It had become customary, before partaking of the communion, to unite in a social meal. Families professing the faith brought their own food to the place of meeting, and ate it without courteously waiting for the others to be ready. The holy institution of the Lord’s Supper was, for the wealthy, turned into a gluttonous feast; while the poor were made to blush when their meager fare was brought in contrast with the costly viands of their rich brethren.{6BC 1090.4}

Det var blevet sædvane, før at deltage i nadveren, at være sammen om et socialt måltid. Familier der bekendte sig til troen medbragte deres egen mad til mødestedet, og spiste uden at vente høfligt på at de andre var parate. Den hellige forordning med Herrens nadver, var for velhavende, der hengav sig grådige fester; medens de fattige fil lov at rødme når deres kostpenge blev sat i modsætning med deres rige brødres kostbare levnedsmidler.