the Congregation, the Members of the Society celebrated the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper: when, including the newly-baptized persons, there were Twentynine Communicants present. Not one of the Native Members appeared in the filthy Caffre Kaross of ox-hide, but all were decently clothed in the European Costume.

In reference to a "Love Feast" held at Wesleyville, Mr. Shaw writes:

From the account which some of the Natives gave of their conversion, it would appear, that, previously to the commencement of the Mission, their minds had been prepared, by the gracious influences of the Holy Spirit, to give a favourable reception to Missionaries and to the Word which they are sent to preach.

One said, he had for some time been wishing that Missionaries might come and reside among them, but had very little hope that so great a favour would ever be conferred upon them; and when he first saw us, on our arrival at Wesleyville, with our wives and children, and remembered that we had ventured ourselves between "the muskets of the White People and the assagays of the Caffres," (alluding to the disturbed state of the frontier at that time,) to preach the Word of God, he loved us, and from the first resolved to take up his abode with us, and learn the way to heaven. This man, his wife, and children, are all baptized and they are now, in the best sense, a Christian Family.

W. Kama also spoke; and the artless and scriptural account which he gave of his conversion was most encouraging to all our minds. Since he has become a decided Christian he meets with some opposition. Not long ago, his brother Pato ordered a "Wise Man" to be employed, to discover who had bewitched one of his favourites, who was dangerously ill. It happened that three or four persons were blamed, one of whom belongs to Kama's clan. According to Caffre Usages, they could not distribute this man's cattle or torment him without Kama's consent: but when the matter was reported to him, he refused to accede, and demanded that his man should be set at liberty and his cattle restored to him; thus making a decided stand against the strong prejudices of the people in favour of witchcraft and witches' dances. I feared that a quarrel would ensue between the two branches of the tribe, on this subject; but, just before I came

away, the excitement produced by so strange an occurrence was subsiding. As Christian Principles begin to influence the conduct of the Chiefs, we may expect that the struggle between Christianity and Paganism will become more severe : but the result is not matter of doubt; for God has said, They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.

Mr. Kay writes, in relation to Butterworth

A Fingo has been driven into Hintza's territories, by the commotions of the inte rior, whose simplicity and sincerity are truly pleasing. He is naturally of an intrepid and very independent spirit: but when he comes to the Throne of Grace, he melts like wax before the fire; and his lion-like disposition changes into that of the lamb. How great the difference, which Divine Grace makes in the rude Barbarian, as well as in the most refined European!

After closing the Catechetical Meeting, and while sitting musing in my study, the songs of Zion and those of Paganism forcibly arrested my attention. On the one hand, a number of our people, who had been chatting round their evening fires, were now closing the day with hymns and prayer; while, on the other, the heathenish inhabitants of a neighbouring hamlet made the valleys echo with the dismal sound of their nocturnal lavolta and monotonous airs.

LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
NEW LATTAKOO.

FROM Communications of different
dates we extract some encouraging
Evidences of the Beneficial Influence of the
Mission.

With gratitude to our Lord Jesus Christ, we indulge the hope that the Gospel continues to be blessed. The Meeting House continues to be well filled; and the attention of the hearers is observed by every stranger. Family Worship is become very common; and we frequently hear very young persons engaged in singing and prayer before they retire to rest. Some time ago, when one of our female candidates was addressed by some individuals in a scoffing strain, she replied, "Mock on! My Saviour was mocked much more."

There have been very pleasing instances of the Divine Blessing accompanying the Word. The son of an old

backslider, a Hottentot-who for a long time stood aloof, and was, of all who lived on the Station, the most regardless of eternal realities-has been subdued: on him, a great change has taken place; for he voluntarily came and acknowledged his sins, professing the fullest conviction of the truths of the Gospel: he continues to give decisive proofs of real conversion. A Mochuana, a Young Man, has also furnished very pleasing evidence, indicating a real change of heart: he lived at some distance from our Station; and, before we knew any thing of him, he was advocating the necessity of a Saviour, even such a Saviour as the Lord Jesus Christ, who came to seek and to save that which was lost: an entire change took place in him, evident to all around; for, instead of that thoughtless and wicked conduct by which he was previously characterized, he became serious, instant in prayer, and attentive to the preaching of the Gospel; and took a delight in that society, which he formerly abhorred. An Old Woman, the Wife of a Chief, accompanied by her eldest daughter, generally comes a whole day's journey to attend the Sabbath Services: though their knowledge is but seanty and their faith weak, yet we do hope that they are truly seeking the way to Zion.

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About four months ago, several females were carried off by a disease called Kuatsi, which is very fatal in this country. Among these, there was one a married woman, who was, previous to her sick ness, vigilant in the use of the Means of Grace. Before the disease began to take a fatal turn, she spoke very clearly on the importance of the doctrines to which she had lately paid so much attention, and professed a lively hope of eternal life through the atonement of Jesus. After a few days, when she felt the harbinger of death arresting her powers, she called her husband and friends, to whom she spoke in language at once striking and arousing; exhorting them to believe the Word of Jehovah, and take their refuge in Jesus the only Saviour. "I am going to die," said she, and paused. Some appearing to be affected, she resumed"Weep not because I am going to leave you. Weep for your sins. Weep for your souls. With me all is well. Do not suppose that I die like a beast, or that I shall sleep for ever in the grave. No! Jesus died for my sins. He has said that He will save me. I am going April, 1831.

home-I am going to heaven-that happy place, to be for ever with Jesus my Saviour." Shortly after bearing this testimony she expired. Blessed be God for His mercy toward such an ignorant sinner as she was but a few months before!

These religious effects of the Mission are accompanied by a corre sponding influence on the temporal condition of the people. The Missionaries write:

The outward condition of the Station continues to improve. Many of the men are becoming industrious; and will, no doubt, eventually prove good labourers. Formerly we could not get one of the Bootsuannas to take a spade or mattock in his hand for any reward; but now we are overstocked, not being able to employ one-tenth of the applicants: many, however, find employ among those who have ground on the Station. During the summer, many will be supplied with gardens from valley ground, which has, we presume, ever since the Flood, lain under water. An individual has now the care of all the public water-courses, who will. be rewarded by each person possessing ground which requires irrigation. This measure happily removes much care from the minds of the Missionaries.

UNITED BRETHREN,

HEMEL-EN-AARDE.

BR. Tietze bears the following testimony to the

Promising State of the Leper Institution.

Having been repeatedly requested by the poor outcasts from society, among whom we have the privilege to be stationed, to offer a public expression of their gratitude for the mercies vouchsafed to them, and especially for the prayers and sympathy of their Christian Friends in Europe, I gladly avail myself of the present opportunity, to comply with their wishes.

That their general conduct is in accordance with the feelings above expressed, I can bear a willing testimony. Though sick and maimed, and for the most part suffering under an incurable disease, they manifest not only resignation but thankfulness, when they consider the care bestowed upon them, and the blessings of religious instruction which they enjoy. Of the members of our little flock, I may with truth affirm, that they walk worthy of their Christian Pro2 A

SHILOH.

The visit of Br. Hallbeck to Shiloh, as the New Station among the Tambookies on the Klipplaat River has been named, was noticed at p. 10 of the Survey. He spent about eight days there in the month of May from his communications we extract some account of the Station. Hopeful Progress of the Tambookie Mission,

Truly there is cause for joy and gratitude, for the Lord has blessed the labour of His servants beyond all expectation. When I left the Klipplaat, a few days ago, there lived under the care of the Brethren,43 Hottentots, and 113 Natives of various Caffre Tribes; and proofs were not wanting that several individuals had experienced the power of the Word of the Cross. Three men and three women, of the Native Tribes, are Candidates for Baptism: at a meeting for catechization, which I held with them, I was much surprised at the sensible answers which I received; answers which they never could have given, if it had not been for the faithful instruction dispensed to them in season and out of season.

Two females, who both understood a little Dutch, have been baptized-Wilhelmina, a Tambookie, baptized at Easter (and named after Wilhelmina the Hottentot Assistant from Enon), was not at home, but the Brethren described her as a zealous witness among her peopleSalome, a Mantatee, the first-fruit of

this Mission, afforded me much edification: with a solemnity which I shall never forget, she pledged herself to remain faithful to our Saviour, and declared that she would never leave the place where His Word was proclaimed: she felt thankful for the calamities which befel her and her nation some years ago, as she was thereby brought to hear the. Word of God: in every meeting at Church, and at every conversation which I had with her, silent tears bedewed her cheeks, and her countenance bespoke peace and happiness within: her whole conduct is also consistent with her profession, and an example to the rest on a certain occasion, when her husband was disposed to take a second wife, she conducted herself with so much meekness and prudence, that he repented of the wrong which he was about to do her, and he is now a Candidate for Baptism: she came to the Klipplaat nearly in a state of nakedness; but has earned so much, by her own exertions, that she is now decently clothed in the European manner, and is constantly employed in one way or other.

Of the children, the Missionaries have also good hopes; and I found, among 19 who attend the School, a boy and a girl of seven or eight years, who were quite perfect in spelling, and had begun to. read the New Testament in Dutch; nor do I recollect to have seen in any school, either in Europe or Africa, so attentive a scholar as that Tambookie Girl: she. was all soul, and quite absorbed in the business of the class; so that not a mistake was committed by the children around her, which she did not notice before the Master had time to do it.

What impression is made on the minds of the majority of the adults, we must leave to the Searcher of Hearts to determine but that they begin to receive some knowledge in Divine Things, and that the truths of the Gospel excite their attention, may be gathered from the circumstance, that, in a meeting for catechization, an elderly man, of whom the Brethren have but faint hopes, declared that it appeared to him that a man MUST HAVE TWO HEARTS, the one inclining to. what is bad, the other to what is good. Another promising circumstance is this, that the young and middle-aged, contrary to their former habits, are very ready to engage as labourers with the Missionaries; for which they are liberally paid, and by which several of them have

been enabled to procure themselves shirts and trowsers,

Of the Hottentots, who accompanied the Missionaries from Enon in order to form this Settlement, Mr. 'Hallbeck says:—

The spirit prevailing among them is truly encouraging; there is not one of the Communicants to whom I should hesitate to give the right-hand of fellowship, as a Fellow-labourer for Christ. The Interpreters, and particularly Wilhelmina, are useful and zealous Assistants; and it is chiefly owing to their labour, that not only a desire to be instructed has been excited among the Tambookies, but that several of them have begun to inquire with earnestness what they must do to be saved.

Mr. Hallbeck gives an instance of the

Superstition of the Tambookies respecting

the Dying and the Dead.

Many of their Heathenish Customs they have readily relinquished; but, as yet, they cannot be prevailed upon to touch a corpse. A Tambookie Child, three years old, died. On this occasion, we perceived with sorrow how deeply sunk in superstition these people yet are. When they perceived the child to be near its end, they carried it out of the hut, to leave it as a prey to the wild beasts; and it would have been devoured, if one of our Hottentots had not prevented it: for they consider every service done to a dying person to render them unclean. The house is burnt, and all the goods belonging to the dying person are thrown away. The mother of the child must remain for some days in the fields: the same is observed with the adults. soon as death approaches, they are turned out and given to the wild beasts. A Captain has the privilege of being buried in the cattle-kraal. After declaring to them our abhorrence of such ungodly customs, and shewing them that it was contrary to the Word of God, they willingly obeyed, and carried the child back into the house, where it soon died; but no Tambookie could be prevailed upon to carry the corpse out and to make a grave, being persuaded that they should become unclean they said they would willingly submit to every thing but that. Our Hottentots, therefore, buried the body. Beneficial Influence on the Temporal Condition of the Natives.

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under irrigation, are very fertile: the Missionaries have harvested excellent wheat, the best barley which I ever saw in Africa, and vegetables of all descriptions in great perfection. The Hottentots and Tambookies have imitated the industry of the Missionaries, and have been well remunerated for their labour: a great victory has thus been gained, by their becoming attached to the soil, and preferring agriculture to the more un"The certain dependence on cattle. Fetkannas," said some Tambookies to me, when speaking of their external affairs, may steal our cattle; but they cannot carry away our gardens, therefore we will never leave this place; and there is no doubt that many of their countrymen will soon make the same reflection. Thus, when the Missionaries laboured hard to lead out the water for irrigation, it appears that they were preparing the means of winning souls for Christ; and it is a happy circumstance, that in proportion as the population increases, much more land can be brought under culture. I trust, therefore, that no friend of Missions will grudge the expense thereby incurred, seeing what blessed consequences it produces.

As regards the chief obstacle to the prosperity of this Station, the incursions of neighbouring barbarians, I found that, in most instances, the robbers were allured by some neglect on the part of the watchmen and I believe, that, unless great commotions should arise among the neighbouring tribes, in which case we hope to be protected by Government, the place is sufficiently populous to deter the thieves it has also the advantage of an open situation, so that it cannot be taken by surprise.

Some months afterward, at the end of October, Mr. Hallbeck writes:

The Missionaries amongst the Tambookies are well, and have, by prolonging the water-course, made in the first year of their residence there, succeeded in bringing a large tract of land under irrigation, and thus transformed another part of the desert into productive gardens. So eager are the Tambookies to avail themselves of the advantage thus secured to them (though but lately they thought gardening beneath their dignity), that serious quarrels have already arisen, between some of the men, about the limits of their several plots of ground. Since I have become better acquainted with

the country, there appears to me to be more sound sense in the aversion of the people to agricultural labour, as long as they were unacquainted with irrigation, than is generally supposed. It is no -wonder that the tilling of the ground is considered only a trifling occupation, fit for women and children, but unworthy to exercise the superior skill and power of the male sex, when there is so great a probability that the labour will be fruitless. But the case is altered when there is a command of water, and the views of the people experience a corresponding change.

From time to time circumstances occur among the Tambookies, which evidently prove that the poor people are still swayed by the Prince of darkness. Thus, lately, two Fetkannas were found murdered on the Oskraal River, not far from the Klipplaat; and some of the people belonging to the Station, though they deny it, are strongly suspected of being the murderers. But of such crimes no notice is taken by the Captains, the poor Fetkannas being considered as lawful prey to every blood-thirsty murderer; and the Missionaries can do no more than report the thing to the nearest authority, though the colonial jurisdiction does not extend to those parts. However, the labour of the Missionaries is not without its blessing, and they have lately had the joy of baptizing a Tambookie Woman, of whom they entertain good hopes, being the third of that nation baptized within a year.

Mediterranean.

Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer, Trials bring me to His feet:

Lay me low, and keep me there. With regard to our labours, it is difficult to give our Committee a correct idea of them, without telling too much or too little; for hitherto we have been, as it were, trying to build, in silence, a Goshen in Egypt, of which we hope we have laid the ground-work: having, from Esne down to Alexandria, provided with the Word of God all those who in any way expressed a desire to have it; and furnished with useful and Christian Schoolbooks and Tracts every School that would receive them. Thus a beginning has been made, in spreading the noble Seed of the Word to the right and to the left; and we may now confidently leave the increase to Him, who has promised, It shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it.

Schools.

Another attempt which we made towards establishing a Christian Goshen was by the Schools, one for Boys and one for Girls: the latter, of course, is as yet very imperfect, as Mrs. Krusé alone has the charge of it. The number of Boys who from the beginning of May 1828 till this time have been admitted into our School amounts to 174: of whom 120 have left the School; part of them are preparing for the service of the Pasha; and part learning some trade, in order to help their parents to earn their bread. The actual attendance of the School consists of 36 Copts, 11 Greeks, and 8 Roman Catholics; the whole of whom are divided into three Classes. The First Class read and write Arabic and

English; the Second Class read and write Arabic; and the Third Class are still in the first rudiments of the Arabic Language. The three Classes are also taught Arithmetic. With regard to Religious Instruction, the First Class are learning by memory such passages of the Holy Scriptures as relate to the subject

then in hand; and the Second Class commit to memory Watts's small Catechism. The principal difficulty which we meet with, in establishing Schools, is the lack of competent Schoolmasters. All seek their own, and not that which is the Lord's. But our hope is in the Lord: He will certainly, in His own time, revive, and bring to the knowledge of the Truth, some Youths, who may serve as Schoolmasters, and as patterns to others: for