Interval Between Communions

There are some professing Christians who may be said to have only a sacramental piety. Eor a few days before and after the communion, they desist from gayeties, attend on devotions and “disfigure their faces.”t This done, they return With new zest to theii

1 Peter 3: 15. f Matt. 6: 10.

covetonsness or their pleasures. Do yon need to be a’ arned against this abuse? Perhaps not; and yet you may be in danger of a more refined hypocrisy. You may cease to watch, and relax in faithfulness. Be it your solemn purpose to serve your Master as well during the interval, as at the Lord’s Table. Thus, when the approach of another communion is announced by the pastor, it will not be to you as it is to many, an unweJ come surprise.