History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . , would guidethem to some quiet haven, where they might labor for the salvation of theirfellow men without molestation. They reached Madras in June. Appre-hensive that information of their arrival would be speedily communicated .togovernment by a vigilant police, their first inquiry was, what ships were ly-ing in the harboj. The only one which would sail immediately, was boundto Rangoon, in Burmah. On the 22d of June, they embarked in the shipGeorgiana, feeling that they were indeed going to a land of da
History of American missions to the heathen, from their commencement to the present time . , would guidethem to some quiet haven, where they might labor for the salvation of theirfellow men without molestation. They reached Madras in June. Appre-hensive that information of their arrival would be speedily communicated .togovernment by a vigilant police, their first inquiry was, what ships were ly-ing in the harboj. The only one which would sail immediately, was boundto Rangoon, in Burmah. On the 22d of June, they embarked in the shipGeorgiana, feeling that they were indeed going to a land of darkness, andthe shadow of death; a land of darkness as darkness itself, and of the sha-dows of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. (Job10: 21, 22.) By the kindness of missionary friends at Madras, a Europeanfemale servant had been obtained for Mrs. Judson. But an inscrutableProvidence withheld even this indulgence. As the ship was getting underweigh, this woman fell dead upon the cabin floor. After a rough and dan-gerous voyage, they arrived at Rangoon in Viev of Rau^oD, from the mtir. Perhaps the hand of God was never more distinctly visible, than in thetrain of events which thus led to the establishment of the Burman His Spirit awakened in the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Judson a sinceredesire to glorify Christ by making known the gospel to the heathen, we can- 360 BAPTIST GENERAL CONVENTION. not question. But how wera their plans thwarted, how was their wayhedged about, and any other path filled with perplexity and entanglement,that they might be shut up to one course, and that leading to Burmah!How manifest, too, the wisdom and parental faithfulness of God, in thusleading them about and instructing them, testing their sincerity, provingtheir faith, and showing them what was in their hearts, that he might atlength make use of them as polished instruments in the accomplishment ofhis purposes of mercy toward that dark land! They both pos
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