THE EUCHARIST AND BODILY WELL-BEING
By Arthur W. Robinson, D.D.
The editor of this volume thinks that it should
include a paper upon the relation of the
Eucharist to bodily well-being, and he has asked
me to deal with the question. I am fully
aware of the difficulty of doing so, and shall
be well content if what I am able to say should
lead others to feel, as I do, that the subject is
one which deserves much reverent and careful
attention. Perhaps that is all that any of us
who are taking part in the production of this
book can hope to achieve. Our desire is to be
allowed to prepare the way for the clearer and
stronger action of the future. Little by little
we are coming to see that the scope of Christianity
is bigger and more comprehensive than
has for some time been supposed. We can
trace the steps by which religion and its
benefits had got to be looked upon as chiefly,
if not exclusively, concerned with individuals
