week to break bread. The intention of their meeting together at that time was to break bread. it is highly probable that they met together upon other days, as well as the first day of the week, for that purpose. We can read in Acts, ii. 46, "And they continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart." Their meeting together upon the first day of the week is no evidence that it is the law of Christ -that upon every first day of the week, and upon no other day, we must meet together for that purpose.Though it reads that they met together upon the first day of the week to break bread, yet is certain, they did not do it until night: Acts, xx. 7, "Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow, and there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together, and there sat in a window, a certain young man, named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep; and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft and was taken up for dead. And Paul went down and fell upon him and embracing him, said trouble not yourselves, for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed." Now, it is plain, that it was in the night, that the apostle did break and eat the bread, with his brethren. Suffice it to say, the above is so plain that it needs no comment. d

Furthermore, we all very well know what is meant by a supper; it is the last meal we partake of in the day, which is commonly done in the evening or at night. Now it may be asked what is meant or intended by this meal? I answer, that this meal was not only intended. to refresh the body, but also to invigorate the inner man. There is no doubt but the Saviour had something else in

view, in appointing this institution. It is in the first place, to remind the believer of the marriage supper of the lamb, which the children of God shall celebrate in the evening of this world, (examine Rev. xix. 9,) "And when the hour was come, he sat down and the twelve Apostles with him, and he said unto them, I have desired to eat this passover with you, before I suffer; for I say unto you. I will not eat any more thereof until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." St. Luke xxii.

Reader, why does the Saviour say this passover? and why did he say that it should not be fullfiled until he would eat thereof in the kingdom of God? It is plain, that Christ alluded to something more than the Jewish passover; he spoke with reference to that meal, or supper, which the apostle terms the Lord's Supper, and which is an emblem of the heavenly supper. It is certain, that the passover which was enjoined upon the Israelites, was typical of the slaying or crucifixion of Christ; and when Christ, upon the cross, cried out and said, it is finished, then it was that the Jewish passover received its accomplishment. But Christ speaks of a a passover, or supper, which shall not receive its fulfilment until the kingdom of God shall come. The kingdom of God means that state in which the saints shall be after the second coming of Christ. Our Saviour also speaks of that state in the 30th verse of the 22d chapter of Luke: "That ye may eat and drink at my table, in my kindom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel"—and in Luke, xii. 37: "Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching. Verily, I say unto you, that he shall gird himself and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them." xiii. chap. 28 verse: "There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kindom of God, and you your

selves thrust out." 29th verse: "And they shall come from the cast, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God."

So that every time the Lord's Supper is partaken of, the believer is reminded of the coming of the bridegroom, and of that heavenly state, into which, if he be faithful, he shall be admitted. Behold, the bridegroom cometh! go ye forth to meet him; he will make his appearance in the evening of this world-yea, at midnight. Mat. xxv. Therefore this meal, or supper is taken at night. O! how solemn and instructive, to see the children of God seated at one table, united in the bonds of brotherly love, partaking of a repast which serves to remind them of that blessed time and state, when they, in common with other children of God, shall surround the table of their Lord in the Kingdom of Glory

CHAPTER XV.

THE COMMUNION.

Br the Communion, we are to understand, the bread and wine set apart as emblematical of the broken body and shed blood of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. The bread and wine, for the above use and purpose, is no where in the Gospel called the Lord's Supper. It is termed by the apostle Paul, the Communion: i Cor. x. 16, "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? the bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ ?" and in the 11th chapter, "For I have received of the Lord that which I also delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake and said, take, eat, this is my body which is broken for you, this do in remembrance of me. 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; for as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come .

The above quotation from Paul to the Corinthians, concerning the Communion, coincides with what the Evangelists have recorded upon that institution—and for the convenience of the reader, I will insert what Mathew, Mark, and Luke have recorded in their Gospels concerning this matter. Mathew: "And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and brake it and gave it to the disciples, and said, take, eat, this my body; and he took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them