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12 connection with other church ordinances, and that its observance, as such, is enforced both by precept and example. John 13:1–17.

16. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a sacred or Christian meal, instituted by our Lord in connection with the Communion, and was eaten by the Savior and his disciples in the same evening in which he was betrayed. Matt. 26:20. See also Mark 14, Luke 22, John 13, and 1 Cor. 11:23, 24.

17. We believe that the Communion is the partaking of bread and wine as emblems of the broken body and shed blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, used in connection with the Lord's Supper, as a memorial of his suffering and death. Luke 22:19, 20; Matt. 26:26–28; 1 Cor. 10:16; 11:23–29. By referring to the above Scriptures, it will be seen that these ordinances were celebrated in the evening, therefore we believe that the evening is the proper time for their continued observance. 



We believe that the first day of the week is the true Christian Sabbath, (Acts 20:7;