No hour-glass or warning clock was displayed in the bleak spare edifice.

In the exuberance of zeal often the end of the discourse came only with utter physical exhaustion.

Then the passing of the plate; an eight-stanza hymn, closing with the vehemently shouted Doxology; and the concluding Benediction.

From that old-time Sabbath day the affairs of the world were rigidly excluded.

It was a day of rest not only for the family but for the family's man-servant and maid-servant.