The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . n at Seramporeonly a short time, as the EastIndia company was bitterlyopposed to the introduction ofthe Christian religion into theprovince; then they went toRangoon where she brav
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . n at Seramporeonly a short time, as the EastIndia company was bitterlyopposed to the introduction ofthe Christian religion into theprovince; then they went toRangoon where she bravelyendured the privations and in-conveniences of living undervery trying conditions. Shewas of the greatest assistancein the missionary work; butthe severity of her labors, andthe exhausting effect of theclimate obliged her to comehome for a long rest. Duringthis period she was not idle,however, but lectured exten-sively in the cause of missions,and also wrote a history ofthe BuiTnan mission which re-ceived high praise, not onlyin this country, but abroad. She returned to Bur-mah in 1838, to find missionary affairs prospering;but the next year war broke out between the Englishat Bengal and the Burman government, and thelives of the missionaries were in danger, as they werelooked on as spies. Her husband was seized in hisown house and hurried away to what was known asthe death prison. Mrs. Judson was strictly. guarded in the mission-house, which had been strip-ped of furniture; her clothing being also taken, andshe subjected to the brutality of her rough guard-ians. At last she succeeded in getting a petition tothe governor of the city, and by this means and bybribes to inferior officers, she succeeded in mitigating,in some degree, the horrors of her husbands con-finement. Later, he was removed to another town,and arrangements made for his sacrifice in honor ofa general who was to take command of a fresh general was suspected of treason and execut-ed, and Mr. Judsons l
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