several verses from the Acts of the Apostles were read by the

deacon in a peculiarly strained voice, which made it impossible

to understand what he read, and then the priest read very

distinctly a part of the Gospel according to St. Mark, in which

it said that Christ, having risen from the dead before flying up

to heaven to sit down at His Father's right hand, first showed

Himself to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had driven seven

devils, and then to eleven of His disciples, and ordered them to