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On the Way to the Zambesi. 
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to go on blindfold if He only lead. It is sweet to have the 
promise of His presence; to know that He has said, "I will 
never leave you, nor forsake you j" but to realise His presence, 
and to hear His "Fear not" at a time of separation from 
all visible intercourse with His people, is indeed an unspeakable 
joy, and, if we judged aright, a position to be desired rather than 
shunned. 
In a letter I received from Glasgow a hope was expressed that 
someone would soon come out to join me in the work; but 
I would rather wait for years for a fellow-worker than that one 
should come out hastily. 
WITH THE KAFFIRS. 
Colenso^ November 2^th. — Of the nine days we have been 
on the road most of my time has been spent with Kaffirs only, 
whose language I little understand ; consequently I have been 
shut up to converse only with Him whose ear is ever open to us. 
This has turned my solitude into a very precious time, and I can 
say to His praise that I never felt more free from all care 
and anxious thought than now. I wonder how it is that Satan 
has so managed to blindfold me in the past, that my whole 
life has not been one note of praise. Oh, stir up every child of 
God you meet to praise our good God more ! We little know 
how much we rob Him by our sad hearts and dull, thankless 
lives. 
We have just been travelling through some fine country, lying 
very low, and hot. It is something grand at night to lie out in 
the cold dry veldt, listening to the many African bush sounds. 
Water has been very scarce. I took a long journey this 
morning into the bush in search of enough to wash myself, as I 
had not had a wash for two days. Following along the dry bed 
of a river for some distance, I came upon the fresh track of 
some animal's feet, and knew then that I was not far from water. 
At last the sandy bed of the river began to get rather moist, and 
a little further on I found a beautiful ground-spring. So eager 
was I in my search that I went further from the waggons than I 
intended, but found my way back, though not without some 
difficulty. 
There is quite an attachment between me and the sixteen 
