AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. : 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Read also from GALATIANS, v. 16. 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh and these things are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, : 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Finally read from REVELATION xxii. 13. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Then is sung PSALM ciii. 1-5. [While these verses are being sung, the Communicants take their seats at the table, and the tokens are collected either when they enter, or after they have taken their seats. Also the pastor of the Congregation comes down from the pulpit and takes his seat at the table on which the Communion elements have been placed. Or if they have not been put on the table before public worship commenced, they are now brought forward and placed on it.] THOU my soul, bless God the Lord ; Be stirred up his holy name to magnify and bless. Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, Of all his gracious benefits All thine iniquities who doth Who with abundance of good things So that, ev'n as the eagle's age, God righteous judgment executes for all oppressed ones. His ways to Moses, he his acts made known to Isr'el's sons. [The elders having convened around the table on which the elements are placed, the minister rises and proceeds.] Brethren, it is important in the Lord's house that every thing be ordered and done according to the Lord's own will. Our warrant for the observance of the Lord's Supper may be found clearly set down in divers places in his own Word. Let us read the words of Institution as found in 1st Corinthians xi. 23— 23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread : 24 And, when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you this do in remembrance of me. 25 After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. And as Here the divine warrant is express. The Apostle says "I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you." The time when it was instituted was "the night in which he was betrayed." The elements to be used are bread and wine. regards the nature of the ordinance, for one thing it is commemorative of Christ's death. This do in remembrance of me. It is also symbolical, the bread and wine being the appointed symbols of his body and blood-"As oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, do show the Lord's death till he come." ye It is also an ordinance in the observance of which we specially profess our faith in the Saviour, and pledge ourselves to obey and follow him as Lord and Master. The night in which the Saviour was betrayed he took bread, and took the cup-as we now also take bread and take the cup, a part for the whole and then he gave thanks. In imitation of his example, let us now give thanks to God. THANKSGIVING OR EUCHARISTIC PRAYER. OUR heavenly Father, we bless thee that thou hast brought us hitherto. We are permitted once more to surround the Lord's Table, and are called to commemorate his death. What shall we render unto thee for all thy benefits? We will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord. We give thee thanks that thou didst think on us in our low and lost estate. We bless thee that, when man, by eating the forbidden fruit, had broken thy law and become liable to endless wrath and curse, thou didst give hope of a coming deliverer,-declaring that the seed of the woman should bruise the Serpent's head. Graciously the promise was in substance often reiterated. Graciously thou didst deal with thine ancient people, unfolding the promise of a coming deliverer. By manifold types and sacrifices thou didst also instruct them how deliverance would be wrought out through thy Son as the true Lamb of God bearing away the sin of the world. In many ways thine ancient people proved perverse and unfaithful, and were slow to learn and dull of hearing. Yet thou didst not utterly forsake them. Thou didst correct them in mercy. Thou didst send unto them all thy servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them. Last of all, thou didst send unto them thy Son. In the fulness of time thou didst send forth thy Son, made of a woman, made under the law to |