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indeed. He that cometh to Thee shall never hunger; he that believeth in Thee shall never thirst. Give me ever of this bread, and my soul shall not die, but live.

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me everlastingly with that new wine-Thy blood of the New Testament.

O, what a blessing have I received this day! no less than my Lord Jesus with all His merits; and in and with Him the assurance of the remission of all sins, and everlasting salvation. How happy am I, if I be not wanting to God, and to myself! How unworthy shall I be, if I do not strive to answer this love of my God and Saviour in all hearty affection, and in all holy obedience!

Honour and praise is due to Thee, O infinite God, who hast redeemed us from our sins through the Son of Thy love. He has become a sacrifice and ransom for our souls: "the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed." I have been now celebrating His dying love; I have been feasting upon the adorable sacrifice of His body and blood. O how dreadful the Table at which I knelt: it was none other than the Altar of my God—the throne of the King of Kings!

May I never forget the solemnities of this day! May I never forfeit or lose the grace which I received in the blessed Sacrament

and entirely resigned to Thy holy will and pleasure Ŏ let me not start back again from these holy promises for ever! Now I have received my blessed Lord, never suffer me to do anything unworthy of Him. Now I am partaker of His body and blood, let His Holy Spirit go along with them, and then I shall be what I ought to be, when I am in His keeping. My sins, which I have renounced, will return again, except He chase them away; and my false heart, which now seems fixed for God, will revolt, unless He establish it. O blessed Saviour, let Thy body be my food; Thy strength my guard; Thy spirit my life; and the sense of thy favours my greatest joy and comfort. Go on graciously to accomplish what Thou hast now begun in me; and let me ever be secure and happy in Thy custody. Be it even so, for Thine own sake, blessed Jesu! Amen.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

T SCRIPTURAL SENTENCES,

Which may be meditated upon at any time in connection with the Holy Eucharist.

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.—Rev. ii, 7.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruits every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. chap. xxii, 2.

Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

-ver. 14.

The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.-Psalm cx, 4.

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.-1 Cor. v, 7, 8.

This is that bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead; he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. S. John vi, 58.

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and entirely resigned to Thy holy will and pleasure Ŏ let me not start back again from these holy promises for ever! Now I have received my blessed Lord, never suffer me to do anything unworthy of Him. Now I am partaker of His body and blood, let His Holy Spirit go along with them, and then I shall be what I ought to be, when I am in His keeping. My sins, which I have renounced, will return again, except He chase them away; and my false heart, which now seems fixed for God, will revolt, unless He establish it. O blessed Saviour, let Thy body be my food; Thy strength my guard; Thy spirit my life; and the sense of thy favours my greatest joy and comfort. Go on graciously to accomplish what Thou hast now begun in me; and let me ever be secure and happy in Thy custody. Be it even so, for Thine own sake, blessed Jesu! Amen.

Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

T SCRIPTURAL SENTENCES,

Which may be meditated upon at any time in connection with the Holy Eucharist.

To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.-Rev. ii, 7.

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruits every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. chap. xxii, 2.

Blessed are they that do His commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.-ver. 14.

The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.-Psalm cx, 4.

Christ our passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.-1 Cor. v, 7, 8.

This is that bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead; he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. S. John vi, 58.

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