much afflicted indeed, and I wanted true Christian resignation, and patience. Mr. Clarke comforted me, and reminded me, that we must be resigned to the will of God, I prayed the Lord for our deliverance, that I might go forth again, and preach that everlasting Gospel which proclaims glory to the Most High, and good will towards men; that I might proclaim again my blessed Master's love; that I might proclaim Him again who hath singled me from the rest, who hath given me all demonstrations of his kindness.

Nov. 13.-Shech Ibrahim, one of the Arab Shechs, arrived in the camp of Shech Hassan; he knew us very well, for he had seen us at Suez; and at the time we saw him at Suez, Mr. Clarke gave him medicine without price, and without money. He mentioned all these circumstances to Shech Hassan, and Shech Ali, one of whom took us prisoners, and told them that the commander of Suez had received us with considerable regard and respect. I talked then again with them, and told them that the Pasha, who is a friend of the British nation, would punish them. Shech Ibrahim went with me aside, and told me that he would go that very night to Shech Salikh's camp, who is the first of the Shechs throughout the desert, and we should soon be rescued. Shech Ibrahim performed his promise, he set off that very night for the camp of Shech Salikh.

Nov. 14,-Shech Salikh, in the company of fifty other Shechs, arrived in the camp of Shech Hassan. They assembled in a large tent. I went among them, and said: "We belong to the English nation, we came here to visit the spot where Moses gave his holy laws, and we have been taken with the greatest injustice; and I am sure that the Pasha will take steps for our deliverance; but if we are immediately dismissed, we will intercede for you with the British consul."

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Nov. 15. All the Shechs had determined to out of our captivity, and they asked us whether we would

return to mount Sinai, or go back to Cairo. We determined to go back to Cairo; and we sent an Arab to' mount Sinai to fetch the servant of Mr. Carne, (for my servant was already arrived with Shech Salikh,) and our clothes; and that very day we left the camp of Shech Hassan, and on the 19th, arrived at the hot springs, and the passage of Moses; we waited there till the 22d of November, for the servant of Mr. Carne. After his ar rival, we proceeded on our journey upon camels to Suez, where we were very kindly received by the British agent, Michael; and the Turkish commander sent his son to our room, to enquire into the circumstances of our being made prisoners. The Greek priest at Suez, shewed me the little chapel, and requested Arabic Psalters and New Testaments.

Nov. 24. We left Suez and arrived at Cairo on the 27th. The Consul General, Mr. Salt, and his whole fa mily, received me with uncommon kindness, and Mr. Salt told me, that I might again have a room in his house, and he rejoiced my heart by telling me, that Mr. English has given up the idea of remaining a Mahomedan.

Nov. 28-I introduced Mr. Clarke to several respect table Jews. They received me with great kindness; and the amiable old Elias Haja told me, that he had disputed with all the Jews at Alexandria on my account, and had told them, "We must argue and reason with Mr. Wolf, and if he is right, we must submit ourselves.' I introduced Mr. Clarke likewise to Mahomed Effendi. The Bible lay upon his table; he wished that I would give him fifteen days' notice of my departure. I shall stay here some days, and proceed on my journey to mount Lebanon, where I shall stay till the month of January, in the convent of Dir Muhallas, to perfect myself in Arabic; and till February at Jaffa, to learn Spanish.

On my return from mount Sinai, I found in the Consulate very kind letters of Drs. Naudi and Gaisford, Henry

Drummond, Esq. the Malta Bible Society, and De la Condamine, Esq.

Henry Salt, Esq. promised to furnish me to-day with the necessary Bibles for the convent.

Nov. 30.-Mahomed Effendi, (Mr. English,) called on me to-day, and conversed with me again for above two hours. I told him what comfort and consolation I felt upon mount Sinai, when I addressed myself to that angel who hath redeemed me from all evil; when I addressed myself to Jesus Christ, who shall come again with power and great glory. I told him, that I prayed for him likewise, that he might return to the good Shepherd of souls; that he might come back and publish his praise. Poor Mahomed Effendi is not yet so far advanced as I hoped, but is enquiring. St. John is still a stumbling-block to him, for he spake like a Platonist. I told him, that I have myself seen the servants of God, old men, without education, and without knowledge of modern philosophy, who know very well in their preaching the truth, to accommodate themselves to the idiom which is used at the present time among the philosophers in Europe; for true servants of Christ speak as they are moved by the Holy Ghost. St. John took no thought how, or what he spake, for it was given him in that same hour what he spake.

Nov. 30.-I have determined to leave Cairo for Damietta on the 3d of December, and to stay ten days there, and from thence to proceed on my journey to mount Lebanon, Jaffa, and Jerusalem. Henry Salt, Esq. had the kindness to give me a general letter to the English Consul. Bought an English Bible for eight piastres, and gave it to Khalil Agha, an American renegado, who is in a very distressed state. I went to the Greek convent of St. Johannes, and induced the superior to write a letter to you, and manifest his wish to promote the cause of the Bible Society.

I must now pour out my heart again before thee, O my

Saviour Jesus Christ, for thou art the Lord who hast governed the hearts of wild Arabs, so that they have treated us courteously, and hast finally dismissed us out of the prison, and I am now able to proceed on my pilgrimage towards Jerusalem. Oh, Lord, thou art great, incomprehensibly great; thy kindness knows no measure; thou art the reward of thy saints; thou art now the staff of my hope; be now, thou, O Lord, my companion, my counsellor, and my guide, that I may not preach in vain to my brethren; not preach in vain that Word which condescended to dwell among them, which became flesh among them, who did not abhor the Virgin's womb. To thee, O Lord, be praise and glory, honour and adoration, for ever! Amen. JOSEPH WOLF.

LETTER TO THE MALTA BIBLE SOCIETY.

Cairo, in the British Consulate, Dec. 2, 1821.

I hasten to communicate to you my proceedings from the 29th of October, to the present time.

After I had taken leave of the German congregation, composed of Roman Catholics and Protestants, to whom I preached the Gospel of Christ every Sunday, in the house of Henry Salt, Esq., I set off for an excursion to mount Sinai, encouraged to that purpose by Peter Lee, Esq. I undertook my journey in the company of two English gentlemen. As Mr. Salt was not yet returned from Alexandria, his chancellor procured me a firman from the governor at Cairo. I took with me twelve Greek, and two Arabic New Testaments, two Hebrew Bibles, twelve Arabic Psalters, and three Hebrew Psalters, which I intended to present to the convent upon mount Sinai for as these poor monks live from the charity of travellers, and as no one has yet carried the Bible to that ancient spot, I judged that the Bible Society would approve of my giving to them the word of God without money and without price. I took three camels, upon one'

of which I rode, upon another my servant, and the third was laden with the trunks of Bibles and Testaments. I read the Gospel to those Arabs that accompanied us on our way to mount Sinai, they listened to me with attention, as well when I read to them the sermon on the mount, as when I talked with them about the most merciful God, who is one, who will judge those that believe and those that do not. I paid 110 piastres for each camel. We arrived there, I think, on the 6th of November, 12 o'clock at night; we were drawn up by a cord through the window, for the monks never open the gate on account of the Arabs. We were received most cordially, and we breakfasted the next morning with the monks, the number of whom consists of twenty-five. I invited the superiors to come into my room. After dinner, Pater M. and Pater G. the two superiors, and some of the most clever men among them, entered my room. I declared to them my mission; they lifted up their eyes towards heaven, and praised God. As they talked only modern Greek, I was obliged to speak with them by means of a dragoman. I desired every one: of them to pray for the salvation of the Jews; I did three times beseech them to pray for the Jews, and they did three times most solemnly promise to pray for the salvation of the Jews. And if you should meet with any Jews, especially Mr. and Mrs. Parienti, tell them, that upon Sinai, prayers are offered up for the salvation of Israel; tell them, that their brother Joseph Wolf, prayed upon Sinai to that very Jehovah who appeared to Moses in the thorn-bush, for his brethren, that they might be saved; that they may look to him to that angel in the wilderness, whom our forefathers have pierced-and mourn. I showed them after this, the holy writings, which I intended to make them a present of. They were highly rejoiced, and asked me whether I could give them more copies of the Arabic New Testament, to distribute among the neighbouring Christians at Tur and other places, who speak no other language, but Arabic. I regretted that I had not