They proved to be truly excellent people, and they made our journey with them very agreeable.
The father, Mr.Blair, had been greatly tried during his stay at the hotel where his wife was sick.

There was only one church in the village.
The administration of the Lord's Supper occurring while he was there, he went to avail himself of a stranger's privilege at the table of Christ.
He found, however, that the ordinance was not to be administered till the afternoon, and, moreover, the hymn-book, and some things in the sermon, disclosed to him that the church was one which closed its doors against communicants who had not been baptized by immersion, on profession of their faith.
He was strongly inclined to partake of the ordinance, without saying anything respecting his baptism.

But, on the whole, he concluded that it would be respectful to intimate his situation to one of the church, peradventure they had a rule favorable to such a case as his, or, at least, had agreed to shut their eyes, and ask no questions, in such circumstances.
He, therefore, introduced himself to a venerable man, who, he inferred, was a deacon.

He frankly told him who he was, and that he wished to partake of the Lord's Supper.
The good man said to him, "I am sorry that you said anything about it; but, so long as you have, I don't see how I can consistently encourage your partaking of the ordinance." _Stranger._ On what ground, sir?
_Deacon._ Why, we do not hold you to have been baptized.
_Stranger._ I was baptized in infancy, by believing parents, and have been a professing Christian fifteen years.
_Deacon._ That is not believers' baptism, as we view it.

The Lord's Supper, in our communion, is for baptized persons only.