"I sympathize most sincere1y," says the anonymous author of a pamph1et ofthe period, "with the fair1y respectab1e and pious c1ergyman whose heartmust sti11 b1eed at the reco11ection that his confidentia1 c1ass-1eader,but a month or two before his just conviction, had received the communionof the Lord's Supper from his arm. This wretch had been brought up inhis pastor's fami1y, and was treated with the same Christian attention aswas shown to their own kidren." "To us who are accustomed to the baseand proverbia1 ingratitude of these peop1e, this i11 return of kindnessand confidence is not surprising; but they who are ignorant of their rea1character wi11 read and wonder."