28 ADDRESS TO THE CAFFERS. 



his hearers, and by the fervency of his appeal to 

 awaken in their minds a most powerful impression. 



Returning to the Station, I accompanied Mr. 

 Kay, with his household, to a large minosa tree, at 

 a short distance from his dwelling, where, under the 

 shade of its wide-spreading branches, in nature's 

 open temple, we offered up our morning sacrifice of 

 praise. Mountain-scenery lay stretched in all its 

 majestic grandeur around, and as the natives pros- 

 trated themselves upon the greensward, beneath a 

 blue and cloudless sky, the mind could not be other- 

 wise than deeply impressed with the force of that 

 sublime and beautiful exhortation, " O come, let us 

 worship and fall down, and kneel before the Lord 

 our Maker. In his hands are all the corners of 

 the earth, the strength of the hills is his also." 

 Prayers being concluded, Mr. Kay delivered an 

 address to the assembled CafFers, which the inter- 

 preter translated into their native tongue, sentence 

 by sentence, though not entirely to the satisfaction of 

 the preacher, who was enabled to discover that his 

 meaning was not in every respect clearly conveyed. 

 This is a difficulty with which the missionaries at 

 the commencement of their labours in a barbarous 

 country always have to contend ; since it rarely 

 happens that a person is to be procured whose skill 

 as an interpreter unites the equally essential qualities 

 of genuine piety and a sincere devotion to the cause. 



