“Yesterday evening I went to the hospital, to visit J. He has been ill some time. He considers himself in a decline, and indeed, seems to be so; he began by saying, that ‘he felt very composed in his mind, looked upon the world as done with, and no longer any thing to him, and would be happy, if it were the Lord’s will to take him to Himself.’ I asked him when he supposed the Lord began to make him a partaker of His grace? He said, ‘it was at Chunar he first began to consider, and there he became somewhat enlightened, but lately his mind had become more confirmed and strengthened.’ Not wishing him to be deceived, I reminded him of some improprieties since he left Chunar: he acknowledged ‘that he had been often led astray, and found his heart often going wrong; but for these things he was heartily sorry, and hoped by the grace of God to prevail against them: indeed, for some months past, he had been more alive to religion than ever.’ I asked him the ground of a sinner’s hope towards God: he replied with some cheerfulness, ‘only the Lord Jesus Christ.’ I asked what he expected Christ would do for him: he said, ‘to save him, and make him a partaker of salvation with the saints in glory.’ I pointed out the meaning of the word ‘saint,’ and asked him ‘if he considered that Christ, if he saved us, would make us holy, and that heaven was the enjoyment of a holy God, and therefore, a happy place.’ He said ‘that even now he was happy only when sin was subdued within him; and to be freed from sin in heaven, would be complete happiness.’” Amid labours such as these, Mr. Corrie writes: TO THE REV. J. BUCKWORTH. “Cawnpore, Oct. 30, 1811. “I am recovering from an illness, that has nearly laid me aside, ever since the 24th of April last. The Lord my healer, I hope I may say, renews my spiritual strength, as the outer man is brought low. It was brought on by undue previous exertion. I trust I am taught that this is not the Lord’s will. Without a miracle, we cannot hope our flocks will be fed with the bread of life after our decease; to abide with them is, therefore, most desirable, and to use the means for preserving health to minister among them, necessary.