The Nineteenth of April.IN REMEMBRANCE --- Luke 22:19."This do in remembrance of me." --- Luke 22:19. Come, my soul, obey the dying Lord's command: let it be thy delight, as it is thy privilege, to attend thy Master at the table, to take a nearer view of his bleeding love, and, by a renewed act of faith, obtain a fresh taste and renewed pledge of the precious benefits obtained therein. Stagger not through unbelief; it is a blessed truth, Jesus died for sinners; this is the foundation of the sinner's hope; let this encourage thee, O my soul; thou art a sinner, guilty and defiled. Jesus' blood cleanses from all sin; he is the Fountain opened for thy uncleanness; thou art by nature a child of wrath; condemned by the law; exposed to the curse; but Jesus was made a curse for thee; thou art unrighteous, unholy; but Jesus is made of God unto thee righteousness and sanctification: thou art weak, beset with enemies; his stregth shall be perfected in thy weakness, and thou, by faith, shall be more than conqueror through him that loved thee. Thou art afraid of persihing at the last; look to Jesus; he purchased thee with his blood, he will not give thee up; none can pluck thee out of his hand. Rise then, O my soul, and come to the banquet of love, and partake of the blessings of the everlasting covenant; beseech the Lord to manifest his love, and seal thy pardon, renew thy strength, and enable thee to travel the remaining part of thy pilgrimage till thou come to Mount Zion, and be admitted a welcome guest at the marriage supper in heaven. I thank thee, O my dying Lord, |