ed Moulmein, and was introduced
to Dr. Judson, with whom he was very much struck.

The great work connected with Daniel Wilson's name, as that of Bishop's
College is with Middleton's, is the building of the Cathedral of
Calcutta. "What do you say, my four children," he writes, "to your
father's attempting to build a cathedral to the name of the Lord his God
in this heathen land?" It had been the desire of Bishop Middleton, but
there had been too much to do during his nine years, and it was only now
that at last the times were ripe. Subscriptions were opened, and the
Bishop devoted a large amount of his income to the fund; plans were drawn
up, land granted freely, and on the 9th of October, 1839, the first stone
of St. Paul's Cathedral was laid by the Bishop.

Just at this time there was a most remarkable move made towards
Christianity. Krishnaghur, 130 miles from Calcutta, was the great centre
of the worship of Krishna, one of the manifestations of Vishnu. Here two
missionaries of the Church Missionary Society had been at work; and when
the Bishop was there in 1837, he described them as having made "a little
beginning," by keeping schools and holding conferences with the people,
but they had then no adult convert. A year after a message was brought
by a native, entreating for further help. There were 1,200 seriously
inquiring into the doctrine, with many candidates for baptism, and at
many places around it was the same. In the year 1840, the Bishop set
forth to visit the spot and the adjacent districts, where almost all the
villages seemed to be actuated by the same impulse. The missionaries did
their utmost to distinguish between mere fashion and hope of gain and a
true faith; but after all their siftings, large numbers were ready for
baptism, and the hope was so great that the Bishop was full of thankful
ecstasy, and could hardly sleep from agitation, joy, and anxiety. One
hundred and fifty converts were baptized at once, at a place called
Anunda Bass. The examination was thus, the Bishop standing in the
midst:--

"Are you sinners?"

"Yes, we are."

"How do you hope to obtain forgiveness?"

"By the sacrifice of Christ."

"What was that sacrifice?"

"We were sinners, and Christ died in our stead."

"How is your heart to be changed?"

"By the Holy Ghost."

"Will you renounce all idolatry, feasts, poojahs, and caste?"

"Yes, we renounce them all."

"Will you renounce the world, the flesh, and