𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔, 𝟏𝟕𝟖𝟑

John Ryland baptized William Carey in the River Nene and Carey later joined a Baptist church in Olney. 30 years later Ryland wrote the following:

"𝑂𝑛 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 5, 1783, 𝐼 𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑒𝑛𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑜𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑔𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑒, 𝑎 𝑝𝑜𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑟, 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 9 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑠𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑂𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐶𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 11 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠."