conscience
might be convinced, his eyes opened, and his soul saved. When he came
again to me, I entered into a long discourse with him upon the subject of
the redemption of man by the Saviour of the world, and of the doctrine of
the gospel preached from Heaven, viz. of repentance towards God, and
faith in our blessed Lord Jesus. I then explained to him as well as I
could why our blessed Redeemer took not on Him the nature of angels but
the seed of Abraham; and how, for that reason, the fallen angels had no
share in the redemption; that He came only to the lost sheep of the house
of Israel, and the like.

I had, God knows, more sincerity than knowledge in all the methods I took
for this poor creature's instruction, and must acknowledge, what I
believe all that act upon the same principle will find, that in laying
things open to him, I really informed and instructed myself in many
things that either I did not know or had not fully considered before, but
which occurred naturally to my mind upon searching into them, for the
information of this poor savage; and I had more affection in my inquiry
after things upon this occasion than ever I felt before: so that, whether
this poor wild wretch was better for me or no, I had great reason to be
thankful that ever he came to me; my grief sat lighter, upon me; my
habitation grew comfortable to me beyond measure: and when I reflected
that in this solitary life which I have been confined to, I had not only
been moved to look up to heaven myself, and to seek the Hand that had
brought me here, but was now to be made an instrument, under Providence,
to save the life, and, for aught I knew, the soul of a poor savage, and
bring him to the true knowledge of religion and of the Christian
doctrine, that he might know Christ Jesus, in whom is life eternal; I
say, when I reflected upon all these things, a secret joy ran through
every part of My soul, and I frequently rejoiced that ever I was brought
to this place, which I had so often thought the most dreadful of all
afflictions that could possibly have befallen me.

I continued in this thankful frame all the remainder of my time; and the
conversation which employed the hours between Friday and me was such as
made the three years which we lived there together perfectly and
completely happy, if any such thing as complete happiness can be formed
in a sublunary state. This savage was now a good Christian, a much
better than I; though I have re