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expression) for the unregenerated and unen- 
lightened minds of the Kaffirs to understand it, 
if wholly unaided by those external forms, ha- 
bits, and observances, which past experiences 
have taught our Anglican branch of the Church 
to use, not only with advantage and acceptance, 
but also with permission and without eviL The 
body may and must go with the spirit, and 
where both these are kept in their proper places, 
and used rightly, there is, humanly speaking, 
the greatest success attained. Such we have 
in the system of the English Church, and this 
is the peculiar qualification she possesses for ob- 
taining the attention, and receiving the con- 
sideration, of the Kaffir mind. The story of 
the Bible, if grafted on the traces of their 
Ismaelitish origin, may also be presented thus 
to their consideration with peculiar charms; 
whilst the use of music and chanting, in the 
services of the Church, are in exact unison 
with their own tastes and habits. 
The intellectual powers of the Kaffirs are of 
such a calibre as will fully enable them to ap- 
preciate the exercise of talent and ability, when 
these are manifested to them. ISTor are they 
undeserving of the exercise of these, nor of 
the flow of eloquence in exhortation. The well 
educated, carefully trained, disciplined, and, 
at the same time, earnest and spiritual style 
