Chinese in Singapore, causing them to come together to listen to the preaching of the doctrines of the Gospel; expecting hereafter that they may receive the Holy Spirit to regenerate their hearts, causing them to repent of sin, and reverently to believe in the Redeemer of the world, to the saving of their souls. This is what we desire. From my living in Singapore, the climate of which is very moist and hot, I have got in my body a little moist-hot disease. On . account of the climate of Singapore being moist and hot, I cannot here be cured. Perhaps, after some months I may require to return to the middle country to have my bodily disease removed. And, when well again, perhaps I may remain and preach the Gospel in China, or, perhaps, come back to Singapore; I do not yet know which. I only wait to follow the commands of my Heavenly Father. And now in this world, I and you, venerable elder-born, and the Christians in your country, are very widely separated. I fear we shall not be able to see each other face to face. But I desire that, in the life to come, we, together, may rejoice in praising Him, and in thanksgiving for our Lord and Saviour's great mercy in redeeming our souls. Now, I desire that our Heavenly Father may bless you, venerable teacher, Mr. Ellis, with all the members of your family, male and female, old and young; and also to bless all sincere believers. Amen. (Signed) LEANG AFAH, SOUTH AFRICAN MISSION. THE extracts from the journal of Mrs. Philip are brought to a conclusion in our present number. Those now presented will be found to possess a degree of interest fully equal to the former parts. On the 20th of December, our friends passed the boundary of the colony, and entered the wild regions of Caffreland, among whose numerous inhabitants the light of the Gospel is now, it is hoped, steadily advancing towards the perfect day. Mrs. Philip thus pursues her narrative of the journey subsequent to that period. We soon found that we were in a barbarous land. Not that the people molested us, but the dress, the habitations, and the weapons in the hands of every one we met, showed us that we were under a different government, and subject to other regulations than the country on the other side of the invisible boundary we had just crossed. We arrived at the Chumie, a station of the Glasgow Mission, and were kindly received by Mr. and Mrs. Chalmers, who have laboured for a number of years among the Caffres. A church has been formed here, and about 17 members are at present in fellowship, but several have left for other places. We were accompanied thus far by the Messrs. Read, and met by Capt. Stretch, who, on the following morning, accompanied us to the Kraal of Tyalie, the son of Gaika, who lives in this neighbourhood. The visit to this Kraal gave me great pain, owing to the degraded state in which the people live. There was nothing inviting about the place-neither scenery, situation, grass, nor water to make it a desirable residence. The huts were mean; even the chief's was only a little larger than the others, but of the same bee-hive form, and not at all superior in materials or ornaments to the rest. We had to stoop double before we could enter, and there seemed to be only a mat on the ground on one side to sleep on, which, with a few milk-sacks, baskets, and assagays, constituted all the furniture of the chieftain's habitation. Yet this man was possessed of the power of life and death-thousands were ready at his nod to execute his commands; he was possessed of good address, and had been in good society; but whatever charms civilisation may have worn to him, policy and a love of dominion made him to adhere to the customs of his fathers, and aim at being, as he says, as much a Caffre as Kakalia, his great ancestor. We di I was glad to leave the place, which we did about ten o'clock, and parted with Capt. Stretch and Mr. Read, sen., for a time. Mr. Read, jun., accompanied us. rected our course to Burn's-hill, another station of the Glasgow Mission, and though there was no regular road and many dangerous places to pass, we reached it in safety in the evening. We were kindly received by Mr. Laing and Mr. and Mrs. M'Diarmid, and were pleased to find that some progress is making here in communicating the knowledge of the Gospel. One of the sons of the late Gaika has been converted, and is now teaching a school, and appears to be useful among his countrymen. Here we saw Sandilla, the heir apparent to Gaika's authority. He is now about 17 years old, grown up without education, although a school has been for a number of years at the place; his mother not seeing the importance of education, and he not choosing it himself, but preferring to run wild after the cattle. He passed our wagon with a few of his young companions as we were approaching the station, with a basket of gum arabic, which he had been gathering to sell or to exchange for tobacco. His appearance was any thing but dignified. His mother, Suta, came to visit us in the evening; we made her a present of some clothes for herself, and also for her son, which she received with the most perfect indifference, scarcely thinking them worthy of thanks; but when a large piece of tobacco was presented to her, exclamations of surprise and gratitude burst forth immediately, and she lost no time in moving off to enjoy the luxury of smoking. We at BUFFALO We arrived in the afternoon, and found Mr. Brownlee well, and had the pleasure of meeting Tzatzoe a little before we entered the town. In the evening we visited his house; although very far in advance of any Caffre chief we had seen, and comparing him with them he appeared to great advantage, still I felt rather disappointed in the appearance of his dwelling. In the evening we had the pleasure of meeting 14 members of Mr. Brownlee's church; most of them have been converted since the war, and chiefly through the instrumentality of natives. Mr. Brownlee speaks highly of a native teacher who is very active in visiting the Kraals, and trying to do good among the people, and he has been successful. Not many of the members belong to King William's Town, but to the neighbouring Kraal. We were glad to see the Christians decently dressed; although many of them were poor, still they make an effort to get clothes. Mr. Brownlee is building a place of worship, which is ready for the roof, but it is difficult to get people to finish it. The Caffres are accustomed to do nothing but attend to their cattle and prepare for war. I was glad to find that the men are now beginning to attend to agricultural pursuits, instead of leaving it all to the women as formerly. Where the Gospel prevails this will be the case. Mr. Brownlee had an early prayer meeting, as is usual at all our stations; school at 9 o'clock, and sermon at eleven. Mr. James tended the meeting in the evening, and Dr. P. the one in the morning at sunrise, and were thankful to find a good number assemble both times. We had no time to see the school, as we had a long day's journey before us, and we wished to spend the next day, the Sabbath, at Mr. Brownlee's station. After an early breakfast we set off, accompanied by Mr. M'Diarmid, who took us a nearer road, but one over which no wagon had previously passed. Few of the roads in Caffreland, with the exception of the one from Fish River to the Kye,can be discovered, except traces of them here and there. No wagons but those of the Missionaries travel these cross roads; the Caffres themselves always travelling on foot, or perhaps some of their great people on horseback. RIVER. Read preached, and Tzatzoe interpreted. His text was, "Men shall be blessed in him." The blessings flowing to man from the Gospel of Christ were set forth in a useful and practical manner. There was school after the service, and a meeting in the evening. The adults in the school who had become pious, were very earnest in learning to read. We left King William's Town on the 25th of December at noon, having been prevented by rain from leaving earlier. We travelled till betwixt 9 and 10 o'clock, when coming to a very difficult drift in the river Debe, and it being very dark, we outspanned, uncertain whether we were in the neighbourhood of Caffres or not. I felt for the first time while sleeping in the wilderness rather uneasy, but we commended ourselves to the gracious protection of our Heavenly Father, and slept securely. With the dawn of day we prosecuted our journey, and had not travelled far before we were met by Mr. Kayser, whose station we reached about 7 o'clock, A.M. It was cause of thankfulness to meet our friends in good health, and to see the progress which Mr. K. had made in acquiring the language so as to be able to address the people fluently; in collecting about 30 children in school, who were making tolerable progress; and in leading out the water of the Kieskamma over a large piece of ground, so as to promote the industry of the people, and keep them near the means of grace. KIESKAMMA. We were not able to be at this station on a Sabbath, but we were present at a morning meeting. Only a few were present, but Mr. K. told us that from 70 to 100 attended on a Sabbath. Before the war, not a dozen could be got together. As yet Mr. K. has not baptised any, but there are some who hear with seriousness and attention, and like to remain on the station. Mr. Kayser still requires much faith and patience to continue to labour till he see the fruit. He has a fine family of well-dis. ciplined children, but it requires immense labour and self-denial on the part of parents in Caffreland to watch over their children, and guard them from the contamination with which they are surrounded, We left Knapp's Hope on the 27th, and proceeded to Blok-drift, the residence of Capt. Stretch, the government agent. We were kindly received, and met Mr. Birt and the elder Mr. Read. Botman and two of his sons, Makomo and Tyalie, with their suites, arrived in the evening; also Messrs. Brownlee and Kayser. A son of Mr. Brownlee resides with Capt. Stretch, so that we made a large Missionary party. Mr. Birt was here introduced to Botman as his Missionary. The chief examined him narrowly for some time, but said he could not converse with him till he had looked at him a little more. In the evening we had service, when not only the chiefs, but several of their wives who had accompanied them, were present. Mr. Read, jun., addressed the company, the substance being translated into the Caffre language. It was with great delight that we united with this large company in singing a translation of "Crown him Lord of all" to the same tune which has enlivened the devotion of thousands. Next morning we breakfasted together, and after breakfast there was a meeting of the chiefs under a tree, many of their followers being present. As Mrs. Stretch was from home, and there was no female to accompany me, I did not attend the meeting; it was said to be interesting. The chiefs Botman, Makomo, and Tyalie spoke. The two latter were dressed after the Caffre fashion, at which I was much surprised. They excused themselves by saying that they were on a journey to Burn's-hill, to a meeting of the chiefs, and had turned aside to see Dr. Philip. Immediately after dinner we set off for Botman's Kraal to seek out a place of residence for Mr. Birt. In the evening we had a meeting with the people, when Mr. Brownlee addressed them in the Caffre language. When they were dismissed we held a prayer-meeting with especial reference to Mr. Birt and the Mission about to be settled in this place. Each of the brethren engaged in prayer, and we sang some of the songs of Zion, which are calculated to enliven the hope and confidence of God's people in the final spread of the Redeemer's kingdom. "O'er the gloomy hills of darkness Look, my soul, be still, and gaze;" were peculiarly appropriate, situated as we were, in the midst of a heathen population, and after the scenes we had witnessed for the last ten days. The promises and faithfulness of God must be a Missionary's support in such circumstances, for there is little around to afford comfort to him. We were glad to find that Mr. Birt and Botman took to each other as soon as Botman had examined him sufficiently; he called him his child, and promised to be kind to him. It is well, if possible, to get the friendship and co-operation of the chief, but from what I have observed of the chiefs in Caffreland, I am inclined to think that the Gospel will, as in other countries, make its way through the lower orders, and that the chiefs will have more obstacles to contend with in the reception of the Gospel than the poorer people. About 10 o'clock we left Botman's Kraal, and at a short distance from the Kraal we parted with Mr. Read, sen., Mr. Birt, and Mr. Kayser, and then bent our course more towards the new locations on the Fish River. Mrs. Philip relates the following circumstance which occurred while pursuing their route to one of the locations called Caffre Drift Post, through a wild and trackless country, amid whose lonely wastes they lost their way, and found themselves exposed to dangers greater than any they had before experienced. We had proceeded only a very short distance when the leader at the head of the oxen called to halt, and on inquiring the cause, he and Hatha said that there was a lion a little to the left of our path, and that they had heard him growl. Providentially he was to the leeward, so that the oxen did not smell him. Our greatest danger consisted in this, as the oxen are so terrified if they smell the lion that nothing can control them. We had the wheels of the wagon instantly locked, and as we had no fire-arms, nor wood to light a fire, our only alternative was to try what lighted candles would do; having them and lucifers at hand we lighted three. One in the lantern we sent to the head of the oxen, and the other two Dr. P. and Mr. Read held up in front of the wagon; the driver then smacked his large whip as loud as he could, and the lion set off with a growl; at least we heard no more of him. The lighting of the candles and the smacking of the whip raised the wrath of a wolf, who we found by his howl was close on the other side of the wagon. It was remarkable that these were the first wild beasts we had met with on our journey. The lion appeared to have followed Mr. Read from the fountain, as we were told at the Port that there was a pair of lions known to keep about that fountain. We went on for some time with one of our wheels chained and our lights burning, lest our old enemy should return and alarm the oxen; but after travelling five or six miles we began to despair of finding the place, and halted for the night. We had not been long outspanned before two of the Hottentots from Mr. Monro's place came riding up armed. One of them who lived on the hill had seen our lights, and conjectured that it was our wagon. We found that we were not more than an hour from the place, but we were too much fatigued to move on although we had no water, and we resolved to remain where we were for the night. Next morning we reached the settlement. Having visited each of the settlements in succession, and enjoyed the pleasure of meeting Mr. Monro and his family, our friends left this part of the country on the 3rd of January, and retraced their course towards the colony. They reached Cape Town in safety early in the month of February. SPEECH OF THE CHIEF WATERBOER AT CAPE TOWN. Ar the conclusion of a recent visit to Cape Town, Waterboer, the chief of the Griqua nation, took leave of his Christian friends at Union Chapel, on July 22nd, 1839, in an address of which the following is a translation. In the South African Commercial Advertiser, from which this report of the speech is taken, it is observed, that "the chief not knowing till the afternoon of his departure, when he was busy sending away his wagon and his people, that he would be expected to say any thing in the evening, the enclosed speech may be considered as an example of his powers at extempore speaking; and no one who heard the speech, and who understands the Dutch language, will say that it has gained anything by the translation. The warmth with which he poured forth his thoughts as they arose in his mind while he was speaking, the adaptation of his manner to the sentiments he uttered, and the talent he has of condensing the meaning of a whole sentence in a single word, cannot be translated into any other language. It is impossible that any one can recollect the history of Waterboer, and compare the naked wandering savage with what he is now and has been for many years, and question the power of the Gospel to civilise savage men, or the utility of the labours of Missionaries. The manner in which he sets forth the spiritual wants of the country, the anxiety of the chiefs of the surrounding tribes to have Missionaries, and the command to go, in the commission of Christ to his disciples, in connexion with the word come, as proceeding from the lips of the perishing heathen, furnishes, perhaps, one of the most eloquent appeals that was ever made to the churches of Christ in their favour." The Chief said, I am glad of another opportunity of meeting with my beloved friends in Union Chapel, and of addressing them before I leave Cape Town. I have been gratified with many things I have seen here, much more so than on former visits. I am about to return to my country and to my people, and I am again returning to my labours and to the conflict. It is the Gospel, my friends, that has brought us together, or we should not have seen each other in this place, and I wish to remind you before we part of what the Gospel has done for me and for my people, and for many of my neighbours. Through the Gospel I have found Christ to be my refuge, my deliverer, my friend, my all. The Gospel has enlightened me and given me life, and I stand before you as a fellow worker with God in his kingdom. The Gospel has done wonders for my people in producing a mighty and blessed change among them. There was a time when we were no people. We were few in number, and wanderers of the desert, shut out from the world in ignorance, in sinful abominations, and in wretchedness. But the Gospel has enlightened them, and wrought a decided moral change upon many of them. It has induced them to locate, to form an orderly community, to engage in agricultural pursuits, to adopt civilised habits, and to love peace and seek to promote it. They are anxious for the education of their children, and highly value the privileges of their schools; they render important assistance in the Mission; they contribute of their substance to the cause, according to their ability; they desire, and labour for the salvation of their neighbours ; and now family religion is observed generally throughout our large district. This is what the Gospel has effected among us; and many of our neighbours around us have been brought to the enjoyment of the same blessings, and they now desire the same privileges. The chiefs and the mass of the people around us, beholding what the Gospel has done for the Griquas and for many among the Bechuanas, are stretching forth their arms and crying out-" Come over and help US." Every tribe in our neighbourhood is begging for teachers. The Corannas, the Bushmen, the Batlapi, the Bashutu, the Baralong, and the Baharoetze, are all crying out for help, for the schoolmaster, for instruction, and the means of improvement. And, my friends, shall they cry to you, the people of God, in vain? Shall they look to you for the water of life, and will you see them perish of thirst? Shall they ask you for the bread of life, and will you give them a stone? What a blessed world would this be if it were under the influence of the Gospel! What a scene would the deserts in the interior of this land present, if all the people were righteous, if all were brought to trust, to love, and to follow Christ! Owing to the power of the Gospel, my own people give me very little trouble, and there would be little for magistrates and rulers to do if the Gospel universally prevailed. It is the power of God to the salvation of all men. Go to the mountains and preach the Gospel to the wildest Bushman, and, if blessed to him, he will descend to the plain, and unite with the people of God in their duties and enjoyments. Let us all unite in promoting the interests of the kingdom of Christ; let us send the nations in the interior the Gospel of peace. From what the Gospel has already done we have great encouragement to exert ourselves. For your encouragement I shall here mention that there is a part of the Bashutu tribe living at Griqua Town. The Bergenaars robbed them of their cattle, drove them from their country, murdered many of them, and enslaved many others. I attacked the banditti, delivered the Bashutu, gave them back their cattle, and they followed me to Griqua Town, and were brought under the Gospel. They have been instructed, and, I hope, many of them are converted to God; they live in fellowship with the people of God, and labour to extend the blessings of the Gospel. The work is great in our quarter-the whole country is open to Missionaries. We have but two Missionaries in our large district, and it would be impossible for them to operate on the whole district, were it not for the assistance they receive from the churches they have planted. But they have important assistance in their labours both from Griqua and Bechuana brethren. And we are all bound to render assistance, and to labour to the utmost of our ability in this great work. The love of Christ has laid us under infinite obligations to extend the boundaries of his kingdom. He has loved us and given himself for us. He has manifested his love to us in dying for us. We are not our own, we are bought with a price, therefore we are bound to glorify God with our bodies and with our spirits, which are his. We should live under the constraining influence of the love of Christ, and thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead, and that he died for all that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again. Let us live for Christ, my friends. There is no other true enjoyment on earth than this. Christ has laid his disciples under immense obligations by his last command. In giving his disciples his parting blessing on earth, he gave them his last command, and he said go, and he still says to believers go, go, go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature; and the nations of the interior are stretching forth their arms, and saying to you, come, come, come! And can you resist the command of your Redeemer, and shut your ears to the wants, and miseries, and cries of those who look to you, and stretch forth their hands to you for help-for the privileges and blessings of the Gospel? Let us then, my friends, listen to the voice of our Friend in heaven, and to the cries of our brethren in the wilderness and on the mountains of the interior, whose souls are perishing daily. The loss of the soul is not merely the loss of a temporal good, but it is an infinite and eternal loss. The infinite value of the soul greatly increases our obligations to make vigorous efforts, and to labour for its conversion, and safety, and happiness. I have now discharged my conscience, on behalf of those chiefs and tribes who have visited me, and sent me messages from every quarter around my country, to request me to procure teachers for them, and with this appeal to your obligations, to your consciences, and to your sympathies, I shall now take my leave of you, and it is more than probable you will never see me here again. The journey is long and difficult, and I shall now soon be old. I beg an interest in your prayers. Christ has taught us to pray. He taught his disciples to pray, and in that short prayer he included all things we have necessary for our bodies and for our souls. It is vastly comprehensive, and embraces every thing regarding his kingdom. He teaches us to pray," Thy kingdom come." Brethren pray for us, |