58 John Bachman. 



and direct the sinner to that Saviour, whose lan- 

 guage is, " Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 

 the waters ; and he that hath no money come, buy 

 wine and milk, without money and without price." 

 " Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous 

 man his thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord, 

 and he will have mercy upon him ; and unto our 

 God and he will abundantly pardon." About 9 A. 

 M., the physicians came in. Their countenances 

 brightened, and I heard Dr. Nelson, whose counte- 

 nance I now saw for the first time, exclaim: 

 " Now all is safe." From that moment I date my re- 

 covery. 



August 29th. I was so much better, that I could 

 be left alone. In the absence of Miss Martin, I 

 crawled out of bed, found pen and paper, and be- 

 gan a letter to my wife, knowing that it would afford 

 her great delight to be told by my own hand- writing 

 that I was safe. I filled my paper, and found that 

 I had yet a hundred things to say. 



August 30th. Wrote- to my vestry. (Letter given 

 later.) Tried to walk to day I am very weak. 



August 31st. I felt so much better that I thought 

 I would again write to my wife, and, wishing to say 

 something pleasant to her, F asked a friend and Miss 

 Martin to accompany me to Thorburn's establish- 

 ment for the sale of rare plants. It was near, and I 

 reached there without fatigue. A chair was placed 

 for me, and moved as I wished to change my posi- 

 tion. Among the most beautiful evergreens were 

 the India Rubber, with leaves still larger and more 

 glossy than the Magnolia Grandiflora a Cactus 

 Triangularis in full bud one new plant from South 

 America, whose leaves, colored by nature, formed a 

 handsome flower; and many other plants. I thought 

 of my wife, but my recent expenses had been so 

 great, that I dared not purchase. I returned home, 



