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The Judson Offering This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. https://books.google.com HarbarU College 3Ltlirarn FROM THE FUND OF CHARLES MINOT Class of 1828 THE \\ INTENDED ifl goRm of g^mfim Hs^iJg WITH THE LIVING AND A FOR THE DEAD. JBDITHD BY JOHN DOWLING, B. B. Author of "History of Romanism," &c. o THIRTEENTH THOUSAND. Nero-Dork : LEWIS OOLBY & CO 1850. 3 0. I. 150 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by L. COLBY AND COMPANY, tn the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. tlilM No. by 79 PUDNET John drat, & RUSSELL, N. Y. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION. The visit to the United States of the venerated pioneer of American Missions to the East, the Rev. Dr. Judson, is an event too interesting to be suffered to pass without some appropriate memorial. Spared by the kind providence of God for more than a third of a century, amidst dangers and sufferings unparal leled in the history of modern Missions — honored as the translator of the whole Bible for the millions of Burmah — it was not surprising that an earnest desire had long been felt by American Christians, of every name, to look upon the man, whom God had thus highly honored. That desire has, at length, been gratified. After declining repeated invitations to revisit his native land, providential circumstances, of a peculiarly afflictive kind, have brought him in our midst. Nothing but the hope of restoring the health of his late beloved wife, could have induced him to consent to this temporary relaxation from his long-continued labors, on behalf of the perishing heathen. He is already longing to resume his arduous, but loved employ ; and soon he will be on his return to Bur- mah, the land of his sufferings, his toils, and his future grave.* * SiDce the publication of the first edition, Dr. Judson, in company with several other missionaries, has returned to Burmah. IV PREFACE. The " Judson Offering" has been prepared with a view to perpetuate, among the thousands of his Christian friends in America, of every name, the memory of his long-wished, and welcome visit to his native land. The design of this work is not to present to the beloved missionary himself the in cense of praise. That he neither desires nor needs. By the grace of God, he is what he is, and has done what he has done ; and to God belongs the glory. In addition to the design of serving as a memorial of the visit of Dr. Judson to America, and as a per manent repository for several valuable and touching effusions, both in prose and verse, expressive of sympathy and affection towards the bereaved Mis sionary himself, the work is also intended as a memento of Christian affection to the memory of three American missionary wives, whose remains lie in three widely distant spots, in different parts of the earth : — Ann H. Judson, who has long slept beneath the Hopia tree, in Burmah — Harriet Newell, her early bosom friend, who lies, in her lonely grave, on the Isle of France — and Sarah B. Judson, whose sainted dust has been laid to rest on the Rock of St. Helena ; — names, which are the common property of all denominations of Christians, dear alike to the whole family of Jesus, of every land and of every name. The editor cannot withhold the expression of his sincere thanks, for the very acceptable original con tributions for the " Judson Offering," from the pens CONTENTS. Pag* SKETCHES OF MISSIONARY LIFE. — No. I. — The Departure, Editor. i The Missionary for the Last Time at the Family Altar, 8 Parting Words to a Missionary 9 SKETCH No. II. — The First Missionary Trials, Editor. ' 11 The Missionary's Call, N. Brown. 22 SKETCH No. III. — The First Bereave ment ; Harriet Newell, . Editor. 24 The Parting Spirit's Farewell, . Edmestcm. 28 Death of a Christian, . Mrs. Hemans. 29 Christ is Left, Mrs. Edmond. 30 I am Weary, 31 8KETCH No. IV.— The Cloudy Pillar, Editor. 32 It is I, be not afraid, 43 The Heathen's Cry A. Sutton. tt SKETCH No. V. — The Patience of Faith Editor. 45 Have Faith, and straggle on, . R. S. S. Andros. SO Jesus not to be forgotten, . Krishna Pal. 31 Till CONTENTS. Page. SKETCH No. VI. — Danger and De- liverance, Editor. 52 It is told me I mnst die A. D. 1679, R. Langhorne. 64 SKETCH No. VII. — The Spotted Face and the Night in the Death-Prison, Editor. 66 Comfort in Affliction, R. Grant. 75 SKETCH No. VIII. — The Christian Heroine, Editor. 76 The Prisoner's Lullaby, A. Judson. 89 SKETCH No. IX. — The Blood-Tracked March, Editor. 92 The Weary Christian Traveller, . Sarah Elizabeth. 98 How far from Home, . Mrs. Sigourney. 100 SKETCH No. X. — Oung-pen-lay, Editor. 101 Way- Worn Pilgrim 110 My Rest is in Heaven, . H. T. Lyte. Ill SKETCH No. XI. — The Dark Olonds Breaking, Editor. 112 Praise for Afflictions, . Caroline Fry. 125 Submission to Afflictions, . Swaine. 126 SKETCH No. XII. — Death among Strangers, Editor. 127 On Reading the Memoir of Ann H. Judson. Mrs. Sigourney. 131 Earth and Heaven, . G.F. Richardson. 133 To a Dying Christian, . Edmeston. 135 SKETCH No. XIII.— Widowed and Childless Editor. 136 To the Dying Little Maria, . Mrs. Boardman. 144 CONTENTS. lX Page. God a Befuge in Trials, . Beddome. 146 SKETCH No. XIV. — Death in the Jungle, Editor. 147 I O Talk to me of Heaven, . Bowles. 199 Land a head Q. Bryan. 1 63 J The Deified Book of the Karens, . R. W. Cushman. 167 Ko Thah-Byn in Prayer, . Henry. 169 The Dying Karen and his Tract 171 The Best of all is, God is with us, A. Judson. 173 Appeal for Bnrmah, A. Judson. 175 Lines on Jadson's Appeal, .... , 181 SKETCH No. XV. — The Last Leaf of Burmah's Bible Editor. 183 God's Word for the Heathen, . J. Marshman 190 Welcome to Judson in 1830, . Tappan. 191 Welcome to Kincaid, . Mrs. Baxter. 194 Comstocks' Parting with Children, Kincaid. 195 This I do for my Saviour, . S. W. Cone 198 3ix Men for Arracan, C. Thurber. 201 Eleven Years' Toil, 1834 — 1845, . Editor. 204 The Voyage to America, 209 The Parting, ... Mrs. S.B. Judson.213 Fac Simile of Dr. Jndson's Hand-writing, . .214 Death bed Scene of Mrs. S. B. Judson, A. Judson. 215 The Death-Bed T. Hood. 221 Departure from St. Helena, . 8.D. Phelps. 222 Mrs. Jndson's Funeral, . H. B. H. 125 CONTENTS. Page. The Burial at St. Helena, H. 8. Washburn. 228 Burial of Mrs. Judson at St. Helena, Mrs. Sigourney. 230 A Reminiscence of Mrs. S. B. Judson, S. P. Hill. 233 Judson's Reception in Boston, W. Crowell. 236 Welcome Home, .... Mrs. H. t. C. 244 The Visit of the Veteran Missionary, Mrs. T. P. Smith 245 Father Prays for us, C. Thurber. 247 Welcome at the Convention, F. Wayland. 849 Ahandon Arracan ! — A Scene at the Convention, 2S4 Judson and Arracan, S. W. Cone. 256 Welcome at the South, . J. B. Jeter S59 Sonnet — The Missionary Judson, . Tappan. 367 Farewell to the Churches, Mrs. E. Judson. 268 To my Mother, .... Mrs. E. Judson. 27? Farewell Services S. S. Cutting. Judson's Farewell Address, . Embarkation of the Missionaries, . H. A. Graves. '. ' Farewell to the Missionaries, . Mrs. Edmond. 21 Art thou Jesus Christ's Man, . Prof. Knowles. 2' Judton longing for his Burman Home, H. S. Washburn. 2! 1 SKETCHES OP MISSIONARY LIFE No. I.— THE DEPARTURE. EDITOR. • * " The voice of my departed Lord, 1 Go teach all nations,' from the Ea9tern world Comes on the night air, and awakes my ear ; And I will go." Anon. On the nineteenth of February, 1812, might have been seen, passing out of the harbor of Salem, a vessel, bound for the sunny climes of India, freighted with the richest boon that America had ever presented to that luxurious f'\t benighted land. Often had her stripes and T^ars waved at the mast-head of her richly- weighted ships, laden with the wealth of both -he Eastern and the Western world ; but on board that brig, now scudding before the wind, with colors flying and sails all set, — is a treasure far more valuable than the richest merchandize of America, the spices and the gold of India, or the silks and the teas of China ; The i first Company of American Missionaries to THE BENIGHTED IDOLATERS OF THE EAST. 2 JUDSON OFFERING. O Burmah ! land of lofty pagodas and count less idols ! little do thy teeming millions dream, as they bow prostrate before the images of Gaudama, that on the opposite side of the globe a noble vessel is sailing towards thy shores, freighted with the blessings, which, in the lapse of a few years, shall convert thy moral wilder ness into an Eden, and thy deserts into the garden of the Lord ; and that on the deck of that vessel stands a youthful servant of God, now straining his moistened eyes to catch another glimpse of objects long familiar and dear, in that native land, which he has renounced for love of thee, who shall be spared to give thy children that blessed book which tells of Jesus, of salvation, and of heaven : and to open to thee those treasures of wisdom divine, where thou may'st read, in thine own tongue, the wondrous works of God ! That vessel was the brig Caravan, com manded by the courteous and gentlemanly Captain Heard ; and that first company of American Missionaries were the Rev.
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