“May 18th. In the afternoon, I had pleasure in acquiring the Hindoostanee. On asking the Bettiah-walla what was meant by the declaration, ‘No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him;’ he answered, ‘No one desires to come to Christ unless God enlighten his mind, and dispose his heart.’ On asking him, What is meant by the expression, in John vi. 40. ‘Seeing the Son;’ he replied, ‘Seeing Him in his word, and with our hearts.’ He has had a conversation with a Mahomedan, who concluded with saying that Mahomet was the last prophet. The Bettiah-walla answered, ‘According to their own book Jesus is Noor-Ullah, i. e. the Son of God, that He died, and rose, and went up to heaven, and will come to judgment:’ The Mahomedan consented. Bettiah-walla: ‘Your prophet is sleeping, as you allow; whether is greatest, a sleeping or a living prophet?’ He allowed that the living one was the greatest, and promised to come again to-morrow. The Bettiah-walla answered to my question, ‘How it is that if any man will do His will he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God.’ (John vii. 17.) ‘The Holy Ghost will come upon him and make his heart glad and holy.’” “On one occasion I discovered him in a fault, which he confessed with tears, making no attempt to conceal it, and I believe has not fallen into it again. It was at a time I perceived him to be much puffed up with his attainments, and would gladly have made him feel the force of the apostle’s words, ‘Let him that thinketh &c.’ “My chief employment has been the study of Hindoostanee, in which however I have made but little progress, from frequent indisposition. My experience has in general been of a very painful kind. Accustomed to enjoy the communion of saints, and the comfort of their faith and love, I know but little, I perceive, how to live by faith. That passage has been the food of my soul for some time past. 2 Cor. i. 22. The name of Jesus has been refreshing ‘as ointment poured forth;’ and in this name, I doubt not finally to triumph.”