Kings & rulers > More leaves from the journal of a life in the Highlands from 1862 to 1882

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d partaken of the wine, and then the elder carried
on to the next pews, in which there were tables,
til all those in that portion of the church prepared
■ the Lord’s Supper, had communicated. After which
; elders replaced the Elements on the table before
; minister, who delivered a short address of thank-
iness and exhortation. He then gave out the 103rd
aim, which was sung while the communicants were
iving the tables, to be occupied in turn by others.
We left after this. It would indeed be impossible
say how deeply we were impressed by the grand
nplicity of the service. It was all so truly earnest,
d no description can do justice to the perfect devo-
>n of the whole assemblage. It was most touching,
d I longed much to join in it.* To see all these
nple good people in their nice plain dresses (includ-
g an old woman in her mutch), so many of whom I
tew, and some of whom had walked far, old as they
ire, in the deep snow, was very striking. Almost all
tr own people were there. We came home at twenty
inutes before two o’clock.
* Since 1873 I have regularly partaken of the Communion at
athie every autumn, it being always given at that time.