ho deny revelation, and treat the Bible as a fable,
acknowledge that the world must have been made by a Supreme Power."

"My dear sir, many affect to deny the truth of revelation out of pride
and folly, who still in their consciences can not but believe it. Here,
there being no belief in a Deity, they will not be persuaded that the
world was made by one. Indeed, we have much to contend with, and perhaps
one of the greatest difficulties is in the translation of the
Scriptures. I sit down with an interpreter who can not read a single
word, and with perhaps a most erroneous and imperfect knowledge of
divine things. We open the sacred volume, and it is first translated
into barbarous Dutch to the Caffre interpreter, who then has to tell us
how that Dutch is to be put into the Caffre language. Now you may
imagine what mistakes may arise. I have found out lately that I have
been stating the very contrary to what I would have said. With this
translation, I stand up to read a portion of the Word of God, for my
interpreter can not read, and hence any slight defect or change in a
syllable may give altogether a different sense from what I desire to
inculcate."

"That must indeed be a great difficulty, and require a long residence
and full acquaintance with the language to overcome."

"And even then not overcome, for the language has no words to express
abstract ideas; but the Lord works after His own way, and at His own
season."

"You do not then despair of success?"

"God forbid; I should be indeed a most unworthy servant of our Divine
Master, if I so far distrusted His power. No; much good has been already
done, as you will perceive when we meet to-morrow to perform Divine
service; but there is much more to do, and, with His blessing, will in
His own good time be perfected; but I have duties to attend to which
call me away for the present; I shall therefore wish you good-night. At
all events, the Mission has had one good effect: you are perfectly safe
from Caffre violence and Caffre robbery. This homage is paid to it even
by their kings and chiefs."

"I will say, that if we are only to judge by the little we have seen,
the Mission appears to have done good," observed the Major. "In the
first place, we are no longer persecuted, as we have been during our
journey, for presents; and, as you may observe, many of the Caffres
about are clothed in European fashions, and those who have nothing but
their national undress, I may ca