THIS letter was received by the Rev. Neil Cameron, St. Jude’s, on 27th April:—
C/O NATIVE COMMISSIONER, BEMBESI,
MATABELELAND, 3rd April, 1908.
MY DEAR MR. CAMERON,—I am in receipt of your letter of the 24th February, and was very glad to hear from you again. I was very sorry to hear, and to see from time to time in the Magazine, so many of our godly people being taken away; although it is a gain to them it is a loss to us. May the Lord in His mercy raise up others to fill their places. You may be sure I was very glad to get your kind words of exhortation. It is true what you say: there is great need that we should continually exhort one another to hold firmly and faithfully to the Word of God, Confession of Faith, and the purity of worship, and to be reminded often of our ordination vows. The days are evil, and we need special grace to enable us to hold fast the truth as it is in Christ Jesus. And so I am always thankful for the letters that our ministers write, and the prayers of the Lord’s people for us here. My mother is still enjoying good health, though old and feeble, and my sisters were also well. I have only one brother, but I did not see him as he is working in Port Elizabeth.*
We expect to have infant baptism of the children of believing parents, and also adult baptism of some who have professed their faith in Christ and obedience to Him, and who were not baptized in their infancy. And we ask you all to pray for them, that the Lord might pour down His Spirit upon them. I am going to examine them and will make a full report when I write again. I would like you to send me those tokens for Communicants marked “Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland.” They are usually given to Communicants.
I have bought some Shorter Catechisms in Kaffir. I am still, carefully comparing the English version with the Kaffir version together with the passages of Scriptures, to see whether the translation is a correct one. Will report on it again later on.
I have also received the Post Office Order for £4 18s.; you will kindly thank those ladies for me who sent it. I was very glad to get it. We needed a few more forms for our Church here, and I will now spend some of it for that purpose. Mrs. Radasi has lost a married sister, who died in Cape Colony. You will kindly remember me to all the friends in Glasgow, also to your dear mother, Mrs. Cameron, and to my old Christian friends, the Frasers—Mrs. Radasi joining.—Your sincere friend,
JOHN B. RADASI.
* There were one or two short letters from Mr. Radasi to friends before this letter, stating that he and his wife had been away in Cape Colony for a month, and that they had safely returned to Bembesi.—ED.