The Communion and Communicant

"The Communion and Communicant" by Edward Hoare is a religious book about Eucharist, a Holy Communion, or the Lord's Supper. Excerpt: «There is no institution more delightful to the Christian than the holy sacrament of the Lord's Supper. It is a touching remembrance of a Redeemer's love—a refreshing means of grace to the soul—a happy communion of the Lord's believing family—and a gladdening foretaste of the marriage supper of the Lamb. With what heartfelt gratitude should believers rejoice in such a feast! But it is not to all a feast of joy. Some neglect it from a total want of inclination; some receive it in a careless, worldly spirit, and to them it soon becomes an empty form, like a vessel in which is no water; while others regard it as an awful mystery—as something too high for such as they are, and, like the holy of holies in the temple, beyond the reach of common men.»