society, amounts to only sixty-six rupees per month. At Serampore, house-rent alone will come to thirty or forty. If so, how can we subsist on the rest? 4. Here our church is formed, and God has given us two Europeans as our hire. A considerable number of the natives also have some light, though the conversion of any is uncertain. 5. I am now at a great expense erecting houses and conveniences, planting a garden, &c.; which, with the three thousand rupees, will be entirely lost. "There are many other considerations which would weigh much with me, were not the case so urgent as it is. Should you, however, think it best for us to remove to you, I will do it.'' Thus far brother Carey. To this I can add nothing now, till we hear from them. 'We have had several letters from brother Thomas since we have been here, and expect he will be down in a few weeks. He is at Soorool, in the district of Beerbhoom: I believe he superintends a sugar manufactory. He expresses a great deal of love to us, and to the cause of Christ. If he had but prudence equal to his zeal and ability, what a useful missionary he would be! I am grieved at the accounts I have heard: but as I know but little, I will say less. 'I wish we may be able to subsist somehow, without engaging in the affairs of this world. There will be no good done if our whole hearts, and souls, and time, and talents, are not employed in the mission. 2 B As the work is not ours, but God's, we hope he will direct us in all our ways to his glory. 'Dec. 13. Yesterday we received a letter from Mudnabatty, in which brother Carey says he is preparing his stuff for removing, but not as one going into captivity. We expect them all at Serampore in about a month. This was none of our contrivance; we did not think of it when we left England: the Lord orders all things after the counsel of his own will. But though things are as it were turned upside down, we are not discouraged. He surely would not have induced Governor Bie to have shown us so much kindness, if he did not design to bless this country with his truth. Why were we not permitted to go up the country and set up the press, and then have been in the power of the governor of Bengal, who would inevitably have sent us home? Governor Bie constantly attends divine worship, and his attention to the truth is serious: we cannot but hope the Lord will bless it to his soul. He is a man of unblemished character, open and familiar in conversation, and of sound judgment and penetration. This flourishing settlement has entirely risen under his care. He appears old, I suppose more than sixty, having been in India more than forty years. He has long wanted a church here, and has gotten a large subscription towards building it. Who can tell what God will do here? 'We sent accounts of the voyage, &c. to England about six weeks ago, which we hope you will receive in due time. A letter from brother Carey to Mr. Fuller, and one from brother Fountain to you, were sent by the Alligator packet, a fortnight ago. We hope some of the society will correspond with our dear captain. I know not how to speak with sufficient respect and esteem of him. He has lent us one thousand rupees for the use of the mission, without interest. He said he had about £100 he did not immediately want, and he would leave it, for fear we should be short before we could have remittances from England; and some time, when convenient, the society or we are to refund him. He wishes to become a subscriber, if he knew how to send his subscription. He is not certain but he may be in London again next summer, or rather winter, and make another voyage to India: if so, he will send you timely notice. His address is Capt. Benjamin Wickes, sen., Philadelphia. * 'I am, dear sir, 'Your unworthy servant, for Christ's sake, 'D. BRUNSDON.' CHAPTER V. SECTION II. FROM MR. LETTER TO MR. FULLER-LETTERS TO HIS SISTERS-LETTER TO DR. RYLAND- CAREY MR. CAREY TO MR. FULLER. 'MY DEAR BROTHER, 'Moypal, Dec. 21, 1799. 'I am now at this place, on my way to Dinagepore, whither I am going, in company with brethren Ward and Powel, to pay my last visit before I leave this part of the country. The occasion of our going from hence you have already heard, viz., government having refused to permit our brethren to come up to us to this part of the country. The death of our dear brother Grant you have also been informed of, I suppose, by others of our brethren. It is my intention to write more largely before the ships go; but lest I should not have time, or they should sail sooner than ordinary, I write this just to inform you of our situation. Brother Ward and myself, yesternight, made a calculation of our probable expenses for one year. 'I think that we probably may bring them within six or six hundred and fifty pounds per annum, but certainly cannot live upon less, even if we can live for less than the £810. At Serampore, the place to which we are going, every thing is dearer than here by nearly one half; and we must pay more attention to the article of clothing than we should do here. Powel, who is very economical, thinks that we cannot do for less than the £810, which is only 405 rupees a year, or 32-12 rupees each per month; accounting two children equal to one grown person, and laying the whole at sixteen persons: my two eldest sons are counted as full grown. If we should have rent to pay, that alone would amount to one hundred and eighty rupees more a month, at the least calculation, or two thousand one hundred and sixty, viz., £270 a year. We have, therefore, agreed to purchase land of the Danish government, and erect eight bungalows or straw houses: this will cost near three thousand rupees, a sum very little more than one year's moderate rent in houses. Besides this, there is the loss on Kidderpore, amounting to about £500, of which I shall send particulars. 'We are affrighted at all this expense, and fear that you will be so too; yet it cannot be lessened. We have thought that it would be the best thing you can do to send the whole of your funds, which you say |