Under  date  October,  1697,  there  is  this  entry  in  the  Church
Book :  "  The  Lord's  Supper  was  deferd  for  the  advantage  of
light  nights  till  the  2nd  Lord's  day  in  Nov.  and  then  to  begin
our  Publick  Meeting  at  nine  in  the  morning  and  at  twelve  at
noon  y*  our  country  members  may  have  time  to  go  home."

If  these  services,  begun  thus  early,  had  not  many  adventitious
aids  from  the  architecture  of  the  building  in  which  they  were
held,  neither  had  they  from  the  inspiring  influence  of  music.
