“It seemed to me inconceivable that my mind should ever have become so confused respecting the truths of Scripture. During the whole of Tuesday, and on Tuesday night especially, I became alarmed lest any thing extravagant should escape me. My God ever graciously kept me from bringing a reproach on the principles I preach: but O! I seem only now to have begun to understand many of them. I now know what is meant by the _bread_ of affliction, and the _water_ of adversity: I now understand the 38th Psalm in a way I never did before; and though even at this moment no one Scripture could I point to, and say that it supports me, yet, I feel myself on safe ground, and seem secured on all sides from danger. “I hope the bitterness of this death is past to us both, though our bereavement (as I conceive it ought not) will never be forgotten. We are constrained to abstract our thoughts from the lovely object that bound our affections so fast; and do, we hope, rejoice in his gain, whilst we mourn our sad loss. My understanding yesterday received a lesson from Anna. When we sat down to the ceremony of dinner, she became raving for water. Sometimes it was ‘Dear papa, give Nana some water.’ Then with a curtsey to nurse, ‘Please Nan, give Nana some water.’ Then with anger crying for water; but though our hearts were bleeding for her distress, we would not give her water for her hurt. Thus, thought I, our heavenly Father is looking down upon us. He heard our prayers, our tears for the life of our babe; He saw our distress, and He doubtless pitied, but for our good, denies our desires. Oh, may the Holy Spirit send home the lesson effectually! “On entering the pulpit on Sunday morning in heaviness of heart, when I pronounced the sentence ‘Our Father which art in heaven,’ it powerfully came to my mind, ‘Is he less a Father than thou art, that he should not care for thee and thy child?’ Lord! I believe, help my unbelief!” In acknowledging the christian sympathy of Captain Peevor, expressed in connection with this domestic sorrow, Mr. C. writes:-- “We try to realize the truths you kindly bring before us; but it is hard to walk by faith when sense and sight so powerfully attract the contrary way. We are not, however, without experience of the grace of our Lord; and hope the lesson intended may not be lost upon us. One day in this school of adversity, has taught me more than years of ease and prosperity.” It was now, also, that Mr. Corrie communicated with THE REV. J. BUCKWORTH. “Benares, March 14, 1818.