Conceiving it to be his duty to wait for this, he continued expecting a ground of hope within, rejecting meanwhile the only true hope of the sinner, the finished work of Christ, till at length his convictions were effaced, and his feelings blunted.

Still his heart was not at rest; an unappeased hunger remained, which no other pursuit could satisfy.
[Footnote 5: _Missionary Travels_, p.4] In these circumstances he fell in with Dick's _Philosophy of a Future State_.

The book corrected his error, and showed him the truth.

"I saw the duty and inestimable privilege _immediately_ to accept salvation by Christ.

Humbly believing that through sovereign mercy and grace I have been enabled so to do, and having felt in some measure its effects on my still depraved and deceitful heart, it is my desire to show my attachment to the cause of Him who died for me by devoting my life to his service." There can be no doubt that David Livingstone's heart was very thoroughly penetrated by the new life that now flowed into it.