This will we do, our dying Lord,
We will remember thee.
Thy body, broken for our sake,
Our bread from heaven shall be:
Thy sacramental cup we take,
And thus remember thee.

"Can we Gethsemane forget?
Or there thy conflict see,
Thine agony and bloody sweat,
And not remember thee?
When to the cross we turn our eyes,
And rest on Calvary,
O Lamb of God, our sacrifice,
We must remember thee."

_But Jesus has connected this blessed sacrament with the hope of his
glory_--as well as with the word of his command and the memory of his
sufferings.

He made this connection very clear when he said at the institution of
this solemn service--"I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of
the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom." St. Matt, xxvi: 29. And the apostle Paul pointed out the
same connection when he said, "As often as ye eat this bread, and
drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death, _till he come_." I. Cor.
xi: 26. This sacrament of the Lord's Supper is the point of meeting
between the sufferings of Christ and the glory that is to
follow--between his cross, with all its shame and anguish, and his
kingdom, with all its honor and blessedness.

We have sometimes heard or read of magicians who have pretended to
have wonderful mirrors into which persons might look and see all that
was before them in this life. If there were such a mirror, it would
be a strange thing indeed to look into it and find out what was going
to happen to-morrow, or next month, or next year, or twenty years
hence. But, there never was any such mirror. As the apostle says,
"We know not what shall be on the morrow." No mortal man can tell
what will happen to him as he takes the very next step in life.

Yet, this solemn sacrament is like such a magical mirror. We can look
into it and see, clearly represented there, what will happen to us in
the future, not of _this_ life indeed, but of the life to come. It
leads our minds on to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And a voice
from heaven declares--"Blessed are they who are called to the
marriage supper of the Lamb." Rev. xix: 9. That marriage supper
represents the highest joys of heaven. It gathers into itself all the
glory and happiness that await us in the heavenly kingdom. And this
sacramental service is the type or shadow of all the bliss connected
with that great event in the future. If we are true and faithf