South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-10
SEVEN MINUTE SERMON
ON THE GOLDEN TEXT
BY OUR OWN PREACHER

14:12-25.
Golden text: As often a. We eat this
bread. and drink this cup. We pro-
claim the Lords death till he come.
1 Cor. 1925.
HOLY SACRAMENT.
4. The Lords supper is a remind
er of the Lords death. Our lesson
story is an account of the origin OF
the Lords supper. It tells the sad
story OF the last hours OF Christ upon
earth. how he gathered his disciples
and they celebrated the feast OF the
passover together. At the close of
! that solemn service Jesus took bread,
/ and blessed il, and gave it to his little
company saying Take eat: this is
my body And he took the cup, and
/ when he had given thanks, he gave
/ II TO them: and they all drank of IL.
/ And he said unto them, this is my
( blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many" and he told them
in substance to keep this sacrament
as often az they would, in remem-
/ brance Of him. We, therefore, as
/ Christians, observe this solemn feast
as as a visible reminder of our Lords
death. From the time when this sac
rament was instituted until now,
vice. There is no period in history.
/ from that time until now, when the
Lords followers have not observed
| this holy sacrament 1t is a solemn
reminder that Jesus died for us; that
ne lay down his life that we might
live; that through his suffering we
may enjoy. Paul reminds us in the
text that as often as we eat this
| bread, and drink this cup, we pro-
claim the Lords death till he comes
again. Ii is therefore also a reminder
| that, the Lord is risen from the dead,
and that by and by. he will come
/ back to the earth again.
>. The Lords supper is to com
memorate the love of Jesus. The
! Lords death was a elimination, so
far his earthly life is concerned. of
life Of love. He came into the
world prompted by love, and we
learn. that, though he was rich, yet
for our sakes ne became poor, that We
through his poverty might be rich"
His life manifested the most wonder
full love of which we can conceive,
and ii was love which constrained
him to lay down his life for the world.
Christ's death manifests both the love
of God, and Of the Son of God. For
God so loved the world that he gave
His only begOtten Son, that whose
ever believeth in him should not per-
ish, but have everlasting life" one
might call the entire enactment of
Christ's atonement a great drama of
love. Hence, the Lords supper is
a love memorial, as we'll as a love
feast AS we eat the bread it sug-
gests the love which made him die for
us, and as we drink the wine il re-
minds us of the precious blood which
he split to manifest his infinite love
for us and all mankind This holy
sacrament, therefore, keeps the fires
of love for Jesus burning on the altar
of our hearts.
3. The Lords supper is to remind
Us that suffering Is essential to the
highest service. II is very beautiful
to enjoy the delights of prayer and
mediation, TO sing the songs Of Zion,
to engage in holy worship with our
fellow men, to have the breezes of
heaven blow their soft zephyrs over
our souls; bat ii is also good for us 10
remember that all these delightful,
and sometimes rapturous, experiences
have been purchased by us. or made
possible, through the sufferings Of
our Lord Jesus Christ. 1t is also to
remind us that the disciple is to be as
his lord, that we too cannot be made
perfect without suffering, and that il
is necessary for us To bear the cross
If we would wear the crown.
and indeed interviewer in all human
life and achievements. is the great
fact that there is no eXaltation with
out suffering. and that he who will
not suffer, cannot enjoy. Common
Grating the Lords supper therefore,
reminds us Of this great philosophy
of life, and tends in view of Christs
suffering for us, to impel us TO suffer
for Others and to undergo the neces-
cay- al vK-hi iS
essential if we would reach the high
est places and fulfill our chief des-
tiny.
E. The Lords supper is a bond of
brotherhood. John in writing to the
Christian church said My little
children, let us not love i'm words.
neither in tongue; but in deed and
in truth" The Christian church is
nothing if not a holy brotherhood.
And whatever tends TO make the fires
Of love for the brotherhood burn more
brightly is a holy Christian ordinance.
do not think there is any form, or
ceremony. used in the church. which
draws men nearer to one another
than the simple ceremony of eating
the piece of bread. and drinking the
sip of wine as when we commemorate
the death upon the cross Of our Lord
and SaViOuS Jesus Christ. As our
hearts are drawn out towards Jesus
our Saviour, they are by the same
influences drawn towards each other. /
IL is during this solemn sacrament, +
when the best that is in us IS ap-
pealed to. and our hearts respond TO
the love Of Jesus Christ. we realize
that as he loved US so we ought TO
love one another. Those only whose
hearts are true to Christ, can fully
appreciate this experience for they
too. as they have sat at the table of
our Lord have had their hearts
drawn one toward another. and have
been enabled Ito rejoice with those
those that rejoice and weep with
those that weep"