“Thursday, August 21st. This morning heard that Ceylon was in sight; went on deck soon after, and saw land, but very indistinctly. At half-past one the shore presented a beautiful object; a great variety of trees, hills, and plains. My mind more affected than I can express, with a sense of the goodness of God, in bringing me thus far in health and safety. I feel no inconvenience from the climate, and very little of that listlessness I so much feared. O for a heart to praise the Lord! Surely, surely, I am more ungrateful than any of God’s children; for His child I feel I am! O write thy law on my heart; and let my obedient life bring glory to Thee, through Jesus Christ! O how I long to be declaring the way of salvation to perishing souls! O let me have that faith which overcomes the world; set me free from every entanglement; keep through thy word those on board whom thou hast disposed to consideration; fortify their minds, and keep them from the tempter’s power, to the glory of thy grace, Amen, Amen! “Sunday, August 24th. Rose this morning at five o’clock. After prayer--in which I found earnestness, and tolerable fixedness of mind, though no stirring of affection--went on deck. Read in the epistle to the Hebrews, and found much light flash on my mind in reading. Saw more clearly than ever the _distinction_, yet _consistency_, between the old and new covenant. At eleven, read a sermon from Walker; afterwards joined in prayer with W, P, G, and V.[7] I found much enlargement of heart, and much freedom of expression in prayer. Lord, keep me humble; and, O bless these my associates! Convince them of sin; lead them to Jesus; make them strong in the Lord; and be a spirit of adoption in their hearts, for Jesus Christ’s sake! Lord, bless my dear relatives. O give them grace to walk before thee with perfect hearts; and supply them with every needful earthly blessing. Feed them ‘with food convenient’ for their station, and finally crown grace with glory. Amen! No prayers on deck, or in the cuddy. “Monday. Yesterday afternoon, a strange sail came in sight to the northward. Cleared for action, and lay at quarters all night. Expect to reach Madras to-morrow morning by six o’clock. Every one seems unsettled in prospect of going ashore; my own mind has caught the contagion. Nothing to advantage has been done to-day. ‘Lord, save or I perish.’