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and Brother Bonatz immediately went to see him once more, but 
on arriving at the house, found that he had just breathed his last. 
The case of this poor man and his family distressed and disturbed 
my mind. Both he andhis wife were worthy members of the congre- 
gation, and now, in the midst of family troubles, they are separated, 
when the assistance of the husband seemed most needed. 
As Sunday is generally a day, on which strangers attend divine 
worship, or visit the settlement, the Holy Communion is always 
held in the evening, when there are no intruders. At half past se- 
ven the communicant congregation assembled in the church. What 
shall I say of this solemnity ! I wished all my friends, who take 
share in the success of the Missions of our Church, to be present. 
What a miracle is here wrought by the power of God, through the 
simple preaching of the word of the Cross! What must the feel- 
ings of those men be, who first were employed in the renewal of 
tliis Mission, no longer ago than in 1792, when they behold the 
cft'ects of their labours. I made this remark to Father Marsveld. 
His answer was — "It is so clearly the work of God, and not of 
" man, that we almost forget, that we have at all been employed 
*' in it. When we came hither, our utmost hope was, that we 
might perhaps, in a course of years, see forty or fifty Hotten- 
tots converted and formed into a Christian congregation; and as 
we were travelling towards this place, we prayed to our Saviour, 
" that He might bless and support us; and if He granted us 
*' the favour to see but one soul converted in truth, we should 
think ourselves well rewarded. And now, when we behold 
*' what He has done, we are indeed overwhelmed with gratitude 
" and amazement: but not unto us, not unto us, to His name a- 
" lone be all the glory and all the praise." This was likewise the 
constant expression of Father Schwinn: he once said to me of his 
own accord, "We are unprofitable servants and sinful men; we 
" have done many things amiss, and have nothing to boast of, but 
" merc}^. The Lord forgave us our sins, healed every breach, and 
" helped us to serve liim with gladness from day to day, while we 
