Letter from Brother John Day to Brother Taylor, September 17, 1850

Letter from Brother John Day Bexley, September 17, 1850 Dear Brother Taylor, -It is but a few days ago since I received yours of February 9th informing me of letters and books which you had sent, and which I had received long since except the loose books, which brother Cheeseman received. You ask in the letter, if I need Bibles and Testaments on the coast? I do. I have given away so many Bibles and Testaments, to natives and colonists, that I have barely enough for my school. I have given away, too, a good many tracts. A letter has just come to hand for my assistant. He is now sick of a disease of the heart, and 1 fear we shall lose him. He requested me to retain the letter until he is well enough to come and see me. He has gone to some farm town, he informs me. I think it likely our brethren at Monrovia will secure the services of a very fine man from Boston. I am told he is a talented good man, an humble Christian ~ a jewel for this country. The brethren of the Central African mission are not with me. I wish they had been, as the valuable life of brother Goodale would perhaps have been spared. I have not seen brother Bowen yet, but have corresponded with him. He is now, perhaps, at Badagry. He thought of stopping a while at Monrovia, and supplying that church, but having an opportunity of going to Badagry, left at a moment’s warning, just dropping me a line. He will return here, God willing. He returned from Ворога despoiled of many things and desired to live cheaply while circumstances compelled him to remain in Liberia. I wrote to him that my house, heart and purse were large enough for unfortunate brethren. Of the general affairs of the mission, I suppose brother Cheeseman will inform you. So I shall take the balance of this sheet to write about other matters. While in the service of the Northern Board, I wrote a brief account of the jurisprudence of the Bassas. It may be interesting to you to know something of their skill as lawyers.