“March 18th. A native woman has been with me, expressing her desire for baptism. I made the moonshee read to her the ten commandments; and could not help smiling to hear one Hindoo explain the law of God to another: she exhibits no humility. The Bettiah-christian pleased me much this evening: he mentioned four good works which God approved of; three of which I understood to be faith, love, and obedience to the law. I replied, that if faith was in the heart, all the other good works would follow; if we really believed the love of Christ to sinners, we must love Him in return. He answered, that it was true; and said, If faith is not in the heart, none of the other graces would be there. All this was said with a seriousness and gravity which looked very like sincerity, if it was not really so. A female attending the woman who has applied for baptism, interfering very improperly, was desired to hold her peace. She left the room with marks of great anger, having before exhibited symptoms of uneasiness; especially when the seventh commandment was repeated. So does Satan rage when his strongholds are attacked! “March 22nd. In conversation with Mooney Lol and Moonshee, on the necessity of making inquiry for ourselves in matters of the soul, I remarked an expression which has dwelt much on my mind: ‘When we have a king of our own to order us in the right way, we will then walk in it.’ This, with other circumstances, convinces me of the impolicy of the Government, in withholding Christianity from the natives. They are tasting of British liberty; but, having no principles to guide them, when they feel their strength, they will expel the British; whereas now, if missionaries were permitted, they would, in two generations, probably all embrace Christianity. “March 26th. This evening, after conversation with the native woman, I baptized her, with earnest warning not to trust to the outward sign. She said, She had been a sinner, but that she would pray to Jesus, night and day, to make her free from sin, and would be His slave, and serve Him for ever. After the service she cast her eyes up to heaven, and kept them fixed for some time, with an appearance of most ardent supplication. Afterwards I went home with Sergeant M’D., whose wife, though a Roman Catholic, wishes to communicate.