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more, for the propagation of the Gospel of 
peace. The blue mountains to the Eastward 
were a cheering contrast to what was imme- 
diately before me. For there I conceived my 
beloved and honoured fellow servants — the Mo- 
ravian Missionaries, companions in the kingdom 
and patience of Jesus Christ, to be passing the 
days of their pilgrimage far from the world, 
imparting the blessed Gospel to benighted souls. 
May I receive grace to be a follower of their 
faith and patience." 
From the commencement of the British occu- 
pation of the Cape, the rays of Missionary light 
have spread through this vast continent ; and 
now, instead of this one isolated station, there 
are many dotted out over the hills and plains 
of Southern Africa. 
The only regret to the pious mind in viewing 
these multiplying seed beds of Divine grace, is 
that so few of them were attempted by the 
established Church of England. Teachers of 
twenty-two different denominations of Chris- 
tians are now, side by side, endeavouring to carry 
out the Gospel amongst the native tribes. Only 
within the last few years, however, has any 
effort been made by our National Church to- 
wards Missionary work. The London Mission- 
ary Society, and the Wesleyans were amongst 
the earliest followers of the Moravians in the 
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