The Lord’s Supper we also consider as a clear symbol of Christ’s
giving Himself up to the death of a cross for us, and the necessity
of appropriating Him to ourselves by faith. We do not regard this
ordinance as one that places a person in a safe position, regardless
of a living faith in Jesus Christ. Eternal life is granted because a
man partakes of Him, as He declares: “He that eateth my flesh and
drinketh my blood hath eternal life.” It is not the symbol that
saves, but the Christ Himself. We do not believe therefore that it
is necessary to give the symbol as a sacrament to the dying. We
regard the last supper as a memorial of our dying Lord to be
observed, as at the institution of the ordinance, by the church when
met together.
D. A. S.