self to have truly repented and amended his former naughty life, that the Congregation may thereby be satisfied, which before were offended; and that he hath recompensed the parties to whom he hath done wrong; or at least declare himself to be in full purpose to do so as soon as he conveniently may.

The same order shall the curate use with those betwixt whom he perceiveth malice and hatred to reign; not suffering them to be partakers of the Lord's Table, until he know them to be reconciled. And if one of the parties so at variance be content to forgive from the bottom of his heart all that the other hath trespassed against him, and to make amends for that he himself hath offended; and the other party will not be persuaded to a godly unity, but remain still in his frowardness and malice: the Minister in that case ought to admit

The truth is, the Table of the Lord was the most honourable title that the Prophets and Apostles could give to a proper altar."-Johnson, Unbl. Sac. i, 311.

Even the Council of Trent allows that the Communion Table inevitably implies an altar; for in commenting upon the passage in 1 Cor. x, 21, it says: "As we understand by the table of devils an altar whereon a sacrifice was offered to them; so likewise the Lord's Table can mean nothing else but an altar, on which sacrifice was made to the Lord."-Cat. Concil. Trident. lxxx.

the penitent person to the holy Communion, and not him that is obstinate. Provided that every Minister so repelling any, as is specified in this, or the next precedent Paragraph of this Rubric, shall be obliged to give an account of the same to the Ordinary within fourteen days after at the furthest. And the Ordinary shall proceed against the offending person according to the Canon.

Upon the day and at the time appointed for the ministration of the holy Communion, the Priest that shall execute the holy ministry shall put upon him the vesture appointed for that ministration; that is to say, a white albe, plain, with a vestment or cope. And when there be many Priests or Deacons, then so many shall be ready to help the Priest in the ministration, as shall be requisite; and shall have upon them, likewise, the vestures appointed for their ministry; that is to say, albes, with tunicles.1

1 King Edward VI's First Book, 1549. "It is here to be noted, that such ornaments of the Church, and of the ministers thereof, at all times of their ministration, shall be retained, and be in use, as were in the Church of England, by the authority of Parliament, in the second year of King Edward VI."-Rubric before the Order for Morning Prayer.

The Table at the Communion having a fair white linen cloth upon it, shall stand in the body of the Church, or in the Chancel, where Morning and Evening Prayers are appointed to be said.

In giving your name to the Curate say within yourself,—

God grant that my name be never blotted out of the Book of Life.

According to Ecclesiastical custom you should always, as far as your health permits, communicate fasting; for in reverence to so great a Sacrament, it is proper that nothing should enter into the body of a Christian before the Body and Blood of Christ.1

1 "Thus the Jews ate nothing upon the Sabbath days, till their great offices were performed; that is, about the sixth hour: and St. Peter used it as an argument, that the Apostles in Pentecost were not drunk, because it was but the third hour of the day; of such a day, in which it was not lawful to eat or drink till the sixth hour: and the Jews were offended at the disciples for plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath, early in the morning, because it was before the time in which, by their custom, they esteemed it lawful to break their fast. In imitation of this custom, and in prosecution of the reason of it, the Christian Church hath religiously observed fasting before

On the Eucharistic morn, let your thoughts and meditations pass naturally from the immediate event of the day or season to the sacrifice of Christ, which you are about to show forth, and give them a mutual bearing one upon the other. Thus, at Christmas, listen to the merry bells as if you heard angels singing in the air :— 66 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men".1 And whilst you say with the shepherds, “Let us now go even unto Bethlehem (the house of bread) and see this thing which is come to pass" (St. Luke ii), consider why your Saviour was born of a woman, and remember that a body was thus prepared for Him, that He might offer it up as a sacrifice for our sins.

the Holy Communion."-Jeremy Taylor's Holy Living, cap. iv, sec. 5.

"Let us receive the consecrated elements with all devotion and humility of body and spirit; and do this honour to it, that it be the first food we eat, and the first beverage we drink, that day."—Ibid. cap. iv, sec. 10.

1 "If we approach with faith, we shall doubtless behold Christ lying as it were in the manger; for here also is laid the Body of the Lord, not wrapped in swaddling clothes as then, but clothed on all sides with the Holy Ghost."-St. Chrysost. in his Sermon on the blessed Philogonus, Bishop of Antioch.

At Easter imagine that the holy angels are inviting you to " come and see the place where the Lord lay" (St. Matthew xxviii, 6); and pray that you may, with the two disciples, find Him, and that He may be known of you in breaking of bread (St. Luke xxiv).

The sound of the bells on Ascension day will remind you that the High Priest, having by His own blood entered into the Holy Place in heaven, lives, and that His sacrifice has been accepted (Exod. xxviii, 35, Heb. ix, 12). The connexion between this circumstance and the Eucharist is obvious.

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Whitsunday will suggest to you how the Holy Ghost, the witness of Christ's sufferings," applies the benefits of his death to your souls.

And the Feast of Trinity ought to inspire you with the greatest awe and gratitude in the contemplation how the Father loved you, so as to give you His only Son, not only to die for you, but, by the operation of the Holy Ghost, to be your spiritual food in this Sacrament, that as They are