PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The life of Adoniram Judson
Judson, Edward, 1844-1914 · 223,971 words · 329 reading sections
Part 301
Indeed there are very few of those who have gone from this country as missionaries to the heathen who are not indebted to Mr. Judson for methods and inspiration. The writer will not soon forget a scene he witnessed at Saratoga in May, 1880. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church was in session. Dr. Jessup, an …
741 wordsSECTION 302APPENDIX.
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0 wordsSECTION 303AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF DATES AND EVENTS.
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0 wordsSECTION 304BY A. JUDSON.
ADONIRAM JUDSON, sen., was born at Woodbury, Conn., June, 1752, the youngest son of Elnathan and Mary Judson, and was married Nov. 23, 1786, to Abigail Brown, who was born at Tiverton R. I., Dec. 15, 1759, the eldest daughter of Abraham and Abigail Brown. 1788, Aug. 9, Adoniram Judson, jun., was born at Malden, Mass. …
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1813, May 7, embarked at Port Louis with Mrs. J. on the ship _Countess of Harcourt_, bound to Madras. 1813, June 4, arrived in Madras. 1813, June 22, embarked with Mrs. J. on the ship _Georgiana_, bound to Rangoon, in Burmah. 1813, July 13, arrived in Rangoon, and joined the mission conducted by Felix Carey. 1814, …
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1826, July 5, left Mrs. J. and family at Amherst, and re-embarked on the _Phœnix_ for Rangoon. 1826, July 9, arrived in Rangoon. 1826, Sept. 1, left Rangoon for Ava with the Envoy, Mr. Crawford. 1826, Sept. 30, arrived in Ava. 1826, Oct. 28, the Embassy removed to Chagaing. 1826, Nov. 24, heard the news of Mrs. J.…
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1841, June 26, embarked with Mrs. J. and family for Bengal, on account of their health. 1841, July 11, arrived in Bengal. 1841, July 30, Henry Judson died at Serampore, aged 1 year, 27 months. 1841, Aug. 16, embarked with my family on the _Ramsay_, Capt. Hamlin, bound to the Isle of France. 1841, Oct. 1, arrived at…
474 wordsSECTION 308MR. JUDSON’S FIRST TRACT FOR THE BURMANS.
There is one Being who exists eternally; who is exempt from sickness, old age, and death; who was, and is, and will be, without beginning, and without end. Besides this, the true God, there is no other God. The true God is diverse from all other beings. Uniting three in one, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Hol…
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A disciple of Jesus Christ is one that is born again; the meaning of which is, that the old nature, which is successively inherited from the first man and woman, begins to be destroyed, and the new nature, which is implanted by the Holy Spirit, is obtained. The unrenewed man loves himself supremely, and seeks his own p…
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The commands of Jesus Christ are as follow:—Repent, or be changed in mind; that is, extirpate the old nature, and cultivate the new. Have faith in the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. Love God supremely. Love others as yourself. Set not your heart on worldly goods and riches; but look forward to, and long for, those ric…
560 wordsSECTION 311THE THREEFOLD CORD.
ECCLES. iv. 12. _Written by a Missionary in Burmah._ YOU hope, my dear brother, that you have repented of sin, and put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. You now desire, above all things, to grow in grace, and attain the perfect love and enjoyment of God. But you find yourself perplexed about the way, amidst the va…
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Alas for those whose days are spent in pampering their bodies, under the idea of preserving their life and health; who toil to lay up treasures upon earth, under the idea of providing for their children; who conform to the fashions of the world, under the idea of avoiding pernicious singularity; who use every means to …
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Return, O mistaken soul, to thy first love. God is still waiting to be gracious. Dost thou not feel a latent impulse, as thou readest these lines? a secret conviction that this is the truth? an incipient desire to comply? Yield thyself to the heavenly influence. Make an immediate beginning. Wait not till thou seest the…
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Thus I present thee, my brother, with the threefold cord—the three grand means of growing in grace—of gaining the victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil—of drawing the soul from earth to heaven. Means, I say; for I speak not now of faith, the living operative principle within—the hand, with which thou must la…
573 wordsSECTION 315ADVICE TO MISSIONARY CANDIDATES.
_To the Foreign Missionary Association of the Hamilton Literary and Theological Institution, N. Y._ MAULMAIN, _June_ 25, 1832. DEAR BRETHREN: Yours of November last, from the pen of your Corresponding Secretary, Mr. William Dean, is before me. It is one of the few letters that I feel called upon to answer, for you as…
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_Ninthly._ Beware of that indolence which leads to a neglect of bodily exercise. The poor health and premature death of most Europeans in the East must be eminently ascribed to the most wanton neglect of bodily exercise. _Tenthly._ Beware of genteel living. Maintain as little intercourse as possible with fashionable E…
231 wordsSECTION 317THE KATHAYAN SLAVE.
AT the commencement of the English and Burmese war of 1824, all the Christians (called “hat-wearers,” in contradistinction from the turbaned heads of the Orientals) residing at Ava were thrown unceremoniously into the death-prison. Among them were both Protestant and Roman Catholic missionaries; some few reputable Euro…
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As will readily be perceived, the security of this prison was not in the strength of the structure, but in the heavy manacles, and the living wall. The lives of the jailers depended entirely on their fidelity; and fidelity involved strict obedience to orders, however ferocious. As for themselves, they could not escape;…
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During this day, one of the missionaries, who had been honored with an invitation, which it was never prudent to refuse, to the hut of the Thief, learned something of the history of the young man, and his crime. His home, it was told him, was among the rich hills of Kathay, as they range far northward, where the tropic…
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Finally came a day fraught with illimitable consequences; the day when the young slave, not yet admitted to the royal harem, should become more than ever the property of her master. And now deeper grew their agony, more uncontrollable their madness, wilder and more daring their hopes, with every passing moment. Not a m…
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“I can not die so—I can not—so slow—so slow—so slow!” Hunger gnawed, thirst burned, fever revelled in his veins; the cord upon his wrists cut to the bone; corruption had already commenced upon his swollen, livid feet; the most frightful, torturing pains distorted his body, and wrung from him groans and murmurings so pi…
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“What is it?” in a lower whisper than ever, and a shaking of the head, and holding their own chains to prevent their rattle, and looks full of wonder, was all that passed between the two listeners. Their amazement was interrupted by a dull, heavy sound, as though a bag of dried bones had been suddenly crushed down by t…
636 wordsSECTION 323BY MRS. E. C. JUDSON.
THE sunlight fell aslant upon the fragile framework of a Burman zayat; but though it was some hours past midday, the burning rays were not yet level enough to look too intrusively beneath the low projecting eaves. Yet the day was intensely hot, and the wearied occupant of the one bamboo chair in the centre of the build…
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Finally the old water-bearer, grinning in angry derision till her wrinkled visage became positively hideous, rose, slowly adjusted the earthen vessel on her head, and passed along, muttering as she went, “Jesus Christ!—no Nigban!—ha, ha, ha!” The heart of the missionary sunk within him, and he was on the point of layin…
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“I do not think he has hurt me, papa; but I can not—keep—away—no—oh, no!” “What do you mean, Moung-Moung?” “The sorcerer has done something to me—put his beautiful eye on me. I see it _now_.” And the boy’s own eyes glowed with a strange, startling brilliancy. “_’Mai, ’mai!_ what a boy! _He_ is not a sorcerer, only a…
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“I say nothing, _Tsayah_.” “What of the child?” “A wonderful boy, _Tsayah_. He seems usually as you have seen him; but he has another look—so strange! He must have caught something from his mother’s face just before she went up to the golden country.” The missionary seemed lost in thought; and the assistant, after w…
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The _Sah-ya_ tried to smile, tried to look unconcerned; but his easy nonchalance of manner seemed utterly to forsake him in his need; and finally abandoning the attempt to renew his former tone of banter, he answered quietly, “I have heard of a writing you possess, which, by your leave, I will take home and read to Mou…
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“He worshipped the true God,” she continued, suffering the individuality of her voice to glide away and mingle the wail of the mourners, and occasionally slurring a word which she dared not pronounce with distinctness; “he worshipped the true God, and trusted in the Lord our Redeemer—the Lord Jesus Christ, he trusted i…
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“My mistress taught me, sir; and made me promise to teach her baby when he was old enough; and to go to you for more instruction. But I was alone, and afraid. I sometimes got as far as the big banyan tree on the corner, and crawled away again so trembling with terror, that I could scarcely stand upon my feet. At last I…
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