including the navvies! I went in the afternoon to Mr. White's church, where I heard an excellent sermon from the words 'Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof;' and again in the evening, when Mr. Lee Warner preached most powerfully on the text, 'I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand in the latter days upon the earth, and though after my skin, worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.' Is it notg a wonderful prophecy? and how overflowing with comfort and consolation for us. With such a bright vision unfolded to the believer, the 'captive exile may well hasten to be free.'
"I met Major Halkett, on coming out of church, and we walked home together. I had a very pleasant conversation with him. He seems to have the cause of Christ at heart, and to be anxious to know more of the Saviour, experimentally. He asked me to drink tea with him; and I then saw Mrs. Halkett for the first time, as she was ill when I called. We spent a happy and profitable evening. I like them both very much.
"I had a delightful conversation a few days ago with a young corporal who left my Company a short time since. He has been, for nearly three years, a consistent follower of Christ; and I am proud to say he is still 'fighting the good fight of faith.' But we must expect to have the bitter as well as the sweet. I grieve to say that one, of whom I had great hopes, has deserted his colours, and gone back — poor fellow, I deeply pity him! I trust it may prove a warning lesson to me, to watch and pray more constantly and fervently, and 'take heed,' lest I also fall. But will never give up any man — Jesus did not give me up — and I hope and look to his being brought back to the fold.
