8_th_.—­The Pastor Majors called for us to pay a few visits.  He is so spiritual and interior in his walk with God that it does me good to be in his company.  Passing along the street, he said, We will just speak to a man who has been in England; he will be pleased to see you.  He was alone in his meal and flour shop, which is apart from the house.  He received us heartily; and on our coming away he pressed us to go up and speak to his daughters.  After hesitating a few moments we went to the room and to our surprise found a little company of young females met to work for the missionaries, and to read.  After sitting a while with them, one of the girls in much simplicity handed the Bible to our friend, and he read a chapter in the First Epistle of Peter, which was followed by a Friends’ meeting with these dear young persons.  I felt great openness in addressing them, and thankfulness filled my heart to the Father of mercies for having given us this casual opportunity of preaching the gospel.

In the evening we went to meeting with Pastor M.’s flock.  He has taken the first floor of a good house, and appropriates three rooms opening one into another for a meeting-house, placing his pulpit, which is on wheels, in the doorway, so that when the meeting hour is over he can put the pulpit aside and make the rooms his dwelling.  The rooms are fitted with long benches; the men and women sit separate and enter by different doors.  The worship is conducted with much solemnity; they have for the present discontinued singing.  They sat in silence some time at the commencement, when Majors offered a short prayer, and then read and expounded a small portion of Scripture.  When he had finished he introduced us as English friends.  He had told me previously that if I felt anything to say, I had only to intimate it to him.  This liberty was acceptable to me, for I had felt much exercise of mind for the people; and after we had rested some time in silence, I was strengthened to speak with great freedom, and the power of the Most High was over us.  Many thirsty souls were present, who, I believe, know the value of true silence.  The two rooms for the women were crowded, and the stillness which pervaded was remarkable.  A military man addressed me after the meeting, in English, expressing his great satisfaction and joy in being present; he is a regular attendant at this place of worship.  The pastor said he was comforted and thankful that the Spirit of the Lord had been with us, and divided his word to the state of the people.

On the 9th, Professor Krafft and Pastor Majors conducted them to the Agricultural School for destitute children at Neuhoff, four miles from the city.  This well-known institution was founded by a man who had been taken as a child out of the streets, and whose wife had been brought up in an orphan-house.  John Yeardley says:—­

The arrangement of the farm-yard, &c., and the cropping of the land are pretty much the same as at Beuggen, near Basle, and what is now practised at Lindfield; and it is just what we want Rawden to be—­at least what I should like to see it.  Before leaving the premises, we had the children assembled in the schoolroom, and held a meeting with them, with which we were well satisfied.  There is a sweet spirit of inward piety in the master and mistress.