Throne of Grace the thoughts of joining them at that Day. Let us fortify ourselves by their example; and thinking of them as spectators of the course which we are ourselves running, let us scorn to do any thing unworthy of the good confession which they witnessed in their day, and the record of which is left for our encouragement. But, above all, let us fix our eye steadily upon the great Central Object of Faith,—the Glorified Form, who stands at the end of the course with the garland of victory in His Hand; for it is only by not allowing it to wander from Him, that we too shall prove in the end more than conquerors 66 : Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, LOOKING UNTO JESUS, THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF OUR FAITH." LECTURE I. OF THE EXHORTATION AT THE TIME OF THE COMMUNION. "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, Neither cast ye your pearls before swine.” THE Exhortations,-both that in the Morning and Evening Prayer, and those in the Office of the Communion,are features of the Reformed Prayer-Book. But although not ancient, they are valuable, not only from the Scriptural doctrines which they set forth and enforce, but from their rationale, which we will now briefly explain. The Apostle, speaking of Prayer and Psalmody as parts of Public Worship, says, "I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also." The words are applicable to every part of Worship, and particularly to the Office now before us, which is the highest part. Those who join in it should strive to combine fervour with intelligence. Not unfrequently in our Churches we see the two things separated. Who has not occasionally remarked among the aged poor an exhibition of unfeigned, heartfelt devotion, leading them to join audibly not only in the responses, but also in those parts of the Service which are specially appropriated to the Priest? Here is fervour without intelligence, the spirit without the understanding. Educated congregations err for the |