LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST ; to whom with Thee and the Holy GHOST be all glory, now and ever. Amen.

SUNDAY.

Before the Service.

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The preparation is now over. thing remains now but for the faithful soul to watch for the coming of her Lord. Yet experience has shewn that a Seaman who has prepared himself, and is fully purposed to receive the Holy Communion, has at the last moment held back, owing to some unexpected trouble which has come to him. He has had a job of work to do which he did not reckon upon, has got wet through and had but little time to shift; has had some wc is with a messmate, or has had some fault found with him at divisions. He is tempted to feel then that his work of preparation is all undone, and that he is no longer fit to receive the Blessed Sacrament. But let him not yield to this temptation. Let him remember that his work of preparation was done hon

estly and with a good heart, and that it was a preparation for communion with JESUS CHRIST. This breeze will pass away as quickly as it came, and nothing will calm the troubled waters of his mind so much as the sweet presence of Him who, said to the waves of Galilee," Peace, be still." Before this Saviour-mighty to save to the uttermost-he will see plainly that the early morning's trouble was nothing but a device of Satan, to try and cheat him altogether of the heavenly gift.

If there be an early celebration of the Holy Communion, by all means let it be chosen in preference to a later one, if possible. We then begin the day and the week in the best way, and moreover we are fresher. Should a Seaman find that an early service is more helpful to him than a later one, let him not hesitate to speak to the Chaplain about it. He would generally be able to make arrangements. It is quite a common thing in some ships, to have a celebration in the breakfast hour, beginning when the bugle sounds off "cooks."

A WORD TO READ AFTER DIVISIONS.

The Christian Sailor will call to mind the nature and dignity of the duty he is to perform: that he has to join in the highest act of Christian Worship by celebrating the memorial of CHRIST'S Death, according to His command, who Himself instituted it, "for the continual remembrance of His atoning Sacrifice." "He is the very Paschal Lamb, which was offered for us upon the Cross :" but He is also our High Priest, ever living to plead in Heaven that one Sacrifice, on behalf of each Member of His Church, to the end of time. And what our High Priest doth in Heaven, He commands His Ministers to do on earth. He did institute, and in His Holy Gospel commands us to continue a perpetual memory," i.e., Memorial," of His Precious Death until His coming again." The oblation of Bread and Wine, which the priest consecrates in the same words which our SAVIOUR used, and of which all partake, is thus a true and lively representation of the

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one Sacrifice which was offered on the Cross, a continual pleading and application of the Atonement. The Jewish sacrifices, wherein the blood of animals was poured forth, and the flesh consumed upon the Altar, were appointed by GOD, to plead before Him the atoning Sacrifice which was yet to come. In themselves they had no efficacy "to take away sin." In the Christian Oblation, which we are commanded to continue," He is pleased that His Church should commemorate, and plead the merit of His Death, "until His coming again." This commemoration is the Worship of the Christian Church, as foretold by the Prophet Malachi : "My Name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered Me and a pure offering." For, says the Apostle, "as often as ye eat this Bread, and drink this Cup, ye do shew forth the LORD'S Death till He come." Thus, the LORD'S Supper is rightly called a Commemorative Sacrifice.

It is also a Eucharistic Sacrifice,

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in which the whole Church unites to offer praise and thanksgiving to the LORD. Herein, also we offer to GOD our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, and lively Sacrifice unto Him."

AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY COMMUNION,

Whilst others are going away say humbly:

"How amiable are Thy Tabernacles, O LORD of Hosts.

"My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the Courts of the LORD: "My heart and my flesh rejoice in the Living GOD.

"O send out Thy Light, and Thy Truth, that they may lead me :

"And bring me unto Thy Holy Hill, and to Thy dwelling;

"That I may go unto the Altar of GOD, even unto the GOD of my joy and gladness."

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast bidden all that are weary and heavyladen to come unto Thee, and dost this day offer Thyself to refresh them ;