The Baptists in Sweden. By Mrs. M.F. Anderson ...

DALECARLIA. 119
one carried the psalm book, wrapped in a neat
cloth, and those in the rear bore the baskets of
biscuits and onions for the meal after service.
" The men were much the finer looking, though
the women had hearty, pleasant, sun-brown faces,
with very white teeth, while there were some young
girls of exquisite and regular features.
"By eight o'clock the streets of the little village
were crowded with a great multitude of peasants.
From land and from water they came pouring into
the church-yard. Soon a denser crowd gathered
around a particular spot-a sad procession, with
hearse and mourners, entered-the young Comminister read the service over the grave, and the
whole multitude in the open air joined in a grand,
solemn hymn. At the same time another large
company were receiving the Communion in one
part of the church.
" At half-past ten, when I entered, an imposing
spectacle met the eye. The spacious church,-with
its two tiers of galleries, its long seats and aisles,
was crowded to the full; the chandeliers and little
pronged supports were black with hats, and every
available standing-place was filled-all by the
peasants alone. I saw but one lady's bonnet and
gentleman's coat in the house. It was a vast array
of stalwart-looking men and ruddy, sun-burned
women in their particolored picturesque costume.
All were there-the nursing-child and the hobbling old man-no one was left at home. The men