Jerry Ainsworth notes that just as Mormon, some thirty years earlier, had given a discourse on faith, hope, and charity to the believers in Christ, so Moroni, approaching the end of his ministry, does the same. Only this time Moroni addresses the Gentiles concerning their disposition to be devoid of charity. Moroni expresses to the Lord his apprehensions concerning the Gentiles. He pleads with the Lord that the Gentiles' lack of charity not be a result of his weakness in writing. Finally Moroni pleads with the Lord to "give unto the Gentiles grace, that they might have charity" (Ether 12:36). As indicated later in this chapter, the Lord exonerates Moroni of the impending catastrophe among the Gentiles. [Jerry L. Ainsworth, The Lives and Travels of Mormon and Moroni, p. 222]