the northern counties of England and through Scotland—travelling 1,300 miles and preaching fifty ser

The principal portion of the translating was performed by Carey, who, in 1805, published his grammar of the Mahratta language.

In 1806 ground for a mission chapel was purchased in the Lall bazaar in Calcutta, and a temporary bungalow, or thatched house, was erected on it. A chapel was afterwards built on the spot.

In the same year the work that the Lord seemed to have begun in the heart of a Mussulman who lived near Dinagepore gave great delight to Carey, who says: Whenever he comes to sees us he joins us in family He lately demolished an Eedgah-a wall with steps along one side of it on which people sit to read the Koran-built many years ago upon his own little estate."

prayer.

It was Carey's custom to distribute great quantities of tracts every time the people met together to honor "the idol Juggernath, near Serampore." The Brahmins used "to tear them to pieces, and thro' them about the road," but many were carried away by the worshippers, and were the means of doing good.

Among the kind friends who rendered most acceptable aid to the missionaries was Dr. Leyden, the renowned Orientalist, formerly the friend and literary

associate of Sir Walter Scott; and Mr. Thomas Manning, the friend of Charles Lamb.

The chief work of Carey's life was the translation of the Scriptures into the languages of the East, and his philological labors were immense. His Mahratta grammar was followed by a Sanscrit grammar in 1806, a Mahratta dictionary in 1810, a Punjabee grammar in 1812, a Telinga grammar in 1814, and a Bengalee dictionary in 1818; these are only a few of the important products of his pen.

While God was blessing the labors of the missionaries abroad, he was prospering the work of the brethren in England. Internal bickerings, which had for some time troubled the denomination, quickly ceased, for people could not fail to see the folly of squabbling over minor differences of religion, when whole continents were without the word of God. The life they sought to impart to India came back in a double life from Heaven to themselves. As Andrew Fuller put it in his letter to Mr. Williams of August 1, 1804, "where any denomination, congregation (or individual) seeks only its own, it will be disappointed, but where it seeks the kingdom of God and His righteousness, its own prosperity will be among the things that will be added to it."

Among the passions of his youth that clung to Carey all through his life was the love of flowers-or rather the love of plant life, and we often find him sending to

his friends in England for flower seeds or bulbs. His delight on beholding an English daisy springing up, not having seen one for thirty years, is described in one of his letters. It was this incident that gave origin to the well-known lines of James Montgomery, commencing :

"Thrice welcome, little English flower."

Writing to Mr. Williams on November 11, 1801, Carey, after sending his love to a Captain Hague, says: "Tell him when he comes to India again, not to forget his promise to me to furnish the Garden of the Mission House with some American Productions."

In 1806 the New York Baptist Missionary Society is supposed to have been formed, and the Rev. John Williams was the first president.

In 1814 occurred the death of Mr. Sutcliff.

For some time Mr. Sutcliff had been in a declining state of health, but on the 3d of March of that year, whilst on a visit to London, he was seized with a violent pain across his breast and arms, attended with great difficulty of breathing. It took him two days to get home, and it was soon found that the illness was serious.

The last sermon he preached was on Sunday afternoon, February 27th, from Job xiii., 5, 6: "I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear," etc. Only once more was he seen in his accustomed place, and that

was on one Sunday afternoon in May, when he rode up to the meeting-house to administer the ordinance of the Lord's Supper.

"The last time I visited him," says Mr. Fuller (who frequently during his friend's affliction had ridden over to see him), "was on my way to the annual meeting. Expecting to see his face no more, I said, on taking leave, 'I wish you, my dear brother, an abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ!' At this he hesitated; not as doubting his entrance into the kingdom, but as questioning whether the term abundant were applicable to him. 'That,' said he, 'is more than I expect. I think I understand the connection and import of those words-" Add to your faith virtue-give diligence to make your calling and election sure-for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly." I think the idea is that of a ship coming into harbour with a fair gale and full tide. If I may but reach the heavenly shore, though it be on a board or broken piece of the ship, I shall be satisfied.'''

Andrew Fuller died on May 7, 1815, having survived his friend and fellow-worker only one year. His motto had been that notable verse, Proverbs iii., 6: “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." With the reliance he had on the wisdom and guidance of God, allied to his own indomitable energy, no wonder he accomplished so much for the

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great cause that was so near his heart. Almost his last words were, "I wish I had strength enough." "To do what, father?" inquired his daughter. He replied, "To worship, child."

Dr. Carey died on the 9th of June, 1834, in the seventy-third year of his age, and was buried at Serampore.

Meantime a fresh generation of missionaries had sprung up, and among those who continued to preach the Gospel to the heathen were several of Carey's sons. Other bodies of Christians too had founded Missionary societies and sent ministers into various parts of the world. The London Missionary Society was founded in 1795, the Church (of England) Missionary Society in 1799, the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1817. The interest Americans showed in the good work has already been alluded to, and the agents of their various organizations are still doing, as they did in Carey's time, very effective work in many fields.

THOMAS WRIGHT.