Indeed, the celebration of this ordinance speaks a language most impressive and affecting—a language which ought to confound and overwhelm those who deny the doctrine of the propitiatory atonement of Christ, and who rely upon their own merits for acceptance with God. What shall we say to declarations like the following? “Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us”—“Christ hath loved us, and given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling savour”—“He died for our sins”—“In whom we have redemption, through his blood, the forgiveness of sins”—“The blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin.” Thus speaks the church, whenever in faith she draws nigh to the table of her Lord.

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