THE Scottish Communicant: A Guide to the worthy receiving of the Blessed TO WHICH IS ANNEXED The Order for the Celebration of the ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THe scottisH CHURCH COMPILED BY J. R. ALEX. CHINNERY-HALDANE Bishop of Argyll and the Isles 參 9 DEC 85 OXFOR? OUR Church is deeply indebted to the sister Church in England for many admirable manuals of Eucharistic devotion. The present is an attempt to meet a special want of those members of the Church of Scotland who still use and value her distinctive Liturgy. I gladly sanction its use in my own Diocese as a manual of devotion, believing that there is nothing contained in it which is at variance with Holy Scripture, or the teaching of our branch of Christ's Holy Catholic Church. GEORGE Bishop of Argyll and the Isles April, 1877. The above Imprimatur is retained, though it bears the revered name of one who has been taken from us. On that account it is, I consider, now doubly valuable. ALEXANDER Bishop of Argyll and the Isles August, 1884. To the Reader MY DEAR FRIEND,-In the Blessed Sacrament, our good Lord JESUS CHRIST provides Spiritual Nourishment for us His people. And our need of this Spiritual Nourishment is very evident; because we have souls as well as bodies. If our bodies need food: so also do our souls. If bodily food is required for the body: the Spiritual Food is also required for the soul. Without the food of this world, our bodies would be starved: so in like manner, without "the Bread of Life, Which cometh down from heaven," our souls must suffer spiritual famine. But JESUS, in His great love, has provided against this. He has "prepared a Table for us" in the wilderness of this world. He (the Eternal Wisdom) says to us: "Come, eat of My Bread, and drink of the Wine which I have mingled (Prov. ix. 5). "For My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed" (St John vi. 55). "Eat, then, O My friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O My beloved" (Cant. v. 1). But you may well ask: How can I eat CHRIST'S Flesh and drink His Blood? Is such a thing possible? Yes, this is possible; and He Himself has provided a way. For in the night that He was betrayed He took Bread, and when He had |