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BETHELSDORP. 
[1813. 
certainly speak from the Spirit of God, for, said he, 
he knows far more than we christians who have had 
the bible all our days, and he surely could not get all 
his knowledge in the short time he staid at Bethels- 
dorp ; and he cannot read. 
Thus the gospel spread at first. When sinners 
were converted to God in the city of Thessalonica, from 
thence the gospel sounded through all the region round 
about. So I trust it is at Bethelsdorp, and I trust it 
is the pure, unmixed gospel of Christ. 
SOth. Went to Fort Frederic on Algoa Bay, about 
nine miles from Bethelsdorp, where Dr. Vanderkemp 
and Mr. Read resided almost a year, by permission of 
General Dundas, prior to their fixing at Bethelsdorp. 
There we found a small fort and a few houses, but there 
is no harbour, which renders it very difficult to land 
goods from the ships, which are sent now and then with 
provisions, from the Cape, for there is constantly a 
dangerous surf. We spent a great part of the day with 
Major Andrews, a gentleman of reading and observa- 
tion. 
April 1 . I received this morning a parcel, per post, 
from his excellency the governor, containig six copies 
of a sermon by the Rev. Mr. Jones, colonial chaplain, 
published by desire of Sir John Craddock, with the 
excellent design of ameUorating the circumstances of 
the poor slaves and Hottentots. This benevolent object 
cannot be accomplished in a day, notwithstanding the 
