terian worship on a Communion Sabbath or during a Communion Week. In this country, such specimens are already abundantly familiar to the personal observation of almost every individual; and from our Southern neighbours they would probably attract little attention. As matters exist, it appeared to him to be of greater consequence to enter fully, and if possible searchingly, into the subject of which he had to treat. How far he has succeeded, others must be left to judge; but it has been his object, at least, to produce a Treatise, in which, while the nature and design of the Lord's Supper are freely explained, and the duty of observing it pointed out, all those leading doctrines of the gospel which are immediately connected with it are copiously illustrated, and the various subjects of meditation which it suggests largely unfolded, together with the several requisites to its devout and profitable celebration, the benefits which it is fitted to impart to the souls of those who worthily partake of it, and the peculiar obligations under which they are brought to the practice of all the duties, and the cultivation of all the graces, of the Christian life. It has been his desire that, while his little volume should be level to the comprehension of the humblest individual who has carefully and prayerfully given himself to the reading of the Word of God, it should serve the purpose of assisting the inquiries of the more thoughtful and educated; that it should not only satisfy an inquiring mind, by treating none of the topics superficially, but, if God shall be pleased so to honour it, should, after a first perusal, serve to prepare the reader for renewed communion with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ;" that it should serve as a book of reference to private Christians, and not only so, but as a book of household instruction and comfort, at seasons the most interesting in the history of a Christian household. It only remains to be remarked, that although the Author has, in the course of his reading, had occasion to peruse or examine various publications on the subject to which his own volume relates, and has, in this way, been indebted to them for some suggestions, he is not conscious of having servilely copied from any; but has, on the contrary, on all points thought for himself, and pursued a plan which, in many respects, differs from all of them. He is far, indeed, from undervaluing the labours of any of his predecessors, though he ventures to think that there is still an opening, if not a call, for his own; but, far as he is from undervaluing any of those who have been before him, he has till now scrupulously declined to peruse the volume which has lately been published by a * brother minister of our National Church, though it did not make its appearance for several months after the manuscript of the present volume was finished. He now commits what he has written to the candour of the Christian community, and commends it to the blessing of the GREAT HEAD of the Church, by a desire of promoting whose glory he can solemnly say that he was influenced in preparing it. And, in conclusion, he fervently prays, that it may be especially for the edification and spiritual nourishment of the members of his own congregation, to whom, in another form, the substance of it was originally addressed, and whose affectionate interest in its statements and appeals has been one reason of its being offered to the public. ERROL MANSE, OCT. 25, 1839. The Rev. Alex. Whyte, A. M., Minister of Fettercairn. CONTENTS. PAGE That time a proof of his inherent Deity. ON THE PECULIAR SUITABLENESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER, as an ordiNANCE DESIGNED FOR SHOW- The Lord's Supper both a commemorative and a Sa- The things which are directly represented in it-its symbols and symbolical actions. The things which it is intended and naturally fitted to bring to our remembrance-The condescension of the Son of God in becoming man-his leading objects or pur- poses-his competency to accomplish them-his motives in undertaking them-the love with which |