The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835Various
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The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, January, 1835
Various
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"In paying this brief and imperfect tribute to the memory of
this great and good man, who was long their associate in
Missionary exertion, and whom they have never ceased to regard
with feelings of the utmost veneration and respect, it is the
anxious desire of the Committee to glorify God in him. May
a review of what divine grace accomplished in and by this
faithful servant of the Redeemer, awaken lively gratitude, and
strengthen the devout expectation that He, with whom is the
residue of the Spirit, will favour his church with renewed
proofs of his love and care by thrusting forth many such
labourers into the harvest!"
It is expected that Mr. Eustace Carey will compile, from the materials
in possession of the Missionary Committee, and from the correspondence
maintained by the Doctor with his relations in this country during the
whole course of his residence in India, a Memoir of his venerable
relative.
BURMAH.
By a letter from Mr. Judson to Dr. Bolles, dated Maulmein, December
31st, 1833, we learn that a Christian church has been formed at Ava; the
capital of the empire, where two converts, one the wife of Kv H'lay, an
old Rangoon disciple, and the other a respectable inhabitant of the
city, were baptized in the preceding month.
This prosperous Mission now comprises five churches, at Maulmein, Tavoy,
Mergui, Rangoon, and Ava; and the whole number who have received baptism
at these several stations, is five hundred and ninety-seven.
A month afterwards, Mr. Judson was favoured to complete his translation
of the whole Scriptures into the Burman language. Our readers will
sympathize with the feelings which dictated the following entry made on
this occasion in the journal of this devoted Missionary. We are happy to
add that, although Mr. Judson has felt it his duty to construct his
version on the principle adopted by our Calcutta brethren, this
circumstance will not impede its circulation, the American Bible Society
having rendered prompt and liberal assistance towards the printing.
January 31st, 1834. Thanks be to God! I can now say, "I have
attained." I have knelt down before him, with the last leaf in
my hand, and, imploring his forgiveness for all the sins which
have polluted my labours in this department, and his aid in
future efforts, to remove the errors and imperfections which
necessarily cleave to the work, I have commended it to his
mercy and grace: I have dedicated it to his glory. May he make
his own inspired word, now complete in the Burman tongue, the
grand instrument of filling all Burmah with songs of praises to
our Great God and Saviour Jesus Christ! Amen.
SOUTH AFRICA.
The following account of the second Annual Meeting of the Auxiliary
Baptist Missionary Society, conducted by the Rev. W. Davies and his
friends at Graham's Town, is extracted from the local Newspaper, of the
28th of August last:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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