The providence of God conducted me to Miss Greaves, and other English christians, who already knew me by report. They recommended me to an English clergyman, who was at that time at Lausanne, and was going to London, for which place they gave me letters of introduction, and I departed for London, after having remained in Geneva some days with pious Protestants, amongst others with Madame D'Armand, whom I had met with four years before with Madame la Baronne Krudener, in Swizerland. I arrived in London on the first of June, 1819, being twenty-three years of age and ten months.

Thus far the manuscript of Mr. Wolf. His remaining history may be related in a few words. The English gentleman to whom he had become known at Rome, and from whom he there received the promise of protection, welcomed him on his arrival in England, and afterwards recommended him to the London Society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, as a person likely to prove a valuable Missionary for Jerusalem and the East. The Society was satisfied with his appearance and his conversation; and that they might prove and might insure his qualifications, they sent him to reside at Cambridge, under the superintendance and care of the Rev. Charles Simeon, and Mr. Professor Lee, who kindly assisted him in the study of the oriental languages. He remained at Cambridge until the Society opened its Missionary

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college at Stansted, in Sussex, and then removed thither with the other students.

In the spring of the year 1821, some circumstances arose which made it necessary that Mr. Wolf should proceed to Palestine, without waiting the completion of some previous arrangements which the Society considered desirable, if he went as their Missionary. And it was therefore arranged, that Mr. Wolf should proceed to Palestine, under the superintendance of the gentleman who had originally recommended him to the Society, and of another friend. He left England accordingly in the summer of 1821, in a vessel for Gibraltar. He proceeded from thence to Malta, to Alexandria, to Jerusalem, and to different parts of Palestine. He returned again to Malta in the latter end of 1822 ; and in the beginning of the year 1823, he went to Palestine a second time, in company with two American Missionaries. The following Journal contains a narrative of his labours during his first visit to Palestine.

LETTERS AND JOURNAL.

APRIL 25, 1821.-Entered the ship called Friendship, lying off the tower. The son of my friend Mr. B. accompanied me to the ship. I prayed the Lord now to begin to purify my heart from all uncleanness, pride, and vanity, that I may not become a castaway myself, while going to preach to others. I had the following conversation with one of the ship-officers, about the importance of carrying the everlasting Gospel to the benighted Jews and Mahomedans.

Officer. Will you preach the doctrine of the English Church?

I. The doctrine of the Bible, that Christ came into the world, died for sinners and rose again.

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I read to the officer about the infanticide of the Hindoos described by Buchanan, and asked him at this occasion whether he had any objection to my reading the Bible with him every evening, and the sailors were full of joy, and so was the captain when I told them that I have tracts for them; my heart is this evening in a state of peace and rest, I feel confidence in God's help, I read and expounded this evening twice, and prayed twice, first with the officer, and then with the sailors of the ship.

April 27. We finally started at ten o'clock in the morning. I expounded to the officers and to a Welsh elergyman of the Methodist persuasion, the ninth chapter of Daniel, and tried to prove by this chapter that the desire of all the saints has been that Israel should be saved, and that the walls of Jerusalem should be built up again,

and that the Lord Jesus will not despise the prayer for the elder brother, that he, the Day-spring from on high, will visit them, and I pressed it upon their mind, that we all must, like Daniel, ix. 2. try to understand by books, by the book of books, the Bible, the will of the Lord: by verses 4-7, I shewed that we must come before the Lord as poor and wretched sinners, not pleading our own righteousness, but the righteousness of Christ. I pointed out to them the Lamb which taketh away the sin of the world. A little while after that exposition and prayer, I read loud to the captain and officer, "The Love of Christ beareth us away," a sermon preached by my dear Mr. Ward of Serampore, which he has made me a present of. It was the first time in my life that I ever kneeled down among sailors to pray to the Lord God Almighty! It made sweet impression in my soul to see above us the sky, and beneath the great river-and the ship hasting to the wide ocean-and nine persons kneeling before the ruler of the ocean, imploring his protection, and committing our safety to him. I asked the captain, the pilot, and the sailors, whether I should not likewise read to them a portion of the Scripture while they were taking their dinner, breakfast, and supper? they with one consent, replied, Oh yes, yes, yes!-I read therefore, while they were taking their supper, the viiith and ixth chapters of Matthew, and made on this occasion some few remarks.

I retired then to my cabin, and prayed that I may not become a castaway myself, while I am preaching to others. I prayed in ejaculatory sighs for absent friends.

April 29.-(Sunday morning) the pilot left us, and seasickness came on, which lasted till

May 1.-(Tuesday) when I expounded again for the first time to the captain and the sailors, the xivth chapter of Matthew, from verse 22 to 36. I shewed on this occasion how thankful we should be to the Lord, that our ship, now in the midst of the sea, was not tossed with waves, and the wind not contrary.

May 5.-A storm of wind arose so violently that the ship was tossed to and fro, and water entered into all the parts of the deck. I remained in my cabin and prayed to the Lord that he may speak to the winds, Peace, be still. The storm did last the whole day and the whole night till the half part of the sixth day of the month May, in all thirty hours. After the storm was over, the captain and I kneeled down and offered up thanksgivings unto the Lord for his goodness, and his wonderful works unto the children of men.

May 6.-The captain told me that I should read the cviith psalm, which is a psalm for sailors. I read this psalm in the presence of the crew.

May 7.-Read again with the crew and the captain a part of St. Mark's Gospel, and did thank the Lord for our preservation.

I was weak, and the ship was too much tossed for reading any thing in a solid manner. I took all my letters of introductions and letters of credit, out of my portmanteau, and did put them into my coat pocket, in order that I may shew them in the case of a shipwreck to the benevolent inhabitants of any shore, where the providence of God might cast me with preserved life in its mercy, that I may receive assistance; but I trust in thy mercy, O Lord, that thou wilt preserve us from shipwreck.

May 9.-The storm is over, and we had for the whole night, and have still fair weather. Read again, after some days' interruptions, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Henry Martyn's Life, and prayed as usual for my dear friends in England. Read the Bible and offered up thanksgiving to the Lord, with the whole company of the ship. Have read a little Welsh.

May 10.--Very good wind the whole day. Expounded the Gospel of St. Mark, finished this whole Gospel, read beside this Henry Martyn's Memoir, and some chapters of St. Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews. Am not quite wellthought much of my mother, brothers, and sisters in