Emphasis Preaching Journal
A 19th century visitor to...
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A 19th century visitor to a Highland Kirk in Scotland on communion Sunday would mark how only about half of the congregation actively participated in the sacrament. Indeed some Highlanders postponed joining the church until their advanced years. For them, their lips were unworthy to partake at such a Divine feast. And their instinct was right. The other extreme is to saunter into church gossiping (harmlessly) and talking about colds in the head, unaware that they are about to share in a Divine mystery -- the mystery how the Risen Lord is present at the gathering for communion.