At the Table of the Lord

I HAVE so long neglected to write out the hints of this discourse, that I have almost forgotten it, I know that I began with the words of Zechariah, “They shall look upon me whom they have pierced.” Zech. xii. 10. I recommended to our consideration the Person pierced; and who we are that have done it! How deeply we have pierced him; and how often we have pierced him. We have looked upon him and pierced him; and then looked upon him again, and again pierced him. He might have pierced us: yet he is looking upon us as upon Peter. 0 may our hearts feel that look! Let us now look upon him with a resolution of piercing him no more, but rather of bringing forward his murderers, and of slaying them before him.

In breaking the bread, I used these words; “Behold the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Gen. xxii. 7. The sacrifice approved of God, is a broken heart; — here are materials to set it on fire, but where is the heart? Lord, send down fire from heaven, or this will not catch. How cold are our hearts to thee! But then shall we offer, as we hope, a sacrifice acceptable through Christ.