Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-08
DECLARES LORDS SUPPER
REMEMBRANCE PROPHECY
Rev. J. B. Hunlcy Takes as
His Subject ''Thc Body and
Blood of Christ
RAINBOW OF THE COIENA NJ
Memorial of Christs Dying Love
GOidcn Lovc-Iink Connecting Past
mud Future, Spanning Spiritual
Heavens.


Christian Church yesterday as fol-
lows:
The Lords supper is both re-
mcmbrancc and a prophecy. For as
Oft as ye eat this bread. and drink
tho cup. ye proclaim the Lords death
tin He come The memorial Of His
dying love. 1t is also the golden
!pve-l!nk connecting the past and the
future the rainbow Of the Covenant.
spanning the spiritual heavens. at
one point touching calvary and tho
Jagged beam blood -IrcuChed.' at the
other tn. second adv cnt whose mount
OF triumph is bathcd with the roscaic
hucS of the resurrection morning. 1t
Is the abiding proclamation of that
Stupcndous fact-His dcath--until
the contamination OF all that His
death made possible, in the immortal
/ victory OF the saints In light
THE Lords supper was instituted by
Christ Himself on the evening OF His
betrayal. He had gone to sit down
with His disciples at the passover
feast which was being observed 10y
/ Ills nation at that time. II proved
not only to be His last supper be-
: fore His death, but also the last real
4 passover. since on the morrow the
redemption which the passover feast
I typifcd was accomplished by His
/ death. and henccforth. the place Of
/ the passover was taken by his me
: mortal supper.
Corinthians DrHccrntcd supper.
supreme Importance * attached by
/ the Apostle Paul to the manner in
( which Christians partakc OF the sup
I per. Wherefore. whatsoever shall eat
the bread or drink the cup Of the
! Lord In an unworthy manner, shall
! b" guilty of the body and the blood
! OF the Lord or course, no. one Is
! really worthy OF the bread and the
! cup, but being unworthy and partak-
! ing In an unworthy manner are not
/ the same The Corinthians had desc
! Grated the holy supper by turning IL
( into "a disgraccful. drunken feast But
} II is necessary that each one, partak-
/ ing of the Holy Communion should
I examine his heart
Going back to the record OF the
institution Of this supper, we OBJ
serve certain preparation made for
the occasion and certain Incidents
occurring Al the feast which Will en-
able us to prepare ourselves TO par
. take OF the supper
IL was instituted in the upper
room. 1t wns the home in the holy
! city OF some friend OF Jesus whose
name is not mentioned. He had made
known 10 Christ on some previous oc-
| casion his desire to have Jesus and
! the disciples present on that night
He had doubtless extended his hos
! plta!ity IN an UNREASONABLE way.
! FOR Christ ever at any time in
! truded himself upon any one. In this
! upper room the disciples made ready
according to the instruction of Jesus
| for the passover feast. Thithcr at
the evening hour Jesus made his way
with His disciples. There He washed
Hhelr feet. ate with them the pass
over. Instituted the holy supper. and
gave words OF comfort that have
lived through the ages. In like man
her VIII He come into the heart of
the individual who prepares for His
coming. BY reading some portion Of
the sacred story by meditation, by
PRAYER. in some way the heart must
be prepared for Ills messages OF
love.
Christ Center of Scene.
In the very center OF the scene
was Christ. From first to last He
was tho object OF attention. Notice
His calm and majestic manner in the
midst OF the anxious and troubled
disciples. He was approaching His,
death like the conqueror that He was
That which His disciples and His
enemies regarded as the worst He
looked upon as His triumph and
quietly instituted the simple feast
OF love that would memorialize IL
10 all generations. With overwhelm-
Ing sorrow jus, before Him he could
say My peace l leave with you, my
peace | give unto you SO, too, must
He become the center of our thoughts
when We reach forth our hand Ia
partake Of the sacred cmbiems. Dis
sociRted from the thought OF Him the
cmbiems are TO us meaningless. and
10 partake Of them liz worse than
sacrilege: II is the eating and drink
Ing OF condemnation to our own
souls.
The simplest elements known TO
man--brcad and wine--werc used in
the institution of this feast Jesus
declared that the bread was n SYM
Dol OF His body and the wine a
symbol or picture of His blood. we
do not believe. OF course. that TN.
bread aud the wine arc His lit
eral body and blood. but they serve
To remind us that as these cmhlrms
become part or our physical body
so Christ must become q part of
our spiritual body Jesus put the
matter very strongly when lie said.
Except we eat the flesh of the son
OF man and drink His blood We have
not life in yourselvcs.'
They sang hymn and went out
unto the Mount OF olives Dark
ness and agony were before them.
but they went with II song Of tri-
'umph on their lips was there ever
such scene on earth before? We
know there was not. The fountains
CT the great deep of their natures
had been stirred. The strong emo
tions. yelling up from within. found
expression In that song. The Mas
,er's voice blended with theirs In
The notes OF that song in which the
prophecy was fuliiiled. L win de-
clare thy name unto my brethren:
In tho midst Of the congregation Will
I sing thy praise When we turn
from the Lords Supper il should al
ways be with new consciousness
of strength and hope OF certain Vie
tory as we put our strength In Him
las the disciples passed out into
the nigh, with Jesus, they professed
their loyalty to Him. Led by Peter.
they affirmed their Willingness to die
for Him There was nothing wrong
with their declaration OF love. 1t
was only that they put 100 much