The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-12-09
The Lords Supper.

Sunday, A. NJ, Dec. 6, 1903. Matt.
% 1920. Cor. IL : 23-2G.
Fifteen hundred years before tho
coming of Christ the command of God
came to the lsraelitish people to leave
their bondage home in Egypt aud to 90
TO their promised home of freedom and
national life in Canaan.
|, On the eve of their leaving the
land, Moses, at Gods express com
mand, and following detailed guild
ance, instituted the Passover Supper
From that time to the erucihxion of
Christ Gods people observed this
yearly feast.
l. To them it looked backward to
their escape from Egypt and common
Grated Gods leading them forth spar
ing their first born while the Egyptian
iirst-born was slain.
,. To them it had forward look
also. This was most important for it
spoke of a great hope which grew more
and more intense as those long years
rolled ON. All of the sacrifices of the
Jewish people foreshadowed the one
| great sacrifice. Each lamb upon the
altar bespoke of Him who should be
called THE Lamb of God which takes
away the Sin of the World. y John !:
20. The Passover had forward look
to the Lamb slain.from the founda-
ton of the world Rev. Il IS. for
pre- eminently it was type of Christ
ms viewed by Paul, when i'll l Cor. s i:
: he said "Christ our passover is sac
rificed for us"
With His death all these 1900 years
of type ARE fulfilled. 1t is little Won
der that He said with desire | have
desired to eat of this passover with
you before | suffer-" Luke 81 L..
How fitting also that rs He was about
to fulfill that long period of comment
Grafton and foreshadowing that He
should institute and leave in its place
for much longer period an intensely
deeper memorial supper than the one
with which he did away.
II. On the eve of Christs leaving
the bondage of the human flesh, out
of His own Divinity, He instituted
The Lords Supper. From then until
the close of the present reign of things
we still come to this table and SEQ
in it
/. A backward look to His suffering
and His death. This do in remem-
brance of Me" and eye do show forth
the Lords death. Cor. Il 2le6
We commemorate the birth of our
Nation with : celebration. We keep
fresh in our memory the lives of our
heroes by making their birthday
holiday. Men have immortalized their
names by their deeds and have build
ed never failing monuments by the
work they have accomplished i'll their
lives. But where on tho pages of NIL
history do we find memorial no wide
" observed and so often commemor
ated MS this memorial of our Lords
death ? II is His death that We com
memorate but suffering love culmi-
mates in His death and His tomb.
,. A forward look to His return in
power and glory unto salvation. As
oft, and He does not say how often
1--WE do show forth tho Lords death
till He come" Cor. II 20. For
His followers then, and no less for ns
to-day, the assurance of Christ's re-
turn is an intensely vital issue. The
words of the angel after He had as
cended from their view was nm assur-
ance of His return. The Church To-
day still has an uplifted and expecting
face, and this table still says "1ill He
come.
III. May we note some OF the les
sons which were taught by the Pass
over Supper and which have been in
tensified by the Lords Supper
/. They show n sacrifice for sin.
As the slain lamb, the burnt fat, the
sprinkled blood bespoke the forgive
ness of the people of old, so to-day
the broken bread and the poured wine
emblemize the broken body of Christ
and His shed blood as sacrifice by
the innocent for the sins of the guilty.
o They speak of redemption.
Redeemed from Egypt was the
thought in the mind of the Israelite
as he partook of the pascal lamb. As
we surround this table to-day lei ns
think Of our redemption, from what
nd to what we are redeemed.
3. A reminder Of what has been
done. They thought of Gods great
goodness. Let us dwell upon Christ's
goodness and love to us aud for ne,
as shown by this institution
They tell Of covenant. They
were told by the passover of cove
nant with Abraham renewed at Sinai
in which God took them for His peo
pie, upon certain conditions. Let us
see IN the Communion to-day the new
covenant of Christ's blood, the bless
ings attending and the pledges We
have made.
An inclusion in Gods common
wealth He who sat down to the pas-
cn meal was member Of the com
monwealth Of Israel, Gods peculiar
people. May God help us to search
our hearts to-day as we surround this
table for anything that might debar
us from that fullest entrance into fell
lowship with Him who ~ King in the
commonwealth in which we try to
serve.
Sabbath School next Sabbath AT 10
A. NJ. Subject next Sunday morning
~" Faith that Wins Gen. 3e 26.
Evening 1.-The Water of Life. " John
4 IA. Dec. 20 sermon will be
preached before the Jr. Order United