“Mr. Thomason was so kind as to send me some Christian Observers, with the paper war with the Christian Advocate.[75] These are exceedingly interesting to us, and you cannot confer a greater favour, than by forwarding to this country, supplies of Christian Guardians, Eclectic Reviews, Christian Observers, &c. We can lend them about, they are read with avidity, and excite much conversation about religious books. “I hope this will find you renewed in the outer, as well as in the inner man. The Lord can send by whom he will, but my soul would mourn to hear, that that candlestick, which was the means of guiding me into divine light and peace, was removed from Cambridge. May your latter days, dearest Sir, be more blessed than the former, and when heart and strength shall fail, may you have the assurance in your own soul, that God is the strength of your heart, as well as the portion you have chosen for ever! “If there were to be a quantity of copies of the Christian Guardian sent out yearly, they would be eagerly purchased by the religious soldiers, and would be highly useful. The Christian Observer is above their modes of thinking. [70] Mr. Martyn and Mr. Corrie had agreed to decline all fees for the solemnizing of marriages, &c. The reasons for their decision on that matter are given at length in a letter to Mr. Simeon, dated June 14, 1811. [71] A little boy who was rescued from death, during a famine, and brought up by Mr. C. [72] Twining was the name of the gentleman who was for expelling all Missionaries from India. See above p. 119. [73] History of the Bible Society, vol. ii. pp. 108, and seq. [74] The Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society printed 1000 copies of the first six Reports of the Parent Society, for circulation in India. [75] Dr. E. Pearson, Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, between whom and Mr. Simeon, some Pamphlets were exchanged on the subject of Mr. Simeon’s preaching. CHAPTER IX. CAWNPORE--COEL--RETURN TO CALCUTTA.