Judson, Adoniram, 1788-1850; Missionaries -- Burma -- Biography; Missionaries -- United States -- Biography
“My first object, the next morning, was to go in search of your
brother; and I had the mortification to meet him again in prison,
though not the death-prison. I went immediately to my old friend the
governor of the city, who now was raised to the rank of a woon-gyee.
He informed me that Mr. Judson was to be sent to the Burmese camp, to
act as translator and interpreter; and that he was put in confinement
for a short time only till his affairs were settled. Early the
following morning I went to this officer again, who told me that Mr.
Judson had that moment received twenty ticals from Government, with
orders to go immediately on board a boat for Maloun, and that _he_ had
given him permission to stop a few moments at the house, it being on
his way. I hastened back to the house, where Mr. Judson soon arrived,
but was allowed to remain only a short time, while I could prepare
food and clothing for future use. He was crowded into a little boat,
where he had not room sufficient to lie down, and where his exposure
to the cold, damp nights threw him into a violent fever which had
nearly ended all his sufferings. He arrived at Maloun on the third
day, where, ill as he was, he was obliged to enter immediately on the
work of translating. He remained at Maloun six weeks, suffering as
much as he had at any time in prison, excepting he was not in irons,
nor exposed to the insults of those cruel jailers.
“For the first fortnight after his departure, my anxiety was less than
it had been at any time previously since the commencement of our
difficulties. I knew the Burmese officers at the camp would feel the
value of Mr. Judson’s services too much to allow their using any
measures threatening his life. I thought his situation, also, would be
much more comfortable than it really was; hence my anxiety was less.
But my health, which had never been restored since that violent attack
at Oung-pen-la, now daily declined, till I was seized with the spotted
fever, with all its attendant horrors. I knew the nature of the fever
from its commencement; and from the shattered state of my
constitution, together with the want of medical attendants, I
concluded it must be fatal. The day I was taken with the fever, a
Burmese nurse came and offered her services for Maria. This
circumstance filled me with gratitude and confidence in God; for,
though I had so long and so constantly made efforts to obtain a person
of this description, I had never been able; when at the very time I
most needed one, and without any exertion, a voluntary offer was made.
My fever raged violently, and without any intermission. I began to
think of settling my worldly affairs, and of committing my dear little
Maria to the care of a Portuguese woman, when I lost my reason, and
was insensible to all around me. At this dreadful period, Dr. Price
was released from prison, and hearing of my illness, obtained
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