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driven out of the heart. The word of Jesus alone powerful; His word 

 enough ; beheve it. ' It is written,' enough for us. He spoke earnestly, 

 with great power. 



c ' I gave them some refreshment — meaties and tea — and then assembled 

 them in the garden for a short meeting of praise and prayer before parting. 

 I told them of praise meetings in Mildmay Park garden at Beckenham ; and 

 as I looked at the glorious rocks around Mbulu, I felt there could be no fitter 

 place for our parting. 



" One of the elders then spoke. No sooner had he finished than a Caffre 

 woman burst out into the most perfect praise that I ever heard issue from 

 human lips — ' Egive, Inkosif ' Yea, Lord, we praise Thee.' In the simplest 

 language, so that I could understand, she blessed and praised the Lord for 

 the joy and peace which had come into her soul in these two days' conference. 

 For quietness, melody of voice, simplicity, perfect punctuation, and fulness 

 of praise to the Lord Jesus, I never heard anything among Christians in 

 England, America, or Asia, equal to the praise-giving of this Caffre sister. 

 Yes ; the Lord had come into our midst, according to His word. I felt the 

 presence and power of the Holy Ghost in this conference as I never felt it 

 before in my life. 



"All the churches have been filled with joy and the Holy Ghost. The 

 change in many of the faces was most marked. All said that they had never 

 received such blessing to their souls as during these two days' gathering 

 together round the person of the Lord Jesus. For my own part, though I 

 never doubted the call of the Lord to me to watch over this field, I never 

 expected such marvellous tokens of His presence and blessing as He has 

 given me here, and I praise and adore Him the more. 



How full of encouragement to every one like-minded, and with the 

 means at his disposal, to go and do likewise. " My prayers," says he, " have 

 been most manifestly and abundantly answered ; and I find, by experience, 

 that the more closely preachers of the gospel live, act, and speak like the 

 Lord Jesus in all things, strictly obeying his least commands and God's word, 

 and live a life of prayer before the natives, the more they draw them to Him 

 and to themselves. 



" And who is my fellow-labourer? On the 11th of July, 1866, I was 

 with three companies of my regiment at Downpatrick, in the north of Ire- 

 land. I invited my soldiers desirous to hear the word to come to me without 

 the town, to an old Roman camp there. At the appointed time one redcoat, 

 a private soldier, Robert Radley, came. We read the first chapter of 1 Peter 

 together. It began to rain. We knelt bareheaded, and prayed before part- 

 ing. This was the first time I ever met him. Now we are companions, fel- 

 low witnesses for the gospel of Christ. 



" May I ask the earnest prayers of my brethren and sisters in Great 



