The enjoyment of common thoughts. For communion I must first be set free from myself and my interests, I must next have a nature capable of understanding God’s interests, and also have a heart desirous of entering into them. Communion (or fellowship) in Scripture is—with one another, Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:7— with Christ, 1 Cor. 1:9— of His body and blood, 1 Cor. 10:16 (hence the expression, “in communion”)— of the Holy Ghost, 2 Cor. 13:14—in the gospel, Phil. 1:5—in Christ’s sufferings, Phil. 3:10—in giving money, &c., Heb. 13:16; 2 Cor. 8:4, &c.— with the Father and the Son, 1 John 1:3).