we did not hear until eleven o’clock on that day that the coronation had been postponed. Our service was held at eight o’clock in the morning (about half-past five, English time), when the church was crowded to excess, an equal number of worshippers being seated in the churchyard, having failed to gain admittance. Altogether there were some 5,000 people present, and our next illustration shows this congregation dispersing.
Collections in these churches are always interesting, and are chiefly taken up in cowrie shells, which, though very bulky, it would seem at present are indispensable. The people willingly bring their offerings, and the money collected is used to pay native evangelists and pastors (of whom there are considerably more than 2,000) sent out year by year into the country districts. No English money is used to pay these men, nor is any money from the C.M.S, ever used to
