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vice began by Mrs. B. reading a chapter of scripture. 
Mr. B. then gave out a psalm, after which Mr. 
Kicherer addressed them. Every one seemed to hang 
on his lips : one was singularly earnest in listening, 
which attracted Mr. Kicherer s attention so much as 
to induce him, in the middle of his discourse, to ask 
him two or three questions about Jesus, which he 
answered with a pleasing smile on his sable face. The 
slaves sung as well as the people called christians, 
which means, in South Africa, white people. Several 
came to Mr. K. after he retired, and spake about 
Jesus: one female spoke with peculiar fervour, re- 
gardless of all about her. The scene was a sermon to 
me. Though I understood none of her expressions, 
yet her gestures enabled me to conjecture what she 
might be sa}'ing. 
23d. I inquired respecting the slave who had 
answered Mr. K. during his discourse, when I was in- 
formed that he had long been an excellent christian: 
that formerly his master would not permit him to attend 
Mr. Bakker, and one day assured him he would flog 
him if he went. The poor slave, with christian gentle- 
ness, said in reply, " I must tell the Lord that." The 
saying so wrought upon his master's mind, that he not 
only permitted him to go, but likewise all the slaves 
in his house; and yesterday this gentleman and his 
lady attended the slave meeting themselves. This slave 
thanks God for bringing him from Mosambique, his 
native country. 
