William Lloyd Garrison discusses the debate over the observation of the Sabbath and the Anti-Sabbath Convention held in Boston last March. He explains: "From the excitement produced by the Convention, among the clergy and the religious journals, and the interest that seemed to be awakening among reformers on this subject, the Committee on Publication were led to suppose that a large edition would be easily disposed of --- certainly, in the course of a few months." Garrison asks Joseph Congdon for financial aid in paying the debt to the printers, Andrews and Prentiss, for the Anti-Sabbath pamphlets that did not sell. The names of the speakers who supported the Anti-Sabbath Convention are mentioned.