departure upon the accursed tree. But they taught and preached in vain, till their instruction was begun, continued, and ended, in Christ crucified! It did no harm-it did all good-to bid all men know at once that it was on the cross He died. Lifted up thereon, He draws all men to Him. In His death He triumphed and from the shame the glory grew. Chiefest amid the praises of heaven is, 'Worthy is the Lamb that was slain.' And reckoning up, reckoning up in our imperfection, what that death has done, and is doing, and will do for evermore, we side with a wiser judge than the good Moravians of the right way in which to regard it, and say, 'God forbid that we should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ!'

And now unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God, His Father:

to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

After Sermon there is sung Paraphrase LIV.

I I'm not ashamed to own my Lord,

or to defend His cause,

Maintain the glory of His cross,

and honour all His laws.

2 Jesus, my Lord! I know His name,
His name is all my boast;

Nor will He put my soul to shame,
nor let my hope be lost.

3 I know that safe with Him remains,

protected by His power,

What I've committed to His trust,

till the decisive hour.

4 Then will He own His servant's name

before His Father's face,

And in the New Jerusalem

appoint my soul a place.

Let us pray.

GRANT, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have at this time heard with our

outward ears, in so far as they are consistent with Thy mind and will, may be impressed on our memory and heart by the grace of Thy Holy Spirit.

And now, O Lord, that Thou art graciously inviting us to make confession of our Saviour at a Communion Table, we desire with all solemnity to declare our faith in those sure and precious doctrines which have been revealed to us in His Gospel: saying, in the fellowship of the Universal Church :

We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord,

Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the

Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day He rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

We believe in the Holy Ghost; The Holy Catholic Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of sins; The Resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting.

In the faith of these most blessed truths we desire at this time to compass Thy holy table. Lord, we believe: Help Thou our unbelief. We are not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth. God forbid that we should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. And to Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, now and evermore. Amen.

THE FENCING OF THE TABLES.*

My Christian Friends, we are assembled here this day to celebrate the Holy Communion of the Body and Blood of our Saviour Jesus Christ and we earnestly pray for a special blessing from above, while we are engaged in a duty so solemn and comforting. Let us call to mind, as the authority on which the Christian Church maintains this Holy Sacrament, the words of Institution, as these are set forth in the First Epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians: xi. 23-29.

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,

* Abridged from a Fencing compiled wholly in the words of the Standards of the Church, by the Rev. T. J. Crawford, D.D., Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh.