Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-11-07
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Mr.. and Mrs Fl. {. Woodwork were IN
Burlington Tuesday TO visit their daugL-
ter, Mrs. Dennis Phillips.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wardner have
reached home from Benton Harbor,
Mich, where they spent seven weeks
with their daughter, Mrs. Delbert Hart,
and family.
Mrs. Arthur Burt, who was at the Small
lev farm through the summer, has gone
TO PHILADELPHIA to live with her son.
Mr.. Burt is in West Berkeley, Cal, to
which place he went in the spring.
Bishop Hall at ST. Johns Church.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall OF the diocese of
Vermont made his annual visitation to
St. Johns church Sunday morning and
confirmed a class of six candidates.
His sermon, a powerful and practical
discourse, was on the text found IN Acts
2O:7-"And upon the first day of the
week when the disciples came together to
break bread, Paul preached unto them. "
His theme vas one aspect OF our Lord s
Body and Blood. the Holy Communion,
called in the New Testament the Break
ing OF Bread.
II is well for Us to remember the New
.ament names and from them gain the
thoughts in the minds of the first Chris
tians. The weekly holy day, our Sunday,
was never called Sunday in the New les
lament and-mark you-never the Sab
bat n. That belonged to the old Jewish
dispensation and had nothing in the
world to do with Christ, save the princi
pie of defeating a certain portion of our
time to the special service Of God. 1t IS
a great mistake for us to use the words
Sabbath and Sabbath school because it
brings in a mistaken notion that has
passed away with the old dispensation.
The name for the Christians holy day is
the Lords day; because on it our Lord
rose from the dead, and on it we are to
try to rise to higher things and let in
something of higher world upon our
temptations and trials.
What we call Confirmation is the lay
ing on of Hands. The chief pastor lays
his hands on those who have already been
baptized that they may receive the Holy
Ghost. Not that we receive the Holy
Spirit from anyone's hands; the church
never had the ghost OF such an idea, but
it is the outward and visible sign which
Affects our bodies and is the means OF
communicating to US an inward and spir-
itual grace. II is the most natural thing
in the world for father about to part
with his son to lay his hand on the head
of that son in calling down a blessing
upon him. So the father of Christian
people does not give the Holy Spirit with
his fingers but calls il from God by pray
er.
The Lords day Is the New Testament
name for Sunday, the Laying on Of
Hands = the New Testament name for
Confirmation. and the Breaking Of Bread
j. the New Testament name for the Holy
Communion. II is sometimes called the
Lord Supper because it was the last sup
per our Lord took with His disciples.
We are told that the Christians came to-
gether on the first day Of the week to
break bread and Paul preached unto them
and that they continued steadias, in the
apostles teaching.
1t is called the Breaking OF Bread be-
cause it is the outward breaking everyone
sees. The priest takes the bread in his
hands and breaks it ANA says over IL just
what Christ saii:-'This is my body
which is given for YOU; this DO in renem-
branCe OF me- It svmDolizes the break,
ing Of our Lords body and His passion.
His seourginy and the piercing of His
hand, aud feet. We are showing forth
His death. the laying down Of His life
TO rescue Us ,Iom The bondage OF stu; wC
are showing forth His obedience unto
death; wc are catering share TO the ,.7-
tue O. Ills victory, praying that 10 may B..
given 10 us and that we may make IL
ours. and We are presenting ogr-circ-,
our souls and bodies a reasonable. na!g
and living sacrifice tina We may sHoa
forth HIS death in oar salf-,ac-iGur4
live.
The bread is broken fo- distribution. d