"Shall we always sing the same?" asked Ada.
"No; I have twelve different sorts. That will be a change, you see, for twelve days; and then begin again."
"I wonder what the children do with the hymns?" said Nellie.
"I have heard," answered Mrs. Arundel, "that the children sometimes make little cardboard portfolios to hold them, as, if they love the hymns, they do not like to lose them and get them scattered."
"I wonder how they are made?" said Ada.
"I will show you," answered their mother, "if you will buy some cardboard and narrow ribbon in the town to-day."
"Oh, do, mamma! And that will be something to do after it gets dark."
About eleven o'clock Walter appeared on the sands, and began to select the spot for his little service. While his helpers were digging out the trench as they did the day before, Walter wrote his text on a smooth place on the sand—
"CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD
TO SAVE SINNERS;"
And underneath this he drew a picture of the life-boat belonging to South Bay, with which they were all familiar. Many inquiring glances were directed to the text and the picture; and very soon more and more children brought their spades and began to help. Nurses and mothers grouped themselves near: the promised shortness of the service being a great attraction to many.