“Feb. 21st. The Tickour woman gave notice that she had found sponsors. On calling her, I asked her if it was the intention of her heart to be the slave of Jesus Christ; to which she replied in the affirmative, with great fervency, saying, ‘that it was her desire to walk in His paths always.’ I reminded her of what I had been reading in John xiv., ‘He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me;’ to which she answered, ‘that her desire was to obey His will; that it may be well with her both in this life, and the next.’ She then used some expressions of admiration at the grace of God to sinners; and on my saying, that when the Bettiah-walla returned, I would appoint a day for baptism, she fell on the ground at my feet in tears, putting her hand on my shoes, and raised her hand to her forehead. On being asked [a few days afterwards] ‘why she so earnestly desired baptism;’ she said, ‘that she might be directed in the right way; obtain pardon of sins and receive God’s mercy; both in this world and that which is to come.’ She then entered on a long history of her life, told me that her husband died and left her in poverty, that she went about begging, till her daughter was married, who, after much ill usage, was at length left destitute; and now, to her grief, is connected with P. ‘It was of no use,’ she said, ‘to walk in God’s laws, and in this way, for three or four days; or, in attempting to deceive me, for that God knows her heart; and should she attempt to deceive me, God would punish her both in this world, and the next.’ I left her, desiring her to consider whether she would cause her daughter to take a separate house; which is evidently a trial to her, and which will, in good earnest, prove her sincerity, if she does.” The first anniversary of Mr. Corrie’s ministerial connexion with Chunar is thus commemorated in his Journal: