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out the first Missionaries who should be sent to 
instruct them. 
And, beyond this, there was one aged woman, 
bending under the weight of four-score years, 
who had been herself baptized by the hands of 
George Schmidt. She remembered him well, 
and produced her Dutch New Testament, which 
he had given her, and which she had safely 
preserved in a leathern bag, wrapped up in two 
sheepskins; and, shewing it to the Missionaries, 
she then opened one of the Gospels, and read 
the history of our Saviour's birth. By frequent 
teaching, her recollection revived to the truths 
she had learnt so many years before. She spent 
the rest of her days with the Brethren, at Ba- 
vian's Kloof, and, amidst much weakness and 
many bodily sufferings, she exhibited the cha- 
racter of a true child of God. She was well 
known, and much respected, throughout the 
Colony, and was frequently visited by the Eng- 
lish officers, who went, from time to time, to see 
the settlement. At last, she gently fell asleep 
in, Jesus, on the 2nd of January, 1800, in her 
hundredth year. 
From this period, the Mission flourished, al- 
though the measure of prosperity, which at- 
tended the Missionaries, was of a fluctuating 
character. Many and great were the difficulties 
that they had to contend with. The malice 
