176; great misery.

235b; child died; food needed.

375; dead child.

175; a most harrowing spectacle; Badenhorst; old father; old mother; bedridden 15-year-old boy; water head; simple; old mother feeds it mouth to mouth[14]; “Die kind, leeraart, het ik nou al lang afgege aan de Heere Jesus!” (This child, Pastor, I have given to the Lord Jesus long ago.”) She dotes on this imbecile, poor mother.  Such a simple, homely, gladsome, believing old heart.  “Ik ben velen een wonder geweest” ("I am a wonder unto many"); me certainly; daughter with sick girlie; “De Heere het haar ver ons terug gege” ("The Lord has given her back to us"); there was a fire in their tent, and this young mother was badly burnt to the bone (wrist).

169; Heever; four children; all sick.

450; great distress; Du Toit; child sick; no nourishment; young mother sick; only child dead.

526; De Wet; daughter delirious; dying; two others sick on the floor; pathetic.

372; Kotze; baby dying; two others sick; great friends Oom Jacob.

156; Joubert (or Ackerman); daughter; floor; dying; measles and pneumonia.

15; Barnard; two daughters; one dangerously sick; poor anxious mother!  While hurrying to relieve with some beef tea and Benger’s Food stopped on way by desperate mother.

471; Marais; eight children; all sick; no nourishment; two very bad.  To think of it!

After tea called to 235; orphans; boy very bad; sisters’ tears.

Also 211; Roux; daughter; pneumonia.

Again 383; much drawn to that child; large, soft, trustful brown eyes; asked yesterday that I pray she might get well; to-day otherwise; trusting.

Distributed beef tea and Benger’s food to some very urgent cases; the thankfulness melts one’s heart.

Funerals; fourteen.

Found on getting home plate food on box; enjoyed same at tea; great cheer to be with the Van As’s.

Closed Sunday School; children sing “Dat’s Heeren Zegen!” ("The blessing of the Lord descend on thee.”)

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Monday, August 26.—­That imbecile boy died to-day; the old mother sent for me, but I found no time to go.

Don’t think 526 will last long; gave candles, beef tea and Benger’s Food this evening.

383 much better; smiled this morning when I entered.

339; great tribulation; six deaths in one week.

440; girlie; sweet face; wonder if she will die or live; very, very bad; Cloete.

288; Mrs. Venter; young wife; sick; five children sick; gave beef tea and Benger’s Food.

352; the lost little lamb found; one of my first, whose number I had omitted to take; Weinanda; five years; pining away; large grey eyes; far-away look; poor little mite; Ken jij ver mij, me kind?” (Do you still remember me, child?”) “Ja, Oom; Oom is de Predikant” ("Yes, Uncle; Uncle is the Minister").  “Is Weinanda blij dat Oom weer gekom het?” ("Is Weinanda glad that Uncle has come again?”) “Ja, Oom; Oom is goed om te kom” ("Yes, Uncle; it was good of Uncle to come”) Wonder if I really am rather soft; but when this little mite clasped her tiny hands together when Oom began to pray, I was bowled clean over.