If you are a young person, of have older teens who have questions about their attending the Lord's Supper, then J.W. Alexander's book "The Young Communicant" may be very helpful.
Alexander, in his usual pastoral way, gives biblical counsel to those who will be going to the table for the first time, or have become new communicants.
Yet it is also good for more seasoned communicants as well. Much time has passed since their first communion, and it is good to be reminded of the first principles of attending. This book is short (54 pages), but is a good place to begin, or begin again, for those looking to the Table of the Lord Jesus Christ.
This is the reproduction of his 1854 book.
James Waddel Alexander was an American Presbyterian minister and theologian who followed in the footsteps of his father, Rev. Archibald Alexander. Alexander studied theology at the Princeton Seminary. In 1824 he was appointed a tutor, and during the same year he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was pastor of a Presbyterian church in Charlotte County, Virginia from 1826 to 1828, and of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton, New Jersey from 1829 to 1832.
In 1833 he was appointed Professor of Rhetoric and Belles-Letters in the College of New Jersey. He served in this position until 1844, when he became pastor of New York City's Duane Street Presbyterian Church. He served as professor of ecclesiastical history and church government at Princeton Seminary from 1849 to 1851. He then returned to the New York church, which in its new location was known as the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. He served as minister there until his death.
His published works include his sermons and a book on the life of his father. Alexander's English translation of the hymn "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded," became the most widely used version in 19th and 20th century hymnals.
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