ers) to meet
the Bishop, of about forty each, on the day after the
consecration, and on Saturday, and this morning, and the
addresses made by Bishops Dealtry and Smith were most warmly
received. Thus has this great occasion passed off--the first
consecration, I believe, that has ever taken place out of
England since the glorious Reformation, and perhaps the first
missionary Bishop sent out by our Church; unless the Bishop of
Mauritius may be considered as having preceded him.

It was, indeed, a singular event that four Protestant Bishops
should meet in the heart of heathen India, amidst one hundred
and fifty millions of idolaters and worshippers of the false
Prophet.

God be praised for this completion of episcopal functions in
India!

DANIEL CALCUTTA.

I must add to this graphic letter a note which the venerable Bishop
wrote to my husband, November 6th of the same year.

Tennasarim, Bishop's Cabin.

MY BELOVED REV. BISHOP OF LABUAN,

Whether to write to you by the pilot or not I can hardly tell.
However, I am so anxious for your beginning well at Singapore
and Sarawak, and so responsible also from having consecrated you
to the Lord, that I must write. I have taken the liberty with
you which Mr. Cecil took with me in 1801, to caution you, now
you are a chief pastor and a father in God, against excessive
hilarity of spirits. There is a mild gravity, with occasional
tokens of delight and pleasure, becoming your sacred character,
not noisy mirth.

I met with a letter of a minister, now with God, to a brother
minister, who was about to take his duty for a time, which I
think will give you pleasure. "Take heed to _thyself_; your own
soul is your first and greatest concern. You know that a sound
body alone can work with power; much more a healthy soul. Keep a
clear conscience through the blood of the Lamb. Keep up close
communion with God. Study likeness to Him in all things. Read
the Bible for your own growth first, then for your people.
Expound much; it is through the truth that souls are to be
sanctified, not through essays upon the truth. You will not find
many companions; be the more with God. Be of good courage,
there remaineth much land to be possessed. Be not dismayed, for
Christ shall be with you to deliver you. I am often sore cast
down; but the