Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-01-11
Jos6d Reoepfion e iAs .Nisaonarles = sAt
Cpfres.

Jogfd Receptions of tie Missionaries y ne
Cofres.
The Members ar she Missionary Society wsll.
tauhtless recogIeea, that whsn Dr. NcndsTketap
ifrst xsssssa Africa lie earnestly wished q essah-
llish Mission among the Iafres who are salf
Il be neargy 10000 il number; bat X sas obl,-
xed 10 desis from that entefpfise. ane settled Il
lrthrlsdorg. For some time past. however, nany
81 these peauge haze expft sed very strong desirs
,l.at Missionaries may b. sent % shems % which
.hex have brea more powerfully Induced By the
exhortassnns of aa extraordinary mao. ualise
who aivited their attention q religion naFali-
tv and has prevailed on many os The l tss -
s,ed and to fafsakc their sins ref as
s,ffl,er Instructions % the expect &isAikas
rhesr have al geagth entered Cafrsrs@ - e.
following letter shows What joyful entrance 1.sg
haye Ind -
Fr,raet Ell Litter freui Mr. Rsnd dated q conga'f
Ksaial, CTfraria. -Spril Is, fai6.
have ame only to drop line 70 inform you
tbat Ne nriyed here yesterday II safety, and weFr
received a. tie Messengers y: thsist,' with uni-
IL iii Reshelslorp on the irft ol April. and
arrive here on the scrtatetIsfA. We were obliged
20 usst three days at the Fish River. before We
conls meet with GaIres 10 conduct " through il .
andwhen, en- the evening Of ihe third day, me BE-
gAA 10 give UP nope tA0 N@-*Nst A'~As tse Nsftsk
C,uga. cane. and conducted Us over into Cafra-
"a.
We passed the river with more danger than HF.
Campbell and | encountered when we passed tie
Great Orange River; for II was difficult 10 as-
proach. vas very full Of water, and the bottom
serv rugged.
Alter We got through, about one Hundred the
Caifrcs Joined us. These people are ihe followers
il that Caare concerning whom have rePeeledly
written To YOU. They told Us that be aad peFsua-
led them 10 Eorsake the practice of adultery, mur-
ler, witehcraft, theft, &C. +; but that Re always
referred them for further instruction TO "a, who he
expected would soon come 10 teach them | cam
not but look on him as John the BAPTIST rails
"A up 10 prepare the way Of the Lord In short,
we Mere Yesterday received with greater Joy than
ever tue King " England was welcomed into
London.
Our young CaGre chief CTaatzoo') breaches 10
his countrymen constantly, Eor1hey are very thiFs-
ty for the word
This morung we had consultation with Conga
ana biz chief men but Qike the people Of Mateebe,
at Lal.akoo) be declines giving bis opinion until
we can consult (kiDg) Geka, aud the other chiefs.
We are to have a General Meeting Of Geika,
Hinza, slam5e, MakanEa, and other chiefs, ia a
iew days.
hope, on nv return to Betheisdorp, to write
more fully. Ay chief design al present is merely
ID state thai i hase not the least doubt that this
gleai field is already ripe gur the harvest, and that
Nc shall immediately want more Missionaries.
On our passing the Fish River, we met with the
Cafre-weaian forGery mentioned, whose hearf
Qike Lydia > the Lord bad opened She said
that she had long been praying that the servants
IL the Lord might come TO teach her the way 10
happiness that she wanted Of Us 10 beads, but
tons, sc. but the word Of God
The Captain said that he could have wept for
JOY yesterday, account Of our arrival but was
ashamed 10 do 50 before his people.
Cease not to pray for us. and believe me 10 re-
main, though with many defects, your ready ser
want for Chrst's sake,
J. READ.