32 Mary Somerville. 



indefinite, 1 could not tell what. The joy, the relief, 

 when the maid came back, were such that I instantly 

 fell asleep. Now that I am a widow and old, 

 although I always have a night-lamp, such is the 

 power of early impressions that I rejoice when 

 daylight comes. 



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At Burntisland the sacrament was administered in 

 summer because people came in crowds from the 

 neighbouring parishes to attend the preachings. 

 The service was long and fatiguing. A number 

 of clergymen came to assist, and as the minister's 

 manse could not accommodate them all, we enter- 

 tained three of them, one of whom was always the 

 Rev. Dr. Campbell, father of Lord Campbell. 



Thursday was a day of preparation. The morning 

 service began by a psalm sung by the congregation, 

 then a prayer was said by the minister, followed by 

 a lecture on some chapter of the Bible, generally 

 lasting an hour, after that another psalm was sung, 

 followed by a prayer, a sermon which lasted seldom 

 less than an hour, and the whole ended with a 

 psalm, a short prayer and a benediction. Every one 

 then went home to dinner and returned afterwards 

 for afternoon service, which lasted more than an 

 hour and a half. Friday was a day of rest, but 1 

 together with many young people went at this time 



