[The poor fellow was in such an agony at her desiring him to make her know God, and her wishing to know him, that he said he fell down on his knees before her, and prayed to God to enlighten her mind with the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and to pardon his sins, and accept of his being the unworthy instrument of instructing her in the principles of religion; after which he sat down by her again, and their dialogue went on.]

     N.B.  This was the time when we saw him kneel down and lift up
     his hands.

Wife. What you put down the knee for?  What you hold up the hand for?  What you say?  Who you speak to?  What is that?

W.A. My dear, I bow my knees in token of my submission to Him that made me:  I said O to him, as you call it, and as you say your old men do to their idol Benamuckee; that is, I prayed to him.

Wife. What you say O to him for?

W.A. I prayed to him to open your eyes and your understanding, that you may know him, and be accepted by him.

Wife. Can he do that too?

W.A. Yes, he can; he can do all things.

Wife. But he no hear what you say?

W.A. Yes, he has bid us pray to him; and promised to hear us.

Wife. Bid you pray?  When he bid you?  How he bid you?  What you hear him speak?

W.A. No, we do not hear him speak; but he has revealed himself many ways to us.

     [Here he was at a great loss to make her understand that God
     had revealed himself to us by his word; and what his word
     was; but at last he told it her thus:]

W.A. God has spoken to some good men in former days, even from heaven, by plain words; and God has inspired good men by his Spirit; and they have written all his laws down in a book.

Wife. Me no understand that:  where is book?

W.A..  Alas! my poor creature, I have not this book; but I hope I shall, one time or other, get it for you to read it.

     [Here he embraced her with great affection; but with
     inexpressible grief, that he had not a Bible.]

Wife. But how you makee me know that God teachee them to write that book?

W.A. By the same rule that we know him to be God.

Wife. What rule? what way you know?

W.A. Because he teaches and commands nothing but what is good, righteous, and holy, and tends to make us perfectly good, as well as perfectly happy; and because he forbids, and commands us to avoid, all that is wicked, that is evil in itself, or evil in its consequences.

Wife. That me would understand, that me fain see; if he reward all good thing, punish all wicked thing, he teachee all good thing, forbid all wicked thing, he makee all thing, he give all thing; he hear me when I say O to him, as you go to do just now; he makee me good if I wish be good; he spare me, no makee kill me when I no be good; all this you say he do:  yes, he be great God; me take, think, believe him be great God; me say O to him too with you, my dear.