he success which you have had?"

"Yes, I am, when I consider the difficulty to be surmounted. Nothing
but the Divine assistance could have produced such effects as have
already taken place. The chiefs are to a man opposed to us."

"Why so?"

"Because Christianity strikes at the root of their sensuality; it was
the same when it was first preached by our Divine Master. The riches of
a Caffre consist not only in his cattle, but in the number of his wives,
who are all his slaves. To tell them that polygamy is unlawful and
wrong, is therefore almost as much as to tell them that it is not right
to hold a large herd of cattle; and as the chiefs are of course the
opulent of the nation, they oppose us. You observe in Caffre-land, as
elsewhere, it is `hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of
heaven.' I have asked the chiefs why they will not come to church, and
their reply has been, `The great word is calculated to lessen our
pleasures and diminish the number of our wives; to this we can never
consent.'"

"But still you say you have made some progress."

"If I have, let it be ascribed to the Lord, and not to me and my
otherwise useless endeavours; it must be His doing; and without His aid
and assistance, the difficulties would have been insurmountable. It is
for me only to bear in mind the scriptural injunction, `In the morning
sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest
not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both
shall be alike good.'"

"But have they no idea whatever of a Supreme Being, either bad or good?
have they no idea, as some of the African tribes have, of the devil?"

"None; and in their language they have no word to express the idea of
the Deity; they swear by their kings of former days as great chiefs, but
no more. Now if they had any religion whatever, you might, by pointing
out to them the falsity and absurdity of that religion, and putting it
in juxtaposition with revealed Truth, have some hold upon their minds;
but we have not even that advantage."

"But cannot you make an impression upon their minds by referring to the
wonders of nature,--by asking them who made the sun and stars? Surely
they might be induced to reflect by such a method."

"I have tried it a hundred times, and they have laughed at me for my
fables, as they have termed them. One of the chiefs told me to hold my
tongue, that his people might not think me mad. The Scr