william.m.
Puritan Board Freshman
From "Scotch Communion Services"by Rev William Milroy.(1881)
"After the benediction (after saturday morning service)the members of the Session are requested by the pastor to come forward in front of the pulpit, the Session is formally constituted by prayer, and "tokens" of admission to the Lord's table are distributed to intending Communicants.The use of tokens dates back to the first Reformation, and serves quietly to secure the exclusion of the unworthy....."
It is still the normal practice in the Free Church (continuing )The Free Church, and the Free Presbyterian Church , and probably in some ,at least of the Church of Scotland
"After the benediction (after saturday morning service)the members of the Session are requested by the pastor to come forward in front of the pulpit, the Session is formally constituted by prayer, and "tokens" of admission to the Lord's table are distributed to intending Communicants.The use of tokens dates back to the first Reformation, and serves quietly to secure the exclusion of the unworthy....."
It is still the normal practice in the Free Church (continuing )The Free Church, and the Free Presbyterian Church , and probably in some ,at least of the Church of Scotland