despaired of his recovery. At the approach of death, sable darkness rested on eternity; his moral scheme faded as the baseless fabric of a vision. In this awful state of agonised suspense I was sent for, by his earnest request. As it had pleased the Author of all good to direct my steps near the mansion of wo, I soon arrived; but my heart was pained with the afflicting intelligence, that it was too late. The blood was then gushing in such a torrent that nature must rapidly be exhausted, or suffocation ensue from the want of power to discharge its copious evacuations. I was soon cheered with the glad tidings that what no remedy could retard, had, as it were, by miracle stopped of itself, and that the patient was quiet. I was introduced into his chamber directly, as he would take no denial, so soon as he learned that I was in the house. O, my friend, said he, as I approached, how thankful I am for your kindness in visiting the most miserable of mortals. You know all my former sentiments of the Bible-I feel I am about to die and all my former philosophic hopes desert me-I am about to launch into a boundless ocean without the glimmer of a solitary star to guide me- am about to plunge into a deep profound, and there is no foundation on which to rest. Do, my dear sir, open to me the plan of salvation, as you understand it in the sacred volume. I directly obeyed the welcome injunction, and preached faith in a crucified Jesus, who, though to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness, yet to those who believe, is the power of God and the wisdom of God. His attention was unremitted, and he vehemently exclaimed as I closed, Oh! in how different a light do I now view those things! I am truly persuaded they are from God, but I cannot apply them to myself, inasmuch as I am too great a sinner; and it must be inconsistent with the justice of God, to pardon in the agonies of leath, a creature who has ungratefully used his abundant gifts to revile and deride the mercy manifested through a Redeemer.

"I remarked, that so soon as the light of the Spirit shone into the heart of any poor depraved creature, (for there is by nature no difference,) that he saw himself a helpless and hopeless sinner, and he had cause to take encouragement therefrom, to call mightily on him who is able to save to the uttermost all who feel the burden of their sins and would come unto God by him—that this inestimable truth had been illustrated by an acceptance of one of the thieves who was crucified at the same time with our Saviour, who received Grace to acknowledge the justice of his damnation, and to ask for pardon. He was silent, and seemed deeply to meditate for a moment, and cried out in agonizing and broken exclamations, alas! that man was ignorant and had not been taught the beauty of virtue; he was poor, and too easily encouraged by evil example to plunder, that his necessities might be supplied-but above all, he had never seen nor heard of a Saviour until the moment of his suffering. My case is the reverse of this. I had a liberal edu

cation, opulent and tender parents, and in a word, I have often heard the name of Christ preached in vain. God could extend mercy to this thief; to me the wrath of his indignant justice belongs. His agitations then became so violent that the alarming symptoms of his disorder returned, and I was compelled to retire. In mercy, however, he had an interval, and I was urged to return. He looked on me with a haggard eye. I am on the rack, he said, and no hope-Oh! pray for me. I then addressed a sin pardoning God in broken but fervent accents,-my cries uttered in weakness were raised in strength, and the sceptre was held out to this forlorn son of Adam. He was calm and meditative during the exercise of prayer, and when I looked on him at the conclusion, his darkness was dispelled by the Sun of Righteousness who had risen on his benighted soul with healing in his beams. Jesus had said, be not afraid, it is 1. The tempest was hushed into peace, and he with a heaven-born smile declared that he felt unspeakable joy." My burden, says he, has been taken off. I feel that I can enter on Eternity with transport. Are these, said he, evidences of the pardon of sin? told him that a power to rejoice in the Redeemer, as he had expressed, was certainly the evidence of faith, and that I would give him the hand of fellowship as born of God and heir of the promises. He was tranquil during my stay, and his testimonies rose in successive fulness, until he shouted and gloried in rapturous praises to the richness of the mercy of God in Christ-and on my departure, he said, may God spare you for a blessing to his people.-You have been the instrument of recalling the most distant wanderer.-Go, my esteemed friend, raise your voice and proclaim to my deluded associates and to all the world, that I, who during my whole life had reviled my Redeemer, was, in my dying moments, called by his matchless Grace to believe on him for a remission of my mountain of sins, and that cleansed by his precious blood I entered eternity with joy unspeakable and full of glory.—In this happy state he died." speaker ceased, and the congregation dissolved in tears of sympathy, in one general anthem, sung the hymn of Sovereign Grace. He who hath ears to hear, let him hear what the Spirit speaketh to the dying believer.

MISSION TO SOUTH AFRICA.

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18th. Early arrived two Caffres from Makanna, saying he was angry that we had not come first to him; and that we must proceed immediately. These two men were displeased at the rude conduct of the Caffres with Congo, saying that better order was observed at their place, and every thing was much cleaner. After the morning service, I went to the bushes, where I found, first, two Caffres on their knees, and afterwards four.

A great concourse of Caffres having assembled, brother Jan preached in the Caffre tongue; and was heard with the greatest attention possible, except by one man, who burst into laughter while he was speaking of the impropriety of polygamy ; but no sooner was the service over than he was reproved by the Caftres, and was asked how the shoes came to fit him so well;-was it not because he had six wives? They supposed that Jan had some previous knowledge of this man's case. When service was over, almost all of the Caffres retired to the bushes to pray; and Golana was heard to pray thus :-O Taay (Jesus Christ) give me a heart to understand thy word! I believe thou canst do it: for that man (Tzatzoo) who preached it, is likewise a black Caffre.

The Caffres, in every direction, were speaking in commendation of what they heard. Hakkabana, a Caffre, who formerly visited Bethelsdorp, said, that he had never known the importance of the word; and when he came there, had asked for beads, buttons, copper, &c. ; but now he felt the weight of the word of God, and only wished to have such a heart as those that understand it.

We met the three chiefs; one of whom said that his joy, yesterday at our arrival was so great, that had he not been ashamed of his people, he should have wept. He agreed to accompany us to Makanna, and state his sentiments before the chiefs, who were expected to meet. We resolved to set off on the morrow.

19th. Set off early; and were accompanied by numerous Caffres, besides the two chiefs. We had to make our way through several rivers, and therefore could not reach Makanna that night. Towards evening we passed a plain, where Jan Tzatzoo said he saw our late friend, Dr. Vanderkemp, the first time. He said he was on foot, without a hat, shoes, or stockings.

We spanned out by a kraal; and, in conversation with some persons, speaking of sins common in the world, and coming, perhaps, too close to their consciences, they asked if we could smell them. This manner of speaking is taken from their witches; who, when they are to detect a guilty person, go round smelling, till they pitch upon the person they declare to be the cause of the calamity brought before them; upon which such a person is often immediately killed. I told them that we could not smell what they were guilty of, but that God could; and we knew them to be

sinners.

20th. We rode on; and in about two hours came upon a mountain, from whence we saw about ten large kraals. We were conducted to one of them; on approaching which we saw a fire, and several new circular straw huts, said to be those belonging to Makanna. Rejoiced that I had reached this place, I immediately sprang from my waggon, and ran to his house. He came out and saluted me in Dutch; and while walking towards the waggons, he looked upward to the sun, muttering something with his mouth,

while the tears flowed from his eyes. He first asked me if we had victuals. I answered, Not much. He then said he had got no cattle but what were his father's; and asked me whether I knew his father. I asked who his father was. He said Taay is my Father; you call him Jesus Christ, I call him Taay. i replied, I hoped I knew him. He then asked me if I knew him (viz. Makanna). I said, Only from report. He said I should know him to-morrow by noon. He then gave us a fat heifer, and said, That is for you to kill, because you are my Father's children. The Caffres (he added) do not know my Father; they will not listen to his word; but they will have to burn. He then returned home. We had the heifer killed, and placed over our waggon,, &c. 1

In the afternoon, about 300 Caffres being collected, Brother Jan Tzatzoo preached from John iii. 16, "God so loved the world," &c. when the Caffres listened with the greatest attention; and when it was over, went all away to pray; but some not far from the waggons; and many were close together on their knees.

There were many Hottentots; two of whom (females) appeared to know Christ; the one, from hearing our late Brother Vanderkemp at Graaf Reinet; the other had heard the Gospel from the Hottentots of the Cape regiment. Her husband had lately run away to the Caffres. I asked him why he had done so ? He said he had for three years successively asked leave to go to Bethelsdorp for instruction; but that he had always been driven from one Boor to the other;--that the Hottentots had the name of a free people, but that many of them were no better than slaves; he had, therefore, chosen to be a slave to the Caffres.

When I was with Makanna, he said that God had revealed to him that he must speak to the Caffres boldly. He said he could not drink wine, brandy, nor milk; for his heart was sore, because wicked men had killed his Taay without cause.

21st. Lord's Day. Had a prayer-mecting; and about eleven o'clock, many Caffres being assembled, Brother Jan preached from Galatians i. When he had finished his discourse, Makanna began. He commenced with the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, which event he proved from shells being found on the tops of the highest mountains. He upbraided the Caffres for their blindness and hardness of heart; said that they drank water without thinking of the water of life; they go through the thorns without thinking that Taay was crowned with thorns. He said that God would come again, not with water but with fire;—that Dali (God) first sent to them Jankanna, (Dr. Vanderkemp) but that they would not listen to him, and he had left them ;-that he had gone first to the Boors, and then to the despised nation (the Hottentots) who had received the word;-that Dali now had raised up a raw Caffre to warn them; and, above all, had now sent Jan

kanna's son, and the child Tzatzoo, to bear witness to the word;

that the Caffres clung to their wives and concubines; but they must know that they had to do with the living God; that now he should not speak a single word more to them, but leave what he had said to their consideration. After this, I spoke in Dutch.There were about a thousand present.

Old Slambi arrived just after service, and asked for some brandy; and his people hearing that there was none, seemed dissatisfied; but he pacified them, by saying he never got such things at Jankanna's place.

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I had some conversation with Makanna. He seemed to have a general knowledge of the Fall of Adam, the Deluge, the Motion of the Earth, the Crucifixion of Christ, Eternal Punishment, &c. but was deficient in a real knowledge of himself, and of the Gospel he also entertained a most strange notion of his birth, as derived from the same mother as Christ; but I sometimes thought that, when he should gain more light, he would find that this is the new birth, through which he might call Christ his brother. He said that he never made long discourses to the Caffres; for they would forget the first part by listening to the last; he said a little to them at a time, and bid them go and think of it, and come again;-that although the Caffres would not at first listen, he felt it his duty to continue preaching. Taay would one day breathe his wind into their mouths, ears, &c. and then they would be obedient.

Our people observed a Caffre constantly weeping; and speak. ing to him, found he belonged to Hinza's Caffres, next to the Tambookies. He said that, for a year past, he had felt himself to be a sinner, and was disgusted with all the Caffres did; that he could tell them a great many things of what he experienced, but he was afraid they would say he only wanted to be a captain among them. We observed that when the service was concluded. all the Caffres withdrew to pray.

22d. The Caffres assembled early, to consult about the object of our coming into the country, &c. The meeting was opened by Boklo, one of the uncles of our young chief. The following chiefs were present :-Slambi, his brother, and four sons; Tzatzoo, four brothers, and two sons; Kobus Congo and brother; Caliba and Makanna.

Boklo thanked the chiefs for their attendance at such a meeting, convened for such a purpose. He also thanked Taay (Christ) for sending such men with the word of God; for, notwithstanding Makanna made known to them the word of God, he feared that, through the corruption of their hearts, just as little as they had attended to Jankanna's message, so little would they take heed to his. He hoped, therefore, that the Missionaries would meet with no opposition; that he thought the Caffres had lived long enough in sin and ignorance.