The Story of the Token As Belonging to the Sacrament of the Lords Supper
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They are now fast disappearing. The present minister (Rev. A. B. Romig) believes that his con- 108 STORY OF THE TOKEN. gregation is the only one still using then:> in the West Indies. * The United Brethren were formerly- accustomed to appeal to "the lot" for direction in their church work, and even in some circumstances of tneir daily life. Traces of this custom still remain, and the practice is founded upon such texts as Prov. Xvi : t^t, : "The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing... thereof is of the Lord. " And Acts i: 26: "And they gave forth their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias. " One of their clergymenf writes to me that about a century ago, no matter how satis- factory the preliminary interviews had been, a final appeal was made to the lot. If that decided against the member, he refrained from going forward to the com- *I learn that this Church, not many years ago, used a metal Token in the Island of Antigua, West Indies. I have not succeeded in adding a specimen to my collection.
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