In Venice stands a very beautiful monument, a pyramid of marble,
in which lie the mortal remains of a little child. By the door
stands a sculptured angel resting one hand on the door-latch,
and holding in the other hand a trumpet, and himself peering
intently into the distant heaven; while carved upon the door is
the inscription: “Till He Comes.”
Such a monument is the institution of the Lord’s Supper. Such an
expectancy is appropriate to the soul. Such a lesson of patient waiting
is not amiss. Such a readiness to respond to the last call were
becoming even to the busy. (Text.)
(1689)