SUNDAY SERVICES. 129 
ration is made the preceding evening. I 
attended their church on this day, and found 
the service well conducted. The prayers 
were read "by Adams, and the lessons by 
Buffett; the service being preceded by hymns. 
The greatest devotion was apparent in every 
individual, and in the children there was a 
seriousness unknown in the younger part of 
our communities at home. In the course of 
the Litany they prayed for their sovereign 
and all the royal family with much apparent 
loyalty and sincerity. Some family prayers, 
which were thought appropriate to their par- 
ticular case, were added to the usual service, 
and Adams, fearful of leaving out any es- 
sential part, read in addition those prayers 
which are intended only as substitutes for 
others. A sermon followed, which was very 
well delivered by Buffett ; and lest any part 
of it should be forgotten, or escape attention, 
it was read three times. The whole con- 
cluded with hymns, which were first sung 
by the grown people, and afterwards by the 
children. The service thus performed was 
very long ; but the neat and cleanly appear- 
ance of the congregation, the devotion that 
