Christian duty; in the broader and more fundamental sense of God’s communicating Himself to us, whether to prompt our communing or to reward it, communion is a divine gift. Thus conceived, the idea of communion with God is broader than in our common present-day usage. We tend always to think of communion with God subjectively and anthropocentrically; we limit it to our conscious experience of God, our deliberate approach to Him and His felt dealings with us. But the Puritans thought of communion