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 .o the Rev. Mr. Grow, of Connecticut. Jf yb^tare 
 a minister, be entreated to read it withd^Lclelaj/ to 
 your people ; if you are a Sabbath school tfrSacluy;-, 
 read it to your scholars ; if you are a parent, read it 
 to your family : let each Christian friend of your ac- 
 quaintance have an opportunity of reading it. O that 
 every Baptist in America could read it, and feel it. 
 
 Rangoon, March 4, 1831. 
 
 Rev. and Bear Brother , — Your letter of the 19th 
 July last, is before me, and your fifty dollars is in the 
 hands of Mr. Jones, at Maulmein, who writes me that 
 he is ready to pay it to my order. The sentiments 
 expressed in your letter are cheering and encouraging 
 to my heart. I wish that all Baptist ministers felt so, 
 and would all make such presents, though I should 
 prefer their being made directly to the Board. My 
 gratitude, however, in both cases, is sincere 
 
 I can spare time to write a few lines only, having a 
 constant press of missionary work on hand ; add to 
 which, that the weather is dreadfully oppressive atthis 
 season. Poor Boardman has just died under it, and 
 Mrs. Wade is nearly dead. Brother Wade and my- 
 self are now the only men in the mission that can speak 
 and write the language, and w'e have a population of 
 above ten millions of perishing souls between us. I 
 am persuaded that the only reason why all the dear 
 friends of Jesus in America, do not come forward in 
 the support of missions, is mere want of information, 
 (such information as they would obtain by taking any 
 cf the periodical publications.) If they could only 
 see and know half what I do, they would give all their 
 property, and their persons too. 
 
 The great annual festival is just past, during which, 
 multitudes come from the remotest parts of the coun- 
 try to worship at the great Shwav Dagong Pagoda, 
 in this place, where it is believed that several real 
 
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 hairs of Gaudama are enshrined. During the festival 
 I have given away nearly 10,000 tracts, giving to 
 none but those who ask. I presume there have been 
 six thousand applications at the house. — Some come 
 two or three months’ journey, from the borders of Siam 
 and China, — “ Sir, we hear that there is an eternal 
 hell. We are afraid of it. Do give us a writing that 
 will tell us how to escape it.” Others come from the 
 frontiers of Cassay, a hundred miles north of Ava, — 
 “Sir, we have seen a writing that tells us about an 
 eternal God. Are you the man that gives away such 
 writings ? If so, pray give us one, for we want to 
 know the truth before we die.” Others come from 
 the interior of the country, where the name of Jesus 
 Christ is a little known , — “ Are you Jesus Christ’s 
 man ? Give us a writing that tells about Jesus 
 Christ.” Brother Bennett works day and night at 
 press 5 but he is unable to supply us ; for the call is 
 great at Maulmein and Tavoy, as well as here, and 
 his types are very poor, and he has no efficient help. 
 The fact is, that we are very weak, and have to com- 
 plain that hitherto we have not been well supported 
 from home. It is most distressing to find, when we 
 are almost worn out, and are sinking, one after an- 
 other into the grave, that many of our brethren in 
 Christ at home, are just as hard and immoveable as 
 rocks 5 just as cold and repulsive as the mountains of 
 ice in the polar seas. But whatever they do, we can- 
 not sit still and see the dearBurmans, flesh and blood 
 like ourselves, and like ourselves possessed of immor- 
 tal souls, that will shine forever in heaven, or burn 
 forever in hell — we cannot see them go down to per- 
 dition without doing our utmost to save them. And 
 thanks be to God, our labors are not in vain. We 
 have three lovely churches, and about two hundred 
 baptized converts, and some are in glory. A spirit of 
 religious inquiry is extensively spreading throughout 
 the country, and the signs of the times indicate thal 
 the great renovation of Burmah is drawing near. 
 Oh, if we had about twenty more versed in the lan- 
 
 S uage, and means to spread schools, and tracts, and 
 ibles, to any extent, how happy I should be. But 
 those rocks, and those icy mountains have crushed us 
 down for many years. However, I must not leave my 
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 ■work to write letters. It is seldom that I write a let- 
 ter home, except my journal, and that I am obliged 
 to do. I took up my pen merely to acknowledge your 
 kindness, and behold I have scratched out a long let- 
 ter, which I hope you will excuse, and believe me, in 
 haste, your affectionate brother in Christ, A. Judson. 
 
 In connexion with this letter, the reader is request- 
 ed to peruse the following extract from Mr. Judson’s 
 Journal, recently published in the American Baptist 
 Magazine. 
 
 “ Rangoon , February 28, 1831. — Let all the rest, 
 (i. e. persons not predisposed to consumption,) feel 
 themselves under greater obligations to listen to 
 the heart-rending, soul-stirring cry, which the varied 
 population of this great country, the Shans, the Ka- 
 rens, the Talings, the Burmese, and Arracanese, are 
 now sending forth from all their towns and villages and 
 hamlets, their mountains, their vallies,and their woods. 
 Come and save us, for we are sinking into hell !” 
 
 “March 4. The great annual festi/al of Shway Da- 
 gong is just past, during which, I have distributed 
 nearly 10,000 tracts, giving to none but those who ask. 
 Priests and people, from the remotest regions, are 
 alike eager to get our writings. I should have given 
 away double the number, if I could have obtained suf- 
 ficient supplies. But poor brother Bennett cannot, 
 single-handed, and not yet familiar with Burman 
 printing, answer all the demands which we make upon 
 him, from different quarters. May God forgive all 
 those who desert us in our extremity. May he save 
 them all. But surely, if any sin will lie with crushing 
 weight on the trembling soul, rvhen death draws near, 
 if any sin 11111 clothe the face of the final Judge with 
 an angry frown, withering up the last hope of the con- 
 demned in irremediable, everlasting despair, it is the 
 sin of turning a deaf ear to the plaintive cry of ten mil- 
 lions of immortal beings, who by their darkness and 
 misery, cry day and night, “ Come to our rescue , ye bright 
 sons and daughters of America, come and save us !” 
 
 BAFrisTS of America, will you listen to this cry 
 from Burmah ? Who of you will pray more for Bur- 
 mah — who of you will contribute more liberally of 
 your substance — who of you will give your persons — 
 your all to missionary service in that benighted land f 
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 Read again the following passage from Br. Judson’s 
 letter. “ If they (the friends of Jesus in America,) 
 could only see and know half ivhat I do, they would give 
 all their property and their persons too Fix this sen- 
 tence in your memories, and meditate on it one whole 
 day. Here is the sober, deliberate declaration of a 
 man who sees heathenism just as it is. Brother Jud- 
 son has actually made this sacrifice— he has given all 
 his property, and his person too. In 1827, he paid 
 into the Treasury of the Baptist Board of Foreign 
 Missions §4000, being the amount which he had re- 
 ceived, principally, for the services which he had ren- 
 dered the British Government, as interpreter, during 
 its recent negociations with the Burman King. In 
 1828, he paid into the Treasury §6000, being the 
 whole of his estate. |C7 ^Who will do likewise ? 
 
 The Baptist Church in Rochester, N. Y. have 
 adopted the following resolution : 
 
 “ Resolved , That we the members of the Baptist 
 church and congregation of Rochester, feeling an 
 ardent desire to promote the glory of our Redeemer, 
 will support under the patronage of the American 
 Baptist Board of Foreign Missions, one Missionary in 
 Burmah ; and to this end will make liberal sacrifices, 
 and bring forward our gold, frankincense and myrrh.” 
 00 ° How many Baptist Churches in America will follow 
 this example , and each support one Missionary in Burmah? 
 
 A Baptist Brother in one of the southern churches 
 says, “ I will be one of four, or six, to support, as long 
 as I live, one missionary in Burmah.” How 
 
 many of our Baptist Brethren in America , are ready to 
 join , each , with t hree , or five, or eleven others, to support 
 a Missionary? We have presented these few exam- 
 ples of liberality, of the many which might be here 
 recorded, if space allowed, to provoke you to love 
 and to good works. 
 
 Baptists of America 1 Shall the pleadings of your 
 Missionaries be heard, or shall they not ? Shall 
 these poor Burmans who are begging for the bread of 
 life, be supplied with tracts, and bibles, and teachers, 
 or shall they not ? Your Missionary brethren are 
 waiting for your answer — -Burmah is waiting for your 
 answer — Heaven is waiting for your answer. — You 
 can give but one answer — WE WILL HELP. 
 
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