Bingham’s perseverance paid off. By the time he had to leave the Gilbert Islands in 1865 because of his deteriorating health, he not only had given the Gilbertese language a written form but had also translated the books of Matthew and John into Gilbertese.
1865 წელს ჯანმრთელობის გაუარესების გამო მას გილბერტის კუნძულების დატოვება მოუწია.