The conversation of our dear friend Majors has been to me truly instructive, and I trust our being thus thrown together is in divine wisdom.  We have gone very fully into the nature, of our church discipline, and have had much spiritual conversation to the refreshment of our souls.

We arrived at Strasburg about 7 o’clock, and I attended the class of his young men, which afforded me once more an opportunity to speak to them of the things that belong to their eternal peace.

Their religious service in Strasburg finished with a visit to the family of Professor Ehrmann, in which Martha Yeardley ministered to the company, and they commended one another in solemn supplication to the safe keeping of Israel’s Shepherd.

Both the German and French languages are spoken in Strasburg.  In their religious communications to those who spoke German, J. and M.Y. sometimes availed themselves of the interpretation of Pastor Majors, who they found was never at a loss, and who said, “It is no difficulty for me to interpret for you, because you say the very things that are in my heart.”

From Strasburg they went on to Colmar and Muelhausen.  The latter place, particularly interested them, from the number of persons recently awakened there, and they held several meetings in the town.  John Yeardley says:—­

In the whole district of Alsace there is a great deal of spiritual religion among the different professors; but in some of the ministers there is great deadness, or else infidelity.

The next halting-place on their route was Basle.  This city, and the little canton of which it is the capital, were then in a state of civil war.  The great political eruption of 1830, by which half Europe had been convulsed, continued to agitate Switzerland long after it had spent its force elsewhere.  On the 3rd of the month, a little more than two weeks before the date at which we are arrived, a large body of the citizens, under arms, went out to reduce the peasants to subjection:  the latter gave them battle amongst the hills and entirely defeated them, killing 200 of their number.  The ferment was gradually subsiding when J. and M.Y. were in the city.

They found the town pretty quiet, though full of soldiers.  A general sentiment seemed to prevail amongst serious persons, that the judgments of the Lord were upon the country.

Poor Switzerland, exclaims J.Y., what an awful judgment is come upon thee!  Is it to be wondered at? within the last six months they have persecuted and banished twenty ministers from the Canton of Basle, simply because they preached the gospel, and the unbelieving inhabitants could not bear it.

They visited the Mission-House, and held a large meeting there with the students and others; Pastor Majors, who was present, from Strasburg, interpreting for them.  “It was,” says J.Y., “a season long to be remembered.”

From Basle, they took the Diligence direct to Locle, where they spent two days with M.A.  Calame’s large and interesting family.  They were introduced to Argyri Climi, whom they describe as a girl of “pensive character and genteel manners.”  On the 26th they descended the slope of the Jura to Neufchatel.