"Many of these poor _ignorant mortals_ do not know that they are doing wrong by fortune-telling; and being informed that it is displeasing to God, and ruinous to their own souls, they will say, it is _of no service for me to give attendance to religion_, for I am forced to ruin my soul for every morsel of bread I eat; but if God spares my life I will leave it off as soon as I can; while others who are both ignorant and hardened in their crimes, have told me it was the gift of God to them, by which they were to gain their living. Surely they call _darkness light_! Many of my people who join in talk with me, declare, that if the Bible which I read to them be true, there cannot be many saved. But they say that a reformation is needful, and this is promised by them; and I am in great hopes that the time is at hand. Oh, Lord! work for thine own glory, and stir up the minds of thy people in all parts of the land, that they may help forward this good work amongst these poor wanderers! "Their ignorance and their crimes seem to have increased of late years. When I was a boy, I well recollect their parting expressions, which _was_ so common amongst them--_Artmee Devillesty_, which is--_God bless you_. But now it is _truly awful_; it is _darkness itself_, _for they now ask God to send them good luck_ in their crimes. I _myself_ thought for many years, _till __I heard the Gospel_, _that God was like some great gentleman_, _living at a great distance from us_; but I had not a thought that he was every where present to notice the conduct of his creatures, or to hear prayer. The ignorance of _my people_ is a loud call to Christians to assist; and, blessed be God, they find that assistance in Southampton. The Bible has often been taken away from Southampton in the Gipsies' pack, and I have seen it when they have returned, preserved with a great deal of care, and produced for me to read, with great delight on their part. "Surely this blessed book will not be idle, but will do _wonders_ amongst them, _through God's grace_. I see the effects already; do you say, how? I answer, _Was it ever known_, _till now_, that Gipsies assembled on the sabbath day on the common and in the lanes for divine worship? Did you ever see them come to town on a sabbath day in such great numbers as they now do, when encamping near Southampton? Some of the most ignorant of them are now learning to read the Scriptures. This is the beginning of good days. Oh! the good this will do to _my people at large_! Nothing of importance took place in their camp all last summer, _and I almost fainted under the discouragement_; but of late _it shows another face_; and I make no doubt but it will spread, and I shall soon see greater things than these.