"The Christian-Evangelist’ editor has discovered that "the God of the Old Testament is the God of the New Testament." So He will also punish those who offer "strange" things in His worship now, that He hasn’t commanded (Lev. 10:1); and He "hasn’t commanded (Lev. 10:1); and He "hates" those now who sow discord among brethren by introducing these "strange" things. Yes, He is the same God.—Apostolic Review.
If there is anything wrong with this let some one point out the error. It is well known to every one who knows history that the use of cups in the communion is a very late item among these "strange" things. I doubt if their use is a century old. It is well known that when the Catholics decided that it took too long to serve a large congregation with the cup, they let the priest drink all the wine, to save a little time! And the "sanitary feature" (as Bro. Keeler used to style it) had something to do with this change, too. What did the Post-Apostolic Christians practice? "Wine is put into the cup," says Ambrose; and again he says, "We receive of one loaf, and of one cup." He died A. D. 307.
"There is one cup to show forth the unity of His blood," says Ignatius, a contemporary of the Apostles (A. D. 30-107).
J. D. P.