[49] Viz., _Krishnu_, who was baptized at the same time as Carey's son Felix. The ceremony was performed at the Ghaut, or landing-stairs of the Mahanuddy, in the presence of the Governor and a crowd of Hindoos and Mohammedans. Having lived to see his desire accomplished in the establishment of many other missionary societies besides his own; having been the means of translating the Sacred Scriptures in the languages spoken probably by two hundred millions of people; this good man, working up to the close of his life, died at Calcutta on the 9th of June, 1834. As he lay ill, Lady Bentinck, the wife of the Governor-General, paid him frequent visits, and good "Bishop Wilson came and besought his blessing." He instructed his executors to place no memorial over his tomb but the following simple inscription: WILLIAM CAREY, BORN AUGUST 1761; DIED JUNE 1834. "A wretched, poor, and helpless worm, On Thy kind arms I fall." Mr. Marshman, who had the best means of knowing Carey and his work,[50] says: "The basis of all his excellences was deep and unaffected piety. So great was his love of integrity that he never gave his confidence where he was not certain of the existence of moral worth. He was conspicuous for constancy, both in the pursuits of life and the associations of friendship. With great simplicity he united the strongest decision of character. He never took credit for anything but plodding, but it was the plodding of genius." In all his work, however successful, however honored by his fellow-men, William Carey was modest and simple-hearted as a child. His unparalleled labors as a translator of the Scriptures were performed under the prompting of sublime faith in Divine truth, warm unwavering love to souls, and an assured confidence in the ultimate triumph of the kingdom of God. The shoemaker of Northamptonshire will be remembered till the end of the world as the Christian Apostle of Northern India. [50] John Clark Marshman was the son of Dr. Marshman, Carey's colleague at Serampore. CHAPTER VIII. John Pounds, THE PHILANTHROPIC SHOEMAKER. "His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found His single talent well employed." --_Dr. Samuel Johnson._ "A young lady once said to him, 'O Mr. Pounds, I wish you were rich, you would do so much good!' The old man paused a few seconds and then replied, 'Well, I don't know; if I had been rich I might, perhaps, have been much the same as other rich people. This I know, there is not now a happier man in England than John Pounds; and I think 'tis best as it is.'"--_Memoir of John Pounds_, p. 12. "As unknown, and yet well known; ... as poor, yet making many rich."--_The Apostle Paul._ 2 Cor. vi. 9, 10. "Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these My brethren, ye have done it unto Me."--_Our Lord Jesus Christ._ Matt. xxv. 40.