now devote my all, especially _myself_ do I give up. I ought to have made greater proficiency in the Hindoostanee; but I trust, through the power of Christ, to be more assiduous for the future.” [30] Luke i. 79. [31] Rev. xi. 15; xix. 16. [32] See the Journals and Letters of Henry Martyn, vol. ii, p. 21. [33] Mr. Corrie relates (below, p. 73.) in what way, his acquaintance with this Bettiah-christian commenced. [34] See Journals and Letters of Henry Martyn, vol. ii. p. 28, 29. [35] On account of the effect which the heat of the climate seemed to be producing on Mr. Corrie’s health. See JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF HENRY MARTYN, vol. ii. p. 42. [36] Journals and Letters of Henry Martyn, vol. ii. p. 41. See some of the like quarterly communications from Mr. Brown, printed in Wilkinson’s Sketches of Christianity in North India, pp. 145 and 169. CHAPTER V. RESIDENCE AT CHUNAR. Although Mr. Corrie had been but a short time at Chunar, yet it was evident that his ministerial labours there had begun to excite attention both among Hindoos and Mahomedans. He had not, indeed, acquired such a knowledge of the language of the country as satisfied his earnest desire to make known among the heathen the glad tidings of salvation, yet he had made progress in Hindoostanee sufficient to enable him to hold important communications with the people of the country. We accordingly find in his Journal and Letters more frequent notices of his personal intercourse with the native population.