We give thee, sacred Spirit, praise, Thus God the Father, God the Son, That sea of life and love unknown, Without a bottom or a shore. Watts. CHAPTER XI. THE DUE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. THE design of this chapter is to furnish such hints as may assist the communicant to obtain practical advantage from his observance of this institution, in his subsequent course. The state of mind which is fostered at the Lord's table, the feelings there excited, and the blessings there enjoyed, should be brought into practical application, and maintained by watchfulness and prayer. Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things that we have wrought. 2 John 8. Some seem to think, that if they have received the outward elements in a serious manner, abstained from their worldly business before and after, restrained their tongues from rough and unkind remarks, and behaved with sobriety for the day, that then they have done an acceptable service to God. But, Christian reader, let our aim be higher and better than this. Seek duly to profit by the ordinance, so that it may be a fresh spring to a holy life. In attending to the due observance of the Lord's Supper, it may be expedient, first to review what is past, and then to notice the duties to which the faith |