than I do. 3.
That he more frequently addresses sinners, as such, in his public
ministrations, than I do.--This led me to more frequent and earnest prayer
for the conversion of sinners, and to address them more frequently as
such. The latter had never been intentionally left undone, but it had not
been so frequently brought to my mind as to that of brother Craik. Since
then, the cases in which it has pleased the Lord to use me as an
instrument of conversion have been quite as many as those in which brother
Craik has been used. May the Lord be pleased to use this as a means to
lead any of His servants, who may not have acted according to these two
last points, to seek to do so, and may He graciously enable me to do so
more abundantly!

October 3. This day we set apart as a day of thanksgiving, the cholera
having decreased. Oct. 5. Prayer meeting this morning as usual. The
cholera is very much decreasing, and the number at our morning prayer
meetings likewise.--Hundreds of people were stirred up at that time, but
many of them, when the judgment of God had passed away, cared no longer
about their souls. Yet a goodly number, who were first led through the
instrumentality of the cholera to seek the Lord, are now breaking bread
with us, and are walking in the fear of the Lord. How merciful in its
results has this heavy judgment been to many!

January 4, 1833. This morning we received letters from Bagdad. The
missionary brethren there invite brother Craik and me to come and join
them in their labours. The invitation was accompanied by drafts to the
amount of L200., for our traveling expenses. What wilt Thou have me to do,
gracious Lord? I do not know what may be the Lord's mind. There are
points which ought to be much considered and prayed over: There are German
villages not very far from Bagdad, where I might labour; upon our going,
that of certain other individuals may depend; the brethren at Bagdad are
of one mind respecting our going out; good may be done on the way; the
going out without any visible support from a society, simply trusting in
the Lord for the supply of our temporal wants, would be a testimony for
Him; I have had for years a feeling as if one day I should go out as a
missionary to the heathen or Mahomedans; and lastly, the hands of the
brethren at Bagdad may be strengthened; these are the points, which must
appear of no sufficient weight in comparison with the importance of our
work here, before I can det