six to seven o'clock
But I wish to describe to you the progress made by the gospel in Samoa . Before I do so , however , I will give you a sketch of the way in which some of the missionaries I have met , whose duties require them to be stationary , spend their time . `` The missionary in some instances attends the early morning adult service , those present having then to go forth to their daily duties in the field or on the water . In other instances he devotes the hour from six to seven o'clock in dispensing medicine to the sick ; from eight to nine he is either at the children 's general school in the village , or attending to private advanced classes at home , or discussing public matters with neighbouring chiefs . From nine to eleven he lectures in the class-room ; thence till noon he is in the workshop , where the students or the boys at the boarding-school are learning the use of carpenters ' tools . Until dinner time , at one , he is in the printing-office , where the natives have been composing , printing , and binding for several hours . During the next hour the students dine and read .