who showed himself our staunch friend upon this

occasion.

'I have lately made a comparison between the state of India when I first landed here, and its present state,

as it respects the progress of the gospel; which I shall

send you. When I arrived, I knew of no person in Bengal who cared about the gospel, except Mr. Brown, Mr. Udney, Mr. Creighton, Mr. Grant, and Mr. Brown, an indigo planter, besides brother Thomas and myself. There might be more, and probably were, though unknown to me. There are now in India thirty-two ministers of the gospel.

The bible is now translated into, and printed in, the following languages :

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Sunscrit, Bengali, Mahratta, Orissa, Hindusthani, Guzeratti, Chinese, Seek, Telinga, Kurnata, Burman, and Persian.

'The languages on the continent, into which a translation is not yet begun, are, Nepaul, Bhootan, including Tibet, Assam, Arrakan, Pegur, Siam, Cambodia, and, perhaps, two or three more, of which I am not informed. In the islands, they are numerous; viz., three languages in Sumatra, one, at least, in Java, that of Borneo, Timor, perhaps ten more in the Moluccas, that of the Philippines, and a few others; in all about thirty. Should God spare our lives, we may possibly engage in those of the continent, if our means will suffice. The Chinese, now under translation, includes that of Cochin China, and the Japanese. All this must be done, and men must be provided to carry these translations to the different

countries, before the millennium, which cannot be

far off.

'W. CAREY.'

In a letter to Mr. Sutcliff, he thus alludes to his second marriage.

'I have resolved on a second marriage, and expect, by the end of June, to be united to Miss Charlotte Emilia Rumohr. She is a person about my own age, and of whose piety and attachment to the mission I have the strongest proofs. She is of a noble family, in the dutchy of Sleswick. was young. Her mother, the countess of Alfeldt, died about three years ago. She has a sister living near Sleswick, who is the wife of the Graff (Chevalier) Warnstedt, chamberlain to his Danish majesty, and ranger of the royal forests. Another sister is married

Her father died when she

and settled at Marseilles. I do not know of any, except Mrs. Warnstedt, who are serious, though the family is very numerous.

Accept the assurance that I am

'Very, very affectionately yours, 'W. CAREY.'

'January, 1808.

'MY DEAR SISTERS,

"The last

of my whole life, and has been marked by some of the

year has been one of the most eventful

strongest features of any period. I have received the greatest proofs of public regard, and have felt the strongest effects of public jealousy, that ever have been shown to me before. I have had some of the most painful exercises, and have experienced some of the greatest supports, I ever recollect. It would be vain to repeat to you the hard struggle which we have had with government, and the remarkable way in which God has exalted himself above the wrath of his enemies, as these things are detailed at large in a great number of letters sent to England. I do not recollect any occasion on which I have felt so much; nor do I recollect any circumstance in which so full an answer was granted to prayer in so short a time.

'In the last year the Lord bestowed upon me the unspeakable favour of calling my son Felix to engage in an attempt to begin a new mission. A day or two before Felix left, my poor wife was indisposed, but no danger was apprehended. She, however, grew worse and worse, till December the 8th, on which day she died. Her disorder was fever. The affectionate attention which the sisters paid to her made a deep impression upon my mind.

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"Your affectionate brother,
"W. CAREY.'

CHAPTER VI.

SECTION III.

DR. CAREY'S AFFLICTION HIS REFLECTIONS UPON THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE MISSION-A CRUCIFIED PERSON RESCUED BY HIS SON, MR. FELIX CAREYTHE WORK IN CALCUTTA-CANNIBALISM IN SUMATRA-THE IMPORTANCE OF HIS LABOURS TO SUCCEEDING MISSIONARIES-DESTRUCTION OF THE PRINTINGOFFICE BY FIRE-SYMPATHY OF OTHER CHRISTIANS-HIS PRESSING ENGAGEMENTS-DEATH OF MR. FULLER-THE MANNER IN WHICH TRANSLATIONS ARE PREPARED-HIS ANXIETY AND ADVICE AS TO THE FUTURE CONDUCTING OF THE MISSION.

In the ensuing section, comprehending a period of seven years, and those some of the most eventful that ever marked the progress of the Baptist mission in India, Dr. Carey's own correspondence was found to be so copious, and so explicit upon almost every topic of which it treats, that nothing devolved upon the compiler, beyond making the appropriate selection. No portion of the work, it is believed, will be found of more various and intense interest.

'MY DEAR SISTERS,

August 9, 1808.

'This part of the world is, as it respects divine

We see

things, a vast uncultivated wilderness. thousands and thousands of people wherever we go, and no extent of charity can make us say of one of them, that is a christian.' I am often discouraged when I see the ignorance, superstition, and vice, with which this country abounds, the vast numbers who have not heard of the word of life, the obstacles of various kinds, external and internal, to the conversion of the heathen, the fewness of the labourers, the imperfections that are among them, the comparatively little success which has hitherto attended the gospel, and many other considerations which perpetually occur to my mind. I do not know that I have been any use to any one, but my mind has been constantly more or less burdened with various painful things.

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'When I first came into the country I had to learn a difficult language before I could hope to be of any use, and I had nothing to help me in it. I recollect that after I had preached, or rather thought I had, for two years, a man one day came to me and declared that he could not understand me; and this, long after my flattering teachers had declared that every one could understand me. I feel the impression which that poor man's remark made on me to this day. I laboured long, and saw no fruit. Afterwards the Lord wrought, and several Hindus and others were baptized. Some of these are an honour to the gospel, and some have died in the Lord with triumph on their tongues; but many have pierced us through with sorrows. God has endowed several of our native