I was very glad to get your letter, for though I was but a short time in Australia, I never lose my interest in brethren I have seen—I trust, not in those I have not seen: and I write quite as much in the hope I shall hear again as from having much to tell you of. What I hear is in general happy. So that we have reason to be thankful, but faith might look for much more. What is wanting is care for souls when converted, and pastors—little prayed for. The idea of converting sinners absorbs the mind. We have had two conferences, one out of the town, Brantford, the other in Montreal: the first, most enjoyable communion with many new souls from the States, the second more instruction, and many from outside at the lectures; in both there was much blessing. I have been kept by all this longer in Canada than I thought. I shall hardly get to England before winter, as I suppose I must get to Boston and New York before leaving.
Detroit,
1876.