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BETHELSDORP. 
[1813, 
that he was obliged to take her, with the consent of 
her friends, and she now lives in his house as one of 
the family. Thermometer at noon, eighty. 
26th. In the afternoon, Cobus, who is blind, and 
his wife, came from four hours distance with their 
child to be baptised on the morrow. They are both 
members of the church at Bethelsdorp. The wife 
knew the Lord first, and soon after Cobus was 
deprived of his sight, God opened the eyes of his 
understanding, and he says he never was so happy 
as since he beheved in Jesus. Indeed, from the 
pleasant smile on his countenance when he spake of 
the Saviour, pea<:e was evidently within. He remarked 
that Jesus had hitherto kept him from falling, and be 
trusted he would keep him to the end, and bring him 
to his heavenly kingdom and glory. His wife said, 
that she had obtained this child from the Lord, and 
wished to give her to him again — that she had no 
wish that her child should be great or rich, but she 
wished she might have grace, and be a child of 
God* 
About ten o'clock at night, while sitting at Mr. 
Read's, we heard for a considerable time a female 
weeping bitterly at a little distance behind, on which 
Mr. R. went to inquire into the cause. On returning, 
he said it was a few people conversing together, one 
of whom was much affected with something that had 
been said. 
