Knowing that you are always anxious concerning our health, I, perhaps, ought to have spoken of it sooner. I am in quite good health, and have been since my first attack of the African fever. My wife has had quite a severe attack of the fever; so severe that I thought I should lose her; but God in his goodness saw fit to spare her to me. She has never regained her strength, but I trust that God in some way or other will restore her to perfect health again. The religious work at Avery is going on nicely. I found here a small chapel, but no church members. Dr. James had kept up a prayer-meeting, and there was some interest among the people, but there had been no ingathering of souls to Christ. After looking around and seeing the real condition of things, I came to the conclusion that whatever was done must be done quickly; so I made it my aim to get at the people at once with the truths of Jesus Christ, and they seemed to take right hold of them as fast as given to them. I adopted this plan: to take my Bible every evening and go out among the regular heathen; but I soon found out that I was unable to reach them in that way, from the fact that I could not speak their language. So I gave that plan up, and adopted the one of going among them twice a week, and taking with me my Bible and an interpretor. This I found to be the best plan; so then and there I got hold of the people. Now, having found this to work well, I began to preach to the people in their own villages and “fackies,” as they call them. After I found out that I could gather them together in their fackies, I then set to work to persuade them to come to my church; which I did with great success, and from time to time I gathered into the church the following persons and names. June 16th, I opened the doors of the church, and enrolled the following: H. C. Hallock L., Isaac Vincent L., James Cole L., John Davis R., Samuel Wise R., Richard Wilkerson R., Yamba R., One Pound R., Henry Peters R., Small Banna R., William Wilberforce L., Mrs. Lucker L., Mrs. Peters R., Mrs. Hannah Vincent L., and a Sherbro chief, A. P. Cardy R.