Excerpt from The Holy Eucharist: A Series of Lectures, Delivered to the Members of the St. Paul's Lecture SocietyBut I do feel that lectures on a subject like this should be carefully revised, corrected, with quotations fully noted and expressions balanced, which I have not been able to do. I have left the notes practically just as they were taken down by the shorthand writer, only making such alterations as the sense required, or where there had been a misunderstanding of what was said. This must be my apology for the utter absence of all literary style, that I endeavoured to make my remarks as plain and simple as possible, and that there was an endeavour to subordinate all else to directness.I can only plead for the indulgence of those who are kind enough to read these pages, and to ask them to remember that they are lecture notes, not a treatise, printed with my sanction rather than by my desire, on a subject in which I know full well every word ought to be measured and tested, and that they are printed, not published. May God's blessing, poured out hitherto in such abundance, continue with our Lecture Society, and may we be by our lives the best commentary on and witness to the love of God in giving us the Spiritual Food of His Most Holy Sacrament.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.