We felt sweet unity with Pastor Gessner, and believe him to be a gospel minister.

On parting he took me in both arms, and said, in such a feeling manner that the words went to my very heart, "The Lord bless thee, and put the words of his wisdom into thy mouth." On the 6th they went to Berne, and the next morning they inspected Fellenberg's institution at Hofwyl.
It is, says John Yeardley, what it professes to be, for education in the fullest extent of the word, to give to those committed to their care an education suited to their circumstances and their future prospects in life.

There is a first-rate boarding school, for young gentlemen; a middle school, for tradesmen, &c.; a [boys' and] girls' poor school of industry, for those who can pay nothing .-- (_Letter to Josiah Forster_.) To J.Y.the most interesting department of this institution was the school of industry for poor children, in which at that time a hundred boys were clothed and educated.

He describes at some length, and with evident approbation, the system on which the school was conducted; but adds, "I cannot say much as to religious instruction." From Hofwyl they proceeded through Lausanne to Geneva, where, being desirous of improving themselves in French, and the season not permitting them to travel, they hired a lodging, intending to remain two or three months.
As on their former visit, they held frequent intercourse with pious persons, several of them well known in the Christian world; such as Gaussen, Bost, and L'Huillier.

Of Theodore L'Huillier.