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Waller directed his attention to it, and after that time he took up the
subject very warmly, as the following passages will show:--

"_December 4, 1880._--'This do in remembrance of _Me_.' I mean,
with God's blessing, to try and realise the truth that is in this
dying request. I hope I may be given to see the truth and comfort
to be derived from the Communion. I have in some degree seen it
must be a means of very great grace; but of this in the future. It
is a beautiful subject. Do not peck at words. Communion is better
than sacrament, but communion may exist without the eating of the
bread, &c. Sacrament means the performance of a certain act, which
is an outward and visible sign of spiritual grace. You need not
fear my leaving off this subject, it is far too engrossing to me,
and is extremely interesting."

"_March 26, 1881._--I had looked forward to a Communion, but could
not go. I must confess to putting great (but _not salvation_)
strength on that Sacrament."

"_February 18, 1882._--What a wonderful history! these thoughts of
eatings and sacraments. Eat in _distrust of God_, and _trust in
self_, and eat in _distrust of self_, and _trust in God_. It is
very wonderful, as is also that the analogy should be so hidden.
Eve knew no more what would happen to her by her eating, than we do
by our eating."

"_January 10, 1883._--I hear that at my village the Greek-Russian
Church give the Lord's Supper to all who present themselves,
without query; they give it in both kinds--bread and wine, so I
shall go there. It is odd that no queries were asked when we
poisoned ourselves in Eden; but that, when we wish to take the
antidote, queries are asked. It is sufficient for me that the Greek
Church is Christian, and that they 'show forth the Lord's death
till He come.'"

But though Gordon never adopted extreme views, or in any way
exaggerated the benefits of that sacred meal to which all Christians
attach importance, still, from the somewhat peculiar way in which he
sometimes stated his views, they might be thought very fanciful. For
instance, he used to contend that as sin came into the world by eating,
it was only natural that by "eating, spiritually and actually, Christ
who is the Life," sin should be destroyed. "I cannot repeat it too
often, that as the body was poisoned by the eating of a fruit, so it
must be