Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.D., first Bishop of MadrasCorrie, Daniel
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Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie, LL.D., first Bishop of Madras
Corrie, Daniel
Church of England -- Bishops -- Biography; Church of England -- Missions -- India; Corrie, Daniel, 1777-1837
persons; then adding praise and thanksgiving to God. On
the early part of this afternoon Mrs. Corrie went into
his room, when he presently began to speak to her as for
the last time, praying that her husband might be spared
to her, and her children, and to the church, adding many
expressions of his regard and affection.
“On Friday, May 9th. On my entering his room early, and
enquiring after his state, he said, ‘I have had a wretched
night, not in body, for I have been easy, but in mind. I
have been thinking of this and that treatment which might
have been used; but it is all wrong, and thus my wickedness
brings its own punishment. I have much tried to repent of
my daily wickedness, and of my wicked life.’ Adding a good
deal on the subject of God’s ordering all our affairs, and
the duty of looking above human agents--and said, ‘O never
did weary traveller desire his home more than I desire my
rest:’ most cordially acknowledging with me the duty of
submission, and joining in prayer for an increase in faith
and patience. Some favourable symptoms appeared, but he
seemed to build nothing on them. For several days we had an
European Sergeant to sit up at night. He has expressed his
surprise at the constant patience our brother manifested,
and told me, that he was much in prayer during Friday night.
“On Saturday morning, about half past three, a violent
discharge of blood took place, and again about five. I
went into his room just after the latter, and found him
prostrate indeed.
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