CHAP. VIII. 
OCCURRENCES AND INVESTIGATIONS AT BETHELSDORP. 
March 20. 
About sun-rise the bell called the people to 
worship in the meeting house ; the service continued a 
little more than half an hour. At ten o'clock the 
church and congregation assembled, when, after praise, 
prayer, and reading of the scriptures, Mr. Wimmer 
delivered an animated discourse, not standing, but 
sitting, as our Lord did when he preached in the 
synagogue of Nazareth, (Luke iv. 20.) The assembly 
was large and attentive. In the afternoon, a Hotten- 
tot, a member of the church, began the service by en- 
gaging in prayer, and when they had sung an hymn, 
any member of the church who chose being permitted 
to give a word of exhortation, a Hottentot spoke with 
much modesty and propriety. After uniting again in 
prayer and praise the people were dismissed, when 
the members had what they called a love feast, each 
person having a cup of coffee poured out to him from 
a kettle, and a small biscuit given him, which was 
done without the smallest bustle or confusion. During 
