CAPE PALMAS - LIBERIA
Letter from B. J. Drayton
Cape Palmas, July 1 1, 1858
Rev. James B. Taylor:
Dear Brother: — By the packet I expected a line or two
from you as usual, but up to this time no letter from you has come
to hand, being accustomed for the last ten years to hear from you,
an omission operate strangely. However, I know it to be my duty,
and take pleasure to communicate to you.
Since I wrote you last, my health and the career of your
operations here have been promising. The Lord was pleased to
visit our little interest with outpouring of his spirit, and up to this
date, matters with us are moving forward peacefully.
Great and powerful was His presence among us. Sinners
were convicted and converted - backsliders were reclaimed - and
the believers in Zion abundantly refreshed. Without a place of
worship, yet our Father has not forsaken us, and while we are
meeting from house to house, he visits to encourage and to bless
us. Praise Him! I am pleased to inform you that the results of our
revival, this year, so far, nine were added by baptism.
The prospect is still cheering and hopeful, and we hope
through God to see others come before the year expires. Our
baptismal season was remarkably interesting; a large and
intelligent congregation was there - all, yes, every one seems to be
eminently impressed, and the glorious spirit moved, as it were,
upon the bosom of the placid waters.
You, no doubt, by this time, have been informed that the
teacher you allowed for this field was located among the natives.
As no advice was given by you in your letter, which I
received last December, and none by Bro. Day particularly, I
regard the sustenance of the native school most important, and
have been sustaining it up to this date. The advancement of the
youth in the school is encouraging; the teacher does not teach
alone, but catechise adults of both sexes, and tell them of the sweet
