I'D the cross, heal the sick, cast out er
ror, and preach Christ, or truth, to the
| poor, they will bring in the millennium"