him; if he does, he must not tell what was done to him. _February 18._--(Bombay.) Thus far I am brought in safety. On this day I complete my thirtieth year. 'Here I raise my Ebenezer; Hither by Thy help I'm come.' 27th. It is sweet to reflect that we shall at last reach our home. I am here amongst men who are indeed aliens to the commonwealth of Israel and without God in the world. I hear many of those amongst whom I live bring idle objections against religion, such as I have answered a hundred times. How insensible are men of the world to all that God is doing! How unconscious of His purposes concerning His Church! How incapable, seemingly, of comprehending the existence of it! I feel the meaning of St. Paul's words--'Hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence, having made known unto us the mystery of His will, that He would gather in one all things in Christ.' Well! let us bless the Lord. 'All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children.' In a few days I expect to sail for the Gulf of Persia in one of the Company's sloops of war. Farewell, my beloved Lydia, and believe me to be ever yours most affectionately, H. MARTYN. All through the voyage, in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean, the scholar was busy with his books, the Hebrew Old Testament, 'reading Turkish grammar, Niebuhr's _Arabia_, making extracts from Maracci's _Refutation of the Koran_, in general reading the Word of God with pleasure.' _February 10._ (Sunday.)--Somewhat of a happy Sabbath; I enjoyed communion with the saints, though far removed from them; service morning and night in the cabin.