"After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup," &c. "And as often as ye eat bread, and drink of this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come."

ADDRESS AFTER THE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN

DISTRIBUTED.

"Now supper being ended," says the Evangelist, "Jesus rose from table, and laid aside his garments, and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet,—and said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Lord and Master, and ye say well, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you."

What an instructive termination was this of the beautiful ceremony in which the disciples had been

engaged!-how exquisitely does it illustrate the character of our Saviour himself, and the genius of that religion which he bequeathed to mankind! -and how powerfully does it remind you who have now also, like his primitive disciples, partaken of the bread and wine which he consecrated as memorials of his affection for mankind, that your chief duty, in consequence of this profession, is to be lowly and condescending, like the Master whom you venerate, and that, like him also, you should think no duty too humble, by means of which you can promote the happiness, or increase the virtue, or in any manner advance the welfare of any partaker of that human nature, which he spared not his own life that he might rescue from destruction!

Yes, Christians, this lovely spirit of humility and of "good-will to men,"-this putting away of all high thoughts, and putting" on the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit,”—this condescending and zealous performance of "every work of patience and labour of love,"—are the very essence of that religion which Christ instituted,-the very grace and glory of that example which he himself set for the imitation of his followers,-the great

commandments which pervade and give beauty to all his exhortations,-and the badge which must distinguish you, if you are Christians not in name only but in truth, from those who are actuated only by the spirit of the world, and who know not the "high vocation wherewith you are called.”

Having, then, at this sacred table, not only professed your veneration for the character of your Redeemer, but entered into a bond of goodwill to all for whom he gave up his life,-carry this divine example with you into all the varied scenes through which you may yet be led during your mortal pilgrimage.

In the hallowed scenes of domestic life, be gentle, and kind-hearted, and patient,—and with those whom God has made the partners of your earthly journey, so walk in affectionate interchange of all pure affections and unfeigned good deeds, that you may give evidence to the world, that your connexion in time is but an earnest of that greater communion, in which you shall hereafter appear, as "a Family in heaven."

If, amidst the more extended intercourse of life you can be instrumental in giving effect to any plans that may promote the happiness or improve

ment of mankind in any form, be thankful to God for having put such opportunities of usefulness in your power, and embrace them with earnestness, as pledges of his having thought you worthy of being the distributers of his beneficence to mankind.

Especially, let the sorrowful and the forsaken be the objects of your tenderest sympathy, and of your active good deeds;-remember that God has ordained that the poor and the distressed shall never be wanting, in order that the hearts of mankind may be tried, and that the benevolent spirit of the religion of his Son may have opportunities of evincing the divine principle by which it is pervaded ;—and, in thus devoting yourselves humbly and unostentatiously, but perseveringly and zealously, to the relief of the afflicted, and to the promotion of every mean by which the happiness of your fellow-men can be advanced, be cheered and sustained by the gracious words with which your Redeemer has represented himself as at last welcoming to his kingdom those who shall be saved: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, for I was an hungered, and ye gave

me meat, I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink, -I was a stranger, and ye took me in,-I was naked, and ye clothed me,-I was sick and in prison, and ye visited me. For, verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me."—" And whosoever shall give even a cup of cold water to a disciple, in the name of a disciple, he shall in nowise lose his reward." Amen,-go in peace,and the God of peace go with you.