ABSTRACT

IN the beginning of February we took up our abode at Corn-wall, in the old "busha house," which had been repaired for our use, and rejoiced that we were so soon and so ,veIl provided for, both in respect of place of residence and sphere of labour. The house stood on a considerable eminence facing the sea, '\vith a high range of hills behind, covered with wood, and surrounded by fertile fields of the sweet cane. It was in the vicinity of the negro village, and overlooked the sugar works; the finest fruits grew in abundance every,vhere, and an unfailing spring of delicious ,vater gushed from the rock at the foot of the hill. The great charm and attraction of the place, however, was, that it ,vas encircled by nUlnerous estates, within an hour's ride, containing thousands of people, to whom I expected to obtain access, that I might preach anlong them the glorious law of God, and the more glorious gospel of Christ Jesus, which magnifies the la,v and nlakes it -honourable, and among whom I had the prospect-yea, the ambition-of founding a Christian Church, that would endure and confer blessings for ages to come.