. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . t up, and by chance opened it atthe journal of Francis Mason, a missionary in read on eagerly, and all her old interest in Bur-mah came back more strongly than before. When she got home, she said to her father— Papa,I must go to Burmah. She had often talked ofgoing, but now she meant it quite seriously. Herfather did not discourage her, and from this time thewhole family began to feel that though it must bemany years before Ellen could go to Burmah, shewould certainly go some time. Sufficient m
. Heralds of the cross, or, The fulfilling of the command : chapters on missionary work . t up, and by chance opened it atthe journal of Francis Mason, a missionary in read on eagerly, and all her old interest in Bur-mah came back more strongly than before. When she got home, she said to her father— Papa,I must go to Burmah. She had often talked ofgoing, but now she meant it quite seriously. Herfather did not discourage her, and from this time thewhole family began to feel that though it must bemany years before Ellen could go to Burmah, shewould certainly go some time. Sufficient money had now been saved to sendEllen to a boarding-school, and here she worked hard,dividing her time between learning and teaching,and always keeping the thought of heathen Burmahbefore her mind. How she was to go she knew not;but she worked and waited, and by and by a way,such as she had never thought of, was made open forher. She came to know a Mr. Bullard, a very good activemissionary from Burmah; and in time he asked her tobe his wife, and go back with him to share in his A MISSION IN THE MOUNTAINS. 135 After their marriage they enjoyed a pleasant holi-day together in America, and then they set out ontheir long and trying four months voyage to ship was small, the supply of water bad, and theheat great, and Mrs. BuUard—ill and suffering as shewas—had a tiny baby to care for. Right glad were the travellers when at last theirlong journey came to an end, and they set foot onthe coast of Burmah ; there to find good old waiting to give them a hearty welcome. To Ellen herself it seemed almost like a , at last, she had reached that country which shehad been thinking about all her life: there, on thegreen hill in front, stood just such a pagoda, or temple,as she had seen in pictures; dark-skinned men andwomen, dressed in all the colours of the rainbow andwith turbans on their heads, pressed round the ship,and, last of all, it was Dr. Judso
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