with a steady and uninterrupted progress. They ground this assurance upon the rare union of intellectual and moral qualities which combine to form your character. They ground it upon the steadfastness of purpose, with which, from the period of your admission into the ministry, you have exclusively dedicated your time and talents to the peculiar studies of your sacred profession; abandoning that human learning in which you had already shown that you were capable of attaining the highest excellence, and renouncing the certain prospect of literary fame. But, above all, they ground this assurance upon the signal proof of self-devotion, which you have given by your acceptance of the episcopal office. With respect to any other individual, who had been placed at the head of the Church Establishment in India, a suspicion might have been entertained that some worldly desire, some feeling of ambition, mingled itself with the motives by which he was actuated; but, in your case, such a suspicion would be destitute even of the semblance of truth: every enjoyment which a well regulated mind can derive from the posses

sion of wealth, was placed within your reach : every avenue to professional distinction and dignity, if these had been the objects of your solicitude, lay open before you. What then was the motive which could incline you to quit your native land?-to exchange the delights of home for a tedious voyage to distant regions?-to separate yourself from the friends with whom you had conversed from your earliest years? What, but an ardent wish to become the instrument of good to others-a holy zeal in your Master's service-a firm persuasion, that it was your bounden duty to submit yourself unreservedly to his disposal; to shrink from no labour which he might impose; to count no sacrifice hard which he might require ?"

In his reply the Bishop expressed "the settled purpose of his soul," to devote his best talents" to the great cause in which all their hearts were engaged, and for which it was not their duty only but their illustrious privilege to labour," and that he looked forward with pleasure to "the time when he should be enabled to preach to the natives of India in their own language." About the same

time the University of Oxford conferred on him the Degree of Doctor in Divinity, by diploma.

On the sixteenth of June, he embarked for Calcutta; accompanied to the ship by a large number of his personal friends, who, as he modestly remarks in his Journal, were willing to let him see as much of them as possible before his departure. One of his first thoughts after the ship had sailed, was to propose daily evening prayers, and he was gratified at the readiness with which the captain assented to the proposal. He accordingly officiated as chaplain to the ship, reading prayers in the cuddy daily during the voyage. He read prayers and preached regularly once on each Sunday; and on one occasion, having on the previous Sunday discoursed to the passengers and crew, in the way of preparation, he administered the Lord's Supper, and was highly pleased; having been told to expect only one or two, that he had twenty-six or twenty-seve nparticipants; and his gratification was much increased when he observed in the course of the evening of the same day, that "all the young men who had participated, had religious books in

their hands, and that they appeared, indeed, much

impressed.'

The following incidents are extracted from his journal of the voyage as tending to show the character of his feelings at this interesting crisis. A few days after they had left land, a vessel passed the ship homeward bound. On this event he remarks," my wife's eyes swam with tears as this vessel passed us, and there were one or two of the young men who looked wishfully after her. For my own part, I am well convinced all my firmness would go, if I allowed myself to look back, even for a moment. Yet, as I did not leave home and its blessings without counting the cost, I do not, and I trust in God, that I shall not, regret the choice I have made. But knowing how much others have given up for my sake, should make me more studious to make the loss less to them; and also, and above all, so to discharge my duty, as that they may never think that these sacrifices have been made in vain." Again; about a month after his departure, he writes-"How little did I dream at this time last year, that I should ever be in my present situation! How strange it now

seems to me to recollect the interest which I used to take in all which related to southern seas and distant regions, to India and its oceans, to Australasia and Polynesia! I used to fancy I should like to visit them, but that I ever should, or could do so, never occurred to me. Now, that I shall see many of these countries, if life is spared to me, is not improbable. God grant that my conduct in the scenes to which he has appointed me may be such as to conduce to his glory, and to my own salvation through his Son." Such was the spirit in which this holy man denied himself, took up his cross, and followed Christ.

He arrived at Calcutta early in October, 1823, and immediately entered upon the duties of his office. That he did so with satisfaction to himself is proved by a letter to Mr. Wynn, his friend and connexion, who had anxiously pressed him to accept the office, written soon after his arrival. He says, "you will judge from my description that I have abundant reason to be satisfied with my present and future prospects; and that in the field which seems opened to me for extensive usefulness and active employment, I have more and