Noble Deeds of the World's HeroinesMoore, Henry Charles
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Noble Deeds of the World's Heroines
Moore, Henry Charles
Women heroes -- Biography
The Europeans at Tavoy considered it natural and proper that, now Mrs.
Boardman was a widow, she should, return to America, and they were
somewhat surprised when she announced her intention of remaining at
Tavoy. 'My beloved husband,' she wrote, 'wore out his life in this
glorious cause; and that remembrance makes me more than even attached
to the work and the people for whose salvation he laboured till death.'
As far as possible she took up the duties of her late husband, and
every day from sunrise until ten o'clock at night she was hard at work.
Her duties included periodical visits to the Karen villages. This was
a most unpleasant work for a refined woman, and from the fact that she
scarcely ever alluded to these visits we may conclude that she found
them extremely trying. But, as there was no man to undertake the work
which her late husband had carried on with conspicuous success, she
knew unless she did it herself a promising field of missionary
enterprise would be uncared for.
Preaching, teaching and visiting was not, however, the only work in
which the young widow engaged. She translated into Burmese the
_Pilgrim's Progress_.
Adoniram Judson and Mrs. Boardman had known each other from the day the
latter arrived in Burma, and the former, as the head of the
missionaries in that country, was well aware of Mrs. Boardman's
devotion to duty. On January 31, 1834, he completed his translation of
the Scriptures, and on April 10 he and Mrs. Boardman were married.
Mrs. Sarah Judson's home was now once more in Moulmein, and into the
work there she threw herself at once heart and soul. She superintended
schools, held Bible classes and prayer meetings and started various
societies for the spiritual and physical welfare of the women. Finding
that there was a large number of Peguans in Moulmein, she learnt their
language, and translated into it several of her husband's tracts.
Until 1841 her life was peacefully happy, but in that year a period of
trouble began. Her four children were attacked with whooping-cough,
which was followed by dysentery, the complaint which in Burma has sent
many thousands of Europeans to early graves. No sooner had the
children recovered from this distressing illness than Mrs. Sarah Judson
fell ill with it, and for a time it was feared that she was dying. As
soon as she was able to travel Mr. Judson took her to India, in the
hope that a complete rest at Serampore would give her back her
strength. She returned in fairly good health, but in December, 1844,
she grew so weak that Mr. Judson decided to have his first furlough,
and take her home to America. On the voyage she grew worse, and died
peacefully while the ship was at anchor at St. Helena. She was buried
on shore, and Adoniram Judson, a widower a second time, proceeded on
his journey to America.
OLIVIA OGREN AND AN ESCAPE FROM BOXERS
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