all improper to preach long sermons. On one of the islands a native preached so long that, looking out of the window when he had finished, and seeing the position of the sun, he said, ‘My friends, the time has passed away quickly, and the day is advanced. It is almost time for the afternoon service. Is it not well that we go on with that, whilst we are here?’ This all the congregation agreed to.
Another man had a habit at the afternoon service of looking out of the window to see the position of the sun, and rarely thought of stopping until the sun was setting. But it must not be supposed that all the Baganda are fond of long sermons. Certainly they are not in the capital.
In many country churches, where the worshippers live several miles distant, the majority of them, after morning service, simply sit in a little house erected near the church and wait for the afternoon service,
