Here are two theological themes that were foundational to Carey’s thought and mission. First, the death of Christ for sinners was the Christian’s only plea with regard to salvation when he stood in the presence of a holy God at the final judgment. Second, the ultimate goal of the Christian life was the glory of God. Carey felt that he had not made the latter uppermost throughout his life, hence his comfort in the former. Similar thoughts fill another letter that Carey wrote in 1831, this one to his