Excerpt from At the Lord's Table: Thoughts on Communion and FellowshipMisunderstandings arose naturally arose as do all misunderstandingsfiwith reference to its two ordinances, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Baptism became synonymous with regeneration, and regen eration became, not the cleansing power of the Holy Spirit in the will and affections, but the external application of water with a sort iof magical formula. The Lord's Supper suffered a like change. The Lord Jesus was declared to be actually present in the bread and the wine placed upon his table, not present symbolically, not pres.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.