I therefore diverted the present discourse between me and my man, rising up hastily, as upon some sudden occasion of going out; then sending him for something a good way off, I seriously prayed to God that He would enable me to instruct savingly this poor savage; assisting, by His Spirit, the heart of the poor ignorant creature to receive the light of the knowledge of God in Christ, reconciling him to Himself, and would guide me so to speak to him from the Word of God that his conscience might be convinced, his eyes opened, and his soul saved.
Feci pertanto finir questo dialogo fra me ed il mio servo coll’alzarmi sotto colore di dover andare altrove in gran fretta. Indi, fingendo pure una commissione per mandar ben lontano anche lui, mi diedi intanto a pregar Dio con fervore, perchè mi desse abilità d’ammaestrar dirittamente quel povero idiota, e perchè il cuore di lui con l’assistenza del divino spirito ricevesse la luce della conoscenza di Dio fatto uomo, e si riconciliasse col suo creatore.