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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE MIRANDA. 



race. The melody was excellent, and also the time ; the 

 voices rich, but thin. The only dragging I heard was when 

 some of our party took up the time and sang with them. 

 The tunes were Lutheran, and had a familiar sound, as we 

 have hymn-tunes based on them. 



The hymns were long ; the singing was prolonged and 



AT THE CHURCH DOOR. 



pleasing in the extreme. There was a charm about it that 

 was to me simply delightful. After the singing came what I 

 took to be a sermon, read, which lasted about twenty-five 

 minutes ; then more singing and prayers the singing of the 

 second time impressing me even more than the first. The time 

 was so well kept ; not a note of discord. Afterwards, short 

 prayeis, during which the babies cooed again ; not one cried 



