“This do in remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:24). Mark the touching simplicity and grace of these words. The Lord does not say, “This do, and live for Me,” nor ‘This do and devote thy all to My service.” He asks nothing that could occupy us with ourselves and make us distressed and sorry at our inability to come up to what He desires. He only asks us to remember Him. This is touching in its simplicity! It is like going to a drawer and taking from it some simple object connected with one dearly loved in days gone by. Memory alone does all the work needed. Thus He puts into our hands bread and wine, His body thus in death for us, and if the memory alone is free all shall be well. Tender thoughts, joy, and praise shall all follow in due course.

FRAGMENT

Lord, we would ne’er forget Thy pain,

Thy bloody sweat, the shameful tree—

The curse Thy soul did once sustain,

From sin and death to set us free!                                                                              James G. Deck