The Mother's Help Towards Instructing Her Children in the Excellencies of the Catechism, and of the Services Appointed by the Church of England

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842. Excerpt: ... them, may at last be answered to their joy; and they themselves daily increase in God's Holy Spirit more and more, till they come to his everlasting kingdom. CHAPTER XXIX. THE HOLY COMMUNION. Your children, having by Confirmation ratified their baptismal vow, binding, themselves afresh to the obligations, and renewing the privileges of the first of the two sacraments of our Church, are now admitted to become partakers of the second sacrament; the Supper of the Lord. Naturally anxious that they should duly prepare themselves for so solemn an ordinance, yon read with them and explain to them the' service appointed for it. You well know, in your own case, the value of its aid in preparing the soul for so holy a worship. Its purely evangelical view of the great doctrines of our faith--its sentiments, its warnings, its encouragements, in strict accord with the revealed word; its wise adaptation to the wants and wishes, the fears and hopes of the humble Christian in his approach to the more immediate presence of his God; its language whether of penitence or praise, of supplication or of thanksgiving, well expressing the full feeling of a devout and ardent worshipper; and its awakening character in every part--all have long been your own admiration, and instruction, and comfort. My hope is, that the following pages may haply assist your endeavours in impressing upon the minds of your children the same admiration, leading them to benefit by the same instruction, and training them to rejoice in the same holy consolations. The service opens with the Lord's prayer: and this, in a spirit of humility, well befitting those who approach his holy table'. Entering upon this solemn ordinance, every worshipper must feel his heart filled with the deepest reverence and awe....