Even in the busy season, when the laborers were in their fields before dawn, and worked till late, a goodly number attended the daily evening service.

Nor was it here, only, that a listening ear was found.

In a tour among some of the largest neighboring villages, the missionaries were kindly received.

Some sat from morning till the setting of the sun, giving earnest heed to the preaching.

Could the people have been assured that they had nothing to fear from the civil power, they would have braved their ecclesiastics.