'This afternoon (Sabbath, November 24), I met Toobshing Baier in the dispensary of the London Mission Hospital. At first I could not remember the man. The face I knew. After a time his name came out without, I flatter myself, his perceiving that I was fishing for it. He was most anxious to see the doctor's medical instruments and appliances. After he had seen quite a number of these, he came to my room, and we sat down for a talk which lasted nearly from 5 to 7 o'clock. He began by reading a part of the rough draft of the new translation of St. Matthew in Mongolian, which happened to be lying on my table. He suggested that in place of "prophet," a word which has been transferred bodily, we should use _juoug beelikty_. He also remarked that our translation of "the foal of an ass" was not the thing, and gave the word he thought was right. He was accompanied by a young lama, who agreed with him in this suggestion. The lama seemed well up, read Mongolian as easily as Toobshing himself, and when Toobshing gave the Thibetan word for _juoug beelikty_, the lama looked over his shoulder, spied a book on a shelf, took it, found the place at once, and showed me the Thibetan and Mongolian side by side. 'Shortly after this Toobshing set himself up and proposed questions and cases such as: '"Is hell eternal? '"Are all the heathen who have not heard the Gospel damned? '"If a man lives without sin, is he damned? '"If a man disregards Christ, but worships a supreme God in an indefinite way, is he saved or not? '"How can Christ save a man? '"If a man prays to Christ to save him morn and even, but goes on sinning meantime, how about him? '"If a man prays for a thing, does he get it? '"Do your unbelieving countrymen in England all go to hell? '"Are there prophets now? '"Is a new-born child a sinner? '"Is one man then punished for another's fault? '"Has anybody died, gone to heaven or hell, and come back to report? [A Mongol has!] '"Did Buddha live?" and so forth. '[Answer, He lived, but did not do what is now said of him.] '"If so, how do you know that the account of Christ is not made up in the same way? Could not the disciples conspire to make the Gospels? 'To these and all other questions I endeavoured to give proper answers; and this, our most delightful and profitable talk, lasted till there was just time for me to snatch a hasty meal before the usual service at 7.30 P.M.'