“The Christian Native School goes on as well as it can. The children, sometimes nine in number, are reading the Scriptures in Hindoostanee. I have nearly finished a corrected edition (about the 4th) of the history of creation, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the children of Israel, Joshua, Samuel, David, Solomon, the division of the Tribes, Elijah, Elisha, the Acts of the Apostles, the first Epistle of John. Four of the children have Watts’ first Catechism perfect, with prayers for morning and evening. Two of these have begun Persian Grammar, on a new plan of my own, after the English mode of question and answer. We have ten Christians about us with whom I read and pray, most mornings, in Hindoostanee. One youth appears truly pious and reads and explains the Scriptures, admirably to others, most evenings after dark. A few of the Hindoostanee Women appeared [to be] guided by the fear of God,--perhaps four or six. The others complain of hearing nothing but severe language, and told the Native teacher lately [that] ‘as he was paid for instructing them, he ought not to deal so severely with them! He told them, he was not paid to flatter them.’ “I have lately been looking into the Arabic and Hebrew, but I entirely despair of making any proficiency in them. The Hebrew I shall go on with. Even by the help of the Lexicon, I gain great pleasure in observing the roots and their connection with the languages around us. If ever you pray for me particularly, pray that I may _endure_ to the _end_: that _patience_ may _hold out_: that I may be faithful _unto death_. May richest grace be multiplied to you and your’s.” TO THE REV. J. BUCKWORTH. “Nov, 1. 1809. “I often turn a look of regard towards highly favoured Britain, and a tear starts whilst I bid it a long adieu; but to a weary pilgrim any lodging is welcome, any place of abode agreeable; so in Hindoostan, my weary head shall rest, and my longing soul mount up from hence to meet her redeeming God. There, my brother, we shall meet; till then, let our willing feet, our heads, and our tongues be employed in spreading the Saviour’s glorious name. The Saviour! O what endless charms Dwell in the blissful sound! Your sermon referred to would have suited my people here. In much weakness and fear, indeed, I have been among them. The Evening Lectures I told you of exhausted me entirely; and conspired with other circumstances to bring on a liver complaint, from which, I sometimes think, I am not quite free: but I am able to endure my labour.