Studied most of the afternoon and then went to sacrament meeting (la réunion de Sainte Cène). A very fine meeting. There’s something about the Sacrament in a small group that is lacking when it takes a dozen deacons to do the passing. The simple humility of one person who passes to everyone and the silence that can easily be maintained in a small group combine to make a very spiritual occasion of every administration of the Sacrament. In larger congregations, the simplicity and significance of the ordinance is often lost in the elaborate mechanics and extraneous occurrences. It’s much easier to equate one man than many with Christ giving the Sacrament to his disciples. And he that passes is more conscious of his position than if he were in a group. Bonsoir.
10-23 Another good morning of tracting. Because of some police formalities, we only had two hours in the morning, but in that [13] time we made three excellent first contacts in two one-stairwell buildings.
Spent the afternoon with Elder Miller, since Elders Higley and Fyffe (pronounced — here — “feef”) were out chez soeur Bauguin. He introduced me to the new, ultra-sneaky mode of contacting known as the “survey.” The
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