Benefit of Frequent Communion

It is supposed by many learned men, that the early Christians commemorated Chrisf s death at least every Lord’s Day. In America there is a general disposition to celebrate this sacrament oftener than was customary with our forefathers. There are several classes of persons, to whom the Lord’s Supper is peculiarlj a source of strength and comfort. For example:

1. Doubting disciples; who cannot have the free offer of grace and righteousness held out to them too often.

2. Persons of legal views-, prone to dream of meritorious conditions. These mistakes are best corrected by going frequently to Grethsemane and Golgotha.

8. Backsliders; who are awakened by the call, to self-examination, and melted when Jesus turns and looks upon them, as on Peter.*

4. Solitary ones; those who need the cheering sense of fellowship, produced by this feast of brotherhood.

5. Children of Affliction. Ten thousand times have they forgotten their earthly Borrows, in the joys of Christ’s presence.

6. Such as are about to die. This sacrament is a preparation for passing over Jordan. The faith which it demands, is just the

Lo 22 61.

6Q THE YOUNG COMMUNICANT.

childlike exercise which is suitable to the dying tioiir.