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up, as the train comes in sight, and trot down, bearing a load 

 of pictures, glass, or other delicacies, which I did not like to 

 trust to the flitting carts. At Latchford station, Mr. Broad- 

 bent's man meets me with a can of rich Guernsey-cow milk, and 

 sometimes eggs. I exchange with him the empty can. Here 

 also, at stated times, Mr. J. Monks meets me with vegetables, 

 eggs, etc. I excite the astonishment of my fellow-travellers 

 with my motley arrangement. In the empty can, I put the 

 American newspapers which I have read, and, once a week, the 

 market price of said milk ; of course, we can't buy such milk 

 here, even at far higher price. A little after seven, I see my 

 Robbie's bright face at the station, waiting to carry the milk 

 and talk me home : where of course the wife opens the door, 

 as soon as she sees me over the field." After tea he played 

 on the piano : and then a game of picquet with M. : and a 

 cup of cocoa with Travers, when he came back from his 

 Mission. "Just now on Sundays we wander about; next 

 month I shall probably go on with my open-air preaching in 

 Warrington." 



Among the places to which he wandered was the Greek 

 Church in Higher Broughton, nearly four miles from his home. 

 He minutely described the church, the congregation, and the 

 worship. "The character of the music and of the whole 

 service and surroundings was calm, earnest cheerfulness. . . . 

 Bristol Cathedral people are accustomed to sweet singing : but 

 it is as Mr. Newman used to say, ' No one who has not heard 

 it can imagine the exquisite beauty of spoken or sung Greek.' 

 . . . The absence of the time-honoured Gregorian chants and 

 of the hard solemnity of Protestant tunes was very noteworthy. 

 The style of the music was very simple, but perfectly beautiful. 

 Throughout the service, the people looked intently to the east, 

 and never sat or knelt." He was so much interested that he 

 went again on the next (Greek) Easter Sunday, when he 

 studied the Greek Liturgy of St. Chrysostom, which they still 

 use. 



A librarian and curator was wanted for the new Hartley 

 Institution at Southampton, who, besides the management of 



