11_th_.—­I have had a long conversation with C.W.  Grossner, of Breslau, on the Supper, &c.  We opened the Testament, and read the various passages, and I explained our views as well as I could.  I think he is brought under serious thoughtfulness, and half convinced of our principles with regard to the rites, which he acknowledges are vain without the substance.  “Religion with many, nowadays,” he observed, “is like a polished shell without kernel.”

13_th_.—­The Countess Schaffgotsch sent her butler with a message from the castle that she would be glad if we would call on her.  She gave us a hearty reception, and thanked us for taking so much interest about the people.  On our presenting her with some books;—­But I am a Catholic, she said.  We told her that made no difference to us; we loved all who loved the Lord Jesus.  She spoke very sweetly of the influence of the spirit.

14_th_.—­The Countess paid us a long visit, and spoke much of the Roman Catholic faith.  She has no more faith in the efficacy of the prayers of the saints than I have, and said she had not prayed to them now for four years; their church only advises, not commands it.

16_th_.—­We went to dine with the Countess Reden and her sister, who live at the castle in Buchwald, one of the most lovely spots in the most lovely of countries.  It is truly a peaceful abode, whose inmates fear their God, love their neighbor, and greatly esteem their king.  We had been announced to the Countess from Berlin a week before; she and her amiable sister received us as a brother and sister beloved in the Lord.  I never witnessed more intelligence combined with Christian politeness and real simplicity.  The Countess is about seventy-six years of age; she is the president of the Bible Society, and the spiritual mother of all that is good in the neighborhood.  She nursed the present king on her lap when he was a baby, and her great influence with him now she always turns to good account in serving benevolence and religion.  Both she and her sister spoke with much affection of dear Elizabeth J. Fry, and her visit with Joseph John Gurney.

26_th_.—­Our last meeting, on First-day evening, consisted of all men, several of whom had come from Erdmannsdorf and the colonies of the Tyrolese.  They seemed to appreciate the time of silence, and expressed much satisfaction with having made our acquaintance, and with the meeting.

On the 30th of the Fifth Month, J. and M. Y. quitted Warmbrunn and proceeded towards Bohemia.

We passed, says the former, through Hirschberg.  Goldberg, Liegnitz, and to Dresden, Leipzig, and Halle, making acquaintance in all these places with serious persons, and, I hope, scattering here and there a little gospel seed; but truly we may say, It is sown in weakness.  At Halle we were much gratified with our visit to Dr. Tholuck, but I think, not less so with his wife, a most lovely person, delighting to feel and to do good.