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BETHELSDORP. 
[1815. 
not countenance his practice ; but 1 never heard of 
any other missionary following his Example. , 
I know that the flying reports against Bethelsdorp 
in the colony, have been shipped off to London by 
gentlemen of various casts ; and though some of them 
can say that they have seen Bethelsdorp, which natu- 
rally gives currency to their reports, yet I must say 
that I never heard of one man (though I made inquiry,) 
who ever remained a sufficient time to know what Be- 
thelsdorp really was. Had the ground on which the 
village stands been fertile enough to raise trees and 
gardens, this would have satisfied most; they would 
have written in praise of the beauties of Bethelsdorp ; 
but glory to God, Bethelsdorp has been the birth place 
of many a child of God, many an heir of eternal life; 
yet this indubitable fact is seldom put into the oppo- 
site scale. 
