Scrooge recognized that the Spirit had come to?

In Stave Four, Scrooge recognizes that the Ghost has come to show him the end of his life and how it will be embraced if he doesn't change his ways. When he realizes that he was the dead man spoken about early in the Stave, Scrooge vows to honor Christmas in his heart and live by the lessons of the past, present, and future, such that he may alter his life. The Ghost shrinks and collapses into a bedpost.