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of the holy influences by which it is accompanied to 

 the hearts of men, than all the arguments and apolo- 

 gies and defences of Christianity I ever read." 



Mr. Chalmers related an interesting circumstance, 

 showing the influence of religious principles on the 

 mind of a Caffer woman, who had recently been con- 

 verted to Christianity. She had formerly been the 

 concubine of the Chief JEnou, and had been in the 

 habit of attending the Mission Church, which she 

 used to enter with the imperious air of a Caffer 

 Queen, as if she conferred an honour by her pre- 

 sence; whilst her countenance was horribly dis- 

 figured by the red clay with which she was in the 

 habit of smearing it, her person being decorated with 

 a profusion of beads and buttons, and exhibiting 

 altogether the extreme of Caffer finery. She had 

 now abandoned the Chief, thrown off her kaross, 

 cast aside the beads and baubles which she once so 

 highly prized, and was to be seen leading her aged 

 mother to the Church, clad in European attire, and 

 taking her place among the lowest of the people as 

 an humble worshipper of Him who s< was meek and 

 lowly in heart." 



Our tent was pitched in an open space near the 

 Church, and at daylight we were awoke by the song 

 of praise, it being the usual practice to assemble for 

 divine worship every morning at sunrise ; and it was 

 not a little pleasing to hear the children who had 

 been taught English, joining their infant voices in 

 singing, 



