Judson, Adoniram, 1788-1850; Missionaries -- Burma -- Biography; Missionaries -- United States -- Biography
“It seems that her head was much affected during her last days, and
she said but little. She sometimes complained thus: ‘The teacher is
long in coming; and the new missionaries are long in coming; I must
die alone, and leave my little one; but as it is the will of God, I
acquiesce in His will. I am not afraid of death, but I am afraid I
shall not be able to bear these pains. Tell the teacher that the
disease was most violent, and I could not write; tell him how I
suffered and died; tell him all that you see; and take care of the
house and things until he returns.’ When she was unable to notice
anything else, she would still call the child to her, and charge the
nurse to be kind to it, and indulge it in everything, until its father
shall return. The last day or two she lay almost senseless and
motionless, on one side, her head reclining on her arm, her eyes
closed; and at eight in the evening, with one exclamation of distress
in the Burman language, she ceased to breathe.
“_February 7._ I have been on a visit to the physician who attended
her in her illness. He has the character of a kind, attentive, and
skillful practitioner; and his communications to me have been rather
consoling. I am now convinced that everything possible was done, and
that, had I been present myself, I could not have essentially
contributed to avert the fatal termination of the disease. The doctor
was with her twice a day, and frequently spent the greater part of the
night by her side. He says that, from the first attack of the fever,
she was persuaded she could not recover; but that her mind was
uniformly tranquil and happy in the prospect of death. She only
expressed occasional regret at leaving her child and the native
Christian schools before her husband, or another missionary family,
could arrive. The last two days she was free from pain. On her
attention being roused by reiterated questions, she replied, ‘I feel
quite well, only very weak.’ These were her last words.
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