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 ing, ' Take ye, and eat; this is my Body which shall he delivered for you.' After that. He took the chalice with wine in it, again gave thanks, blessed and gave it to His disciples, saying, ' Drink ye all of this; this is my Blood of the New Testament, which shall he shed for you and for many unto the remission of sins. As often as you do this, do it for the commemoration of me. Thus Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist, wherein, under the appearance of bread and wine. He gives Himself truly to us for the nourishment of our souls. After the Last Supper, Jesus continued speaking for some time to His Apostles in the most affectionate manner, and promised to send them, for their Comforter, the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth, who should teach them all things, and abide with them for ever. After this. He went into the garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, to pray.

25. There all His coming sufferings were most sensibly displayed before His soul. A violent agony came over Him, and His sweat became as drops of blood trickling down upon the ground. ' My Father,' said He, ' if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt' (Matt. xxvi. 39). In the meanwhile, Judas, who was about to betray Him, approached with a band of armed men; and Jesus suffered Himself to be taken, bound, and led before the Chief Council, where He was mocked, spat upon, and buffeted. The chief priests then delivered Him up as guilty of death to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea, who, on his part, sent Him to King Herod; but neither of them could find any evil in Him. Never-