text:  What was I steeped in sin as I had been up to the very moment of my conversion--what was I insolent pretending worm that I should raise my grovelling head and presume upon the unmerited favour that had been showered so graciously upon me? It remained for those--purest and best of men whose lives from childhood onward had been a lucid exposition of the word of truth--whose deeds had given to the world an assurance of their solemn embassy; it was for them to feel the strength the countenance and support of heaven and to behold with gratitude and joy their labours crowned with a triumphant issue and success