follower, who desires to draw others to Him, should live in the spirit of peace and good-will, and not in any hard or unfriendly feeling even with those who do wrong, but seek in the spirit of love and forgiveness, if possible, to lead them to a better mind; praying for heavenly help, that we may in all things give honour and praise to our Father which is in heaven.

How rejoiced should I be to see a college for the African languages; and from the sentiments lately expressed in a letter from a dear friend, I cannot but hope that there will be such an institution, and that eventually each of the leading tribes on this wide continent may read the Holy Scriptures in the language of the country in which they were born. O! how ought the lack we see of Christian knowledge and Christian principle, to lead us to pray, and hope for the light of life to spread among this people; that the moral and mental wilderness may indeed blossom as the rose. How should I rejoice to see one little village the scene of peaceful industry and Christian instruction. May I wait in humble hope that the hands of those who labour for this part of the Saviour's vineyard, whether here or in England, may ere long be strengthened by more labours, self-denying, devoted, and embued with the spirit of Him who came to seek and to save that which was lost.'

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"O, may health and strength be given to pursue the work of translations here! I would gladly forego the dearest enjoyments in my own country to devote myself for the requisite time to the work I have engaged in. It is true, my occupations are of a complicated nature, and especially in having

the charge of several young persons who are not under the matron's care in the way the children are. Even to-day I have been led to fear, lest while attending to my more retired engagements, these are not occupied to so good a purpose as under the vigilant care and oversight of one more disengaged. I must, however, wait with patience, and try to bear with patience, and hope that some will be willing to come out to this work. May I be enabled to gain the attention of the young people, and to instruct them in their different duties with good feeling and Christian diligence, in a real missionary spirit, that sees their mistakes and deficiencies, and even their sins with the compassionate eye with which a good physician would look upon the wound he desired to see healed. Let me hope and trust, that God will mercifully bless the very little efforts I am making for the good of these young people.

"5th mo. Ist. I have this morning had an interesting meeting with my children and a few others; but I was obliged to stop several times while reading, on account of my voice being spent. Still, I am glad of these occasions; the quiet is sweet. O, that many may be brought to enjoy a state of silence before the Lord of heaven and earth! How I long for at least one or two companions in my work, who could fully feel with me in the enjoyment of sacred silence in the house appointed for worship. Silence seems to me more befitting the reverence we ought to have in our approaches in prayer to God, than any outward expression; unless that outward expression has arisen in the awful state of feeling that silence

would cherish. I do not mean a dry and formal silence, but that which assimilates with

'The secret awe which dares not move,

And all the silent heaven of love.'

I was glad to find, in reading Bishop Hall's Select Devotional Works, this acknowledgment, that our silence may be more devout than our noise:' also in Mayo's Address on Prayer, something to this purpose, that prayer may be offered from the heart, with or without vocal language. It is true, the high and sacred state of feeling which must constitute silent worship is much more difficult of attainment, and much more inconsonant with a state of mind generally careless, than the habitual expression of our own unworthiness and dependence on the vocal language of prayer. Yet it is to be feared, many rest in the avowal and acknowledgment, and do neither really pant after victory over the sin that easily besets them, nor seek in faith that worship of the heart which would bow the whole mind and will before God, and lead to that hungering and thirsting after righteousness, which our Redeemer promises shall be seen and regarded by Him who has power to fill the desires which He has given.

"I am obliged to dispense with a part of the light in my sitting-room, on account of the strong cool wind. The height of the mountains opposite makes it rather dark, but my mind is cheerful and animated by hope. I indulged myself last evening, after my family had retired, in reading again some of the letters from beloved friends, and my mind was refreshed in seeing them bent on heavenly

things, and under so sweet an influence. This morning I feel thankful for the renewal of hope in the mercy of God towards this people, that causes a willingness to labour for them wherever the leadings of the Divine Hand may direct. Degraded as they are even here, as well as in their native districts, light, and life, and love from the pure influence of the Redeemer's power, and by the instrumentality which He shall mercifully appoint, will yet be seen to prevail abundantly, both in this colony and in the many and widespreading tribes of African people. We have strong hope to see them helped, whether they be looked upon as the last, and lowest, and most oppressed of the human race, or whether the furthest removed in their native state from true Christianity and civilization. These pleas are each at times used against their instruction, yet they are so many stimulants to the Christian duty of helping the week and the sinful, and following the lost sheep into the wilderness,

"2nd. My heart burns with earnest desire for an African translation-school in England. Should my way open for that, and my friends call me home to it, how gladly would I devote myself to that cause, and especially in England, where I am more than ever convinced it must be effected if well done. Should my life be called for before this shall be brought into action, let me entreat those who follow me not to give it up, but to do this work for poor, depressed, and neglected Africa.

"With regard to translations, it will be best to go on very gradually, and not calculate on anything as ready for either the press or for lessons,

unless we can clearly see the analysis of the sentences, and its correspondence with some other given words or given sentences.

"5th. Many are the privileges which the Searcher of Hearts in infinite mercy is pleased to convey to one who feels indeed as an unworthy and unprofitable servant. Often, when retiring with no one near me but the children,' as the young teachers are often emphatically called, a sense of heavenly protection and mercy is felt to be shelter and rest, and my mind is soothed by a feeling of the present station being for me in the orderings of Divine Providence. The sentiments of others as to the risk of remaining, have induced me to look closely to the evidence I have, and have had respecting it; and though I am aware that nothing very obvious has yet been seen as to the result of my labours with the children,—no very rapid advancement on their part, yet the time having been short, and the experience in the charge almost like the hewing of stones out of a rock, much cannot be expected. I feel bound to the work, still sensibly aware that the lack of sufficient health and strength to proceed as closely with it as I could desire must be taken into account, and I must not expect quickly to see fruit.

"7th. I mourn for the contentions of these people. O! the violence they display in their pleadings against one another, when they come before the sub-manager, to have what they call their palavers settled. In some quiet situations in England, we might imagine, if we looked not further than the immediate vicinity, that the world