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partakers of this solemn sacrament--this memorial feast, we shall
certainly be among the number of those whose unspeakable privilege it
will be to sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb, in heaven.
There we shall be in the personal presence of Jesus, our glorified
Lord. Our eyes "shall see the King in his beauty." And we shall see
all his people too in the perfection of glory that will mark them
there. And in happy intercourse with that blessed company we shall
find all "the exceeding great and precious promises" of God's word
fulfilled in our own personal experience.

And then there is nothing that can sustain and comfort us under the
many trials of this mortal life like the hope of sharing this joy
with our blessed Lord, when he shall come in the glory of his
heavenly kingdom.

"The Hope of Glory." A Christian gentleman was in the habit of
visiting, from time to time, a poor afflicted widow woman who lived
in his neighborhood. She had once been very well off, and was the
wife of a well-known and apparently successful merchant. But finally
he failed in business and died soon after, leaving her alone in the
world, and without anything to live on but what she could earn by her
own labor.

After awhile her health failed, and then she was entirely dependent
for her support on the kindness of her Christian friends. But she was
always cheerful and happy. "On going in to see her one day," says
this gentleman, "I found, on talking with her, that she was feeling
very comfortable in her mind.

"'Tell me, my friend,' I asked, 'have you always felt as bright and
cheerful as you seem to feel now?'

"'O, no,' she replied, 'very far from it. When my husband died, and
I was left alone in the world, I used to feel very sad and
rebellious. Many a time I was so sorrowful and despairing as to be
tempted to take away my own life. But, in the good providence of God,
I was led to read the Bible, and to pray for help from above. I
became a member of the church. But, for a while, I did not find much
comfort in my religion. And the reason of it was that I did not have
very clear views of Christ as my Saviour, and of the wonderful things
he has promised to do for his people in the future.

"'But, on one communion occasion, my minister preached on the
words--"_Christ in you the hope of glory_." That was a blessed
communion to me. I saw then, as I had never seen before, how that
sacred and solemn service was intended by him to be