The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-04-20

with his disciples when he gave them his farewell,
must have been full of friendly heartintercourse
for Christ spoke Just as tenderly and cordially to
them as father to his dear little children when he
is obliged to part from them. He made the best of
their infirmities, and had patience with them, al
though all the while they slow to under
stand, and still lisped like babes. Yet that must
indeed have been CHOICE friendly and delightful
converse when Philip said, "Show us the way" and
Thomas said, "We know not the way" and Peter,
81 will go with thee to prison and to DEATH" 1t was
simple qniet tabletalk every opening his heart,
and showing his thoughts freely and frankly, and
without restraint. Never since the world began was
there a more delightful meal than that.-lfaytin
Luther
How Christian Soul Communes. often
ye eat this Bread and drink this cup ye do show
the Lords death till he come" In truth, Q Lord,
partaking Thy body and blood in the Supper is
sort of compensation for thine absence-an earnest
to sustain my hopes until the time when shall pos
sess Thysef. Thou enterest into my soul now ;
and wilt now this hour fill the spiritual mouth of
thy disciple as surely as he opens it and hungers
after Thee. "Thy flesh is meat indeed, and Thy
blood is drink indeed" as Thou hast said; and al
though at other times l am conscious of Thy pres
ence, yet thank Thee that in this ordinance Thou
contest in visible way to help my faith, and givest
me assurance that Thou holdest communion with
What the bread is to my body, a nutritious food
what the fruit of the vine is to my spirits exhil-
arating juice-that, my God and Saviour, are
Thy body and blood to my soul they mysteriously
impart to it nutrment and fe.--Yes of truth,
never am more sensible of The magnitude either of
my own guilt or of Thy condescenson, than when
/ leave Thy table, bearing with me the conscious
ness of being knit afresh as member to Thy body.
Il. IH0luek, DID.
A Feast Of Charity.-And how can |, the sinful
fellow-servant, take upon me to cast out any who
have not been cast out by Thee, the Master On
this day will learn to overlook the inhrmites and
forgive the faults of my brethren, especially those
of my nearest connections Thy Word declares that
oblation is acceptable SO long the heart which
duplicates forgiveness of Thee has not itself learned
to forgive others. When, therefore, | leave Thy
table, refreshed by Thy love- will meet them all
with a heart They are not merely my breth-
rem, they are also Thine. Oh, were there no other
ground for loving and respecting them, let me love
and respect them for this that they have been nour
ished and refreshed by Thy body aud blood-A.
TAoluek, ID.
Simple Appeal to the Heart.-A great genius
in France, George Sand when on the point of re-
ceiving first communion, in the years which fol-
lowed the first Revolution, overwhelmed by the
listracting and perplexing thoughts suggested by
all the doubts which ragged on the subject, but was
restored to calm by fixing the mind on the orig
inal scene from which the Eucharist has sprung.
Let us do the same. Let go back to that one oc-
casion out of which, all agreed, both its unity
and its differences rose.-Dean Stanley.