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TRANSLATION OT THE BIBLE 
all likely to moot tho fato of Elliot’s Choctaw version, t 
specimen of which may bo soon in tho library of ono of tlu 
American colleges, — as God’s word in a languago which n« 
living tonguo can articulate, nor living mortal understand; 
but a bettor destiny seems in storo for this, lor tho Sichuan# 
languago has boon introduced into tho now country beyond 
Lake Ngami. There it is tho court languago, and will tako 
a strnngor anywhere through a district larger than Franco 
Tho Bochuanas, moreover, in all probability possess that 
imperishability which forms so rcmarkublo a feature in tho 
entiro African race. 
Protestant missionaries of every denomination in South 
Africa all agree in ono point, that no mere profession of 
Christianity is sufficient to entitle tho converts to tho 
Christian name. They arc all anxious to place tho Bible 
in tho hands of tho natives, and, with ability to road that, 
thcro can bo little doubt as to tho future. Wo boliovo 
Christianity to bo divino, and equal to all it has to perform ; 
then let tho good seed bo widely sown, and, no matter to 
what sect tho converts may belong, tho harvest will bo 
glorious. Let nothing that 1 havo said be interpreted as 
indicative of feelings inimical to any body of Christians, 
for 1 novor, as a missionary, felt myself to bo cither Pres- 
byterian, Episcopalian, or Independent, or called upon in 
any way to love ono denomination less than anothor. My 
earnest desire is, that tlioso who really have tho best in- 
terests of tho heathen at heart should go to them ; and 
assuredly, in Africa at least, solf-denying labors among real 
heathen will not fail tc bo appreciated. Christians hava 
never yet dealt fairly by tho heathen and been disappointod. 
When Sooholo understood that wo could no longer remain 
with him at Kolobcng, ho sent his children to Mr. Moffat, 
at Kuruman, for instruction in all tho knowlcdgo of tho 
white men. Mr Moffat very liberally received at onco an 
accession of five to his family, with their attendants. 
Having been detained at Kuruman about a fortnight by 
tho breaking of a wagon-wheel, 1 was thus providentially 
