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Even to these poor Hottentots the words of St. Peter may be ad- 
dressed: " Ye are come mto Mount Zion, and to the city of the 
" living God, and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant, 
" and to the blood of sprinkUng," 
'J'hough despised by most men, and often liable to err and fail, 
yet, as received and reconciled by Him, with whom there is no re- 
pect of persons, I felt myself unworthy to serve this congregation, 
whose attentive, devout deportment, and unaffected fervency of 
spirit is scarcely equalled in any Christian community. 
3d. As Whit-Monday is celebrated in this colony, as in most 
parts of the continent of Europe, the usual service was performed 
at the church. In the afternoon, two adults, and two children^ 
were baptized* 
After this solemnity, the chapel-servants came in a body to pay 
me a visit. Brother Leitner being interpreter, I had some very 
agreeable conversation with them. In the evening, the opzieners 
met, by appointment, in our dining-room, when the rules or sta^ 
tutes mentioned (p. 276,) were again read and explained. The 
remarks showed much good sense, and confirmed the opinion I have 
already conceived of the Hottentots, that they are, in general, 
more sensible, and possess better judgment, than most Europeans 
equally destitute of the means of instruction. 
4th. Having heard, that I intended next week to leave Gnaden- 
thal, the Hottentots, both men and women, alone, or in parties, 
came to take leave of me, or rather to beg me not to leave them. 
Some said : " You seem so much at home among us, that you had 
" better go and fetch your wife and children and take up your a- 
" bode in this place." 1 replied, that I thought 1 could do them 
more service by going to England, and reportmg to ray Brethren, 
^\ hat I had here seen and heard of the efltects of the gospel, which 
would excite them to send out more teachers, to instruct those of 
their nation, who were yet in darkness. When they perceived, that 
nothing would prevail to detain me, many shed tears, saying, that 
as they must now return to the farms, they should see me no more. 
