near Additional Converts. stands almost unrivalled among the May 29. I perceive that I have female converts. She always acneglected my journal for a long companies Mrs. Wade, and is of time, having been chiefly engaged inestimable use in explaining in going forward with the revision things in the Taling to those who of the New Testament. Brother cannot well understand the Burand sister Wade have done all mese; and that is the case with a the itinerating; and many inter- great part of the population of esting tales they have to tell at British Pegu. night. Truth is spreading slowly No case of church discipline has on every side ; prejudices are yet occurred; but Mah Kai, at weakening; opposition is growing Amherst, occasions us much sormore violent in some parts, and in row. We hear that her husband other parts, it seems subsiding. forces her to follow bim to the The husband of Mah Kyan, house of Rimmon, and that she who tore his ivfant from the there bows down, when I fear mother's breast, and pursued she has not Naaman's excuse for his poor wife through the street, so doing. Two of the Hindoo with a great knife, has become a members also give us trouble, and lamb. He has made a conforta we fear that their case must come ble place in his house for Mrs. before the church. Instances of Wade to sit and receive company, irregularity and sin do sometimes to the great annoyance of other occur ; but our efforts in the way opposers in that quarter. Mah of private exhortation and perGatee bas persuaded her hus- suasion have been hitherto blessed band to come and live to the promotion of that repenus, that they may attend the tance and reformation which make daily evening worship, though amends for all. his mother is still outrageous. A. JUDSON. They are a young, interesting Rev. Dr. BOLLES, Cor. Sec. couple, very fond of one other. It was a great trial for poor Mah Gatee to be baptized against LETTER TO THE PUBLISHERS OF his will. We have received five since the last date; Moung Tau-ma Maulmein, Mar. 19, 1829. gnay and Mah San, the first Dear Brethren, couple that we have had the pleas- I thank you for Mr. Knowles's ure of baptizing together; Moung excellent Address,-and I am deToot, brother of Mah San, and lighted with the plan of a religious M. Gatee, a young man of some celebration of the Fourth of July. promise; Mah Poot, wife of I sincerely hope that the example Moung Zu-thee, wild as the woods, of the Baptist churches in Boston, and formerly as mischievous as will be simultaneously followed possible; and Ko Man-poke, hus- by all their sister churches throughband of Mah Tee, (see Dec. 7th,) out the whole Union. a steady, excellent old man, a Your letter is full of glad news considerable scholar in the Taling about the prosperity of the language. He has translated all churches. When I read such our Burmese tracts into the Ta- communications from Christian ling, and will perhaps be encour- lands, and take a joyful circuit aged to go on with some parts of through the wide regions of sucthe New Testament. We consid- cessful benevolence, and then er him as one of the most valua- come back to any own little dark ble accessions to the cause that we spot, I feel ready to sink down in have ever received; and his wife discouragement. But is not this APRIL, 1830. 16 an THE MAGAZINE. mere selfishpess? There is how- and listen to the delightful intelli- grace with which these efforts are If you or any other benevolent crowned. persons are willing to send out We sincerely hope, from your English tracts, religious newspa- latest communications, that a prinpers, magazines, hymn books, &c. ter is now on the way. It will for distribution among the Eng- take him a long time to dispatch lish soldiers, and others who un- all the work, that we have ready, derstand that language, they will or that the present state of the be always acceptable. I have mission imperiously demands. given away almost every thing of We are very anxious also, that. the sort that I had. Even the two or three missionaries should odd numbers of the Magazine be sent out immediately,--not bewill do good service. Some of the cause we want help, not because poor soldiers, though they live millions are per ishing around us; a mile off, contrive to run out to all missionaries cry in tbat tone, us almost every evening to have and it has become old-But we us pray with them, and converse feel anxious, because three out of on religion. There is work enough five of us, are in a very poor, and among the English here to employ to all human appearance, declinone man all his time. Pray, dear ing state of health; and as it must brethren, that the Holy Spirit may take three years to become fit for be poured out upon this moral any real service, we have but litwilderness. And endeavor to tle hope remaining, that our places stir up some one church out of the will be supplied before most of us 3800 in the United States to spare are laid in the grave. us one man at least, one that has a Yours faithfully, companion, too, for Mrs. Wade has , A. JUDSON. EXTRACTS FROM MR. WADE's Maulmein, May 29, 1829. After a long delay, an opportunity for transmitting letters to Bengal has offered which I shall improve by sending you such parMaulmein, June 5, 1829. ticulars of information respecting ourselves and the missionary work My dear Sir, here as have occurred since my Yours of the 11th of Nov. last, last date. As it regards the manner reached us yesterday, accompa- of my spending my time, there is nied by the books, pamphlets, &c. such a similarity in the work of one as specified. We feel greatly day with another, that it would obliged to our dear friends for be quite uninteresting to keep a their continued remembrance of daily journal. I have therefore only put down occasional notices. We love to turn away occasion- Feb. 8. Moung Zu-thee, a really from our missionary work, spectable Burman from Letha JOURNAL LETTER TO THE TREASURER. us. mahzoo, was baptized. He gave ingly rejected, at least for the very satisfactory evidence of the present. Assembly at worship work of grace on his heart, having crowded; after sermon, a female, been tried by the test of persecu- Mah Hlay, asked for baptisın, but tion. While we were examining there was not time to examine the candidates for baptism, and her, and her case was postponed. asking some close questions, one 10. During the period wbich these of the members remarked, that we few sketches of my journal comneed not feel anxious about the prises I have visited the Kyoungs, sincerity of those who ask for and had conversations with inost baptism, since the opposition and of the priests in this place and the reproach are so great, that we neighboring villages. The priests, could not possibly persuade, or though quite contrary to their own even hire a person to embrace rules, are extremely proud, covethis religion, unless he were truly tous, and impatient of contradicconverted. tion ; for the most part they are Mar. 8. Last week made an ex- shamefully ignorant even of their cursion up the river with a view of own system, and regardless of vepreaching particularly to the Ka- racity, not hesitating to forge lies, rens; found that the village to and assert that thus and thus it is which I intended to go was seven- written in the sacred books, just teen or eighteen miles inland. I as occasion suits; and when on could not travel this distance in any occasion we have detected the heat, nor could I find any con- them in these things, they do not veyance; so that I was obliged to seem to feel the least shame. return. Moung Ing and Ko Myat. Their credulous votaries never kyan who accompanied me, went think of demanding of them the on to the village. In my route 1 chapter and verse where their aspreached in two Burman villages, sertions are found; and it would both to priests and people. I felt be almost useless if they did; for a little encouraged by the appear when we have demanded them, ance of attention among the peo- they always have some excuse for ple. Oh may God bless the word not complying, such as this, “we to their salvation! Something have seen the book in Rangoon, would no doubt be done, some but it is not here;" or, say they, souls be saved in the villages, if “ all our books were destroyed in the word could be preached to the war, how can we be expected them daily as in Maulmein. We to produce them now?" Thus are in great need of more labor- they generally escape detection, ers. Thus in many instances they perApril 19. Since the last date suade the people that they find have been on a preaching excur- from the sacred books that about sion among the Karens; intended this time there is to be a sect of to be gone from home a month, hereticks who worship the enemy but at the end of fifteen days was of Gaudama, and do all they can taken with a fever, which obliged to destroy the true religion ; that me to return. I think the Karens the Eternal God is the Nat or degenerally received a favorable im- mon that governs this world, &c. pression of the truth, and among Thus they make the deluded mulothers two or three priests appear- titude think they are well informed ed to take the subject into serious about things of which they are consideration. almost as ignorant as the beasts May 3. An old man, whose that perish. I called on the most name is Ko Len, asked for bap- celebrated among them several tism, and was examined by the times; he never manifested the church ; but he did not give us least inclination to examine the full satisfaction, and was accord- evidences of the Christian religion, but an entire aversion to discuss- We have just received a number ing the subject, which, however, of parcels from our beloved Amer. he could not wholly avoid, when I ica, among which were three pressed him on various points, numbers of the Magazine, four of without disgrace; but at last, the Herald, and a letter from you wearied I suppose with my visits, to us all jointly. They afforded and annoyed with questions which us much interesting information, he did not like to discuss, he said and gave us the pleasing idea that plainly, “Whether Christ is true the tone of vital piety is becoming or not, I will not embace his reli- higher, in general, than formerly ; gion; but I will worship Guada- and at the same time this boly ma, true or false, even if I go to principle is producing an abunthe lowest hell.” This be said in dant harvest of its own proper the hearing of a large number of fruit, viz. compassion and benevopeople. I took his expressions lence towards all mankind. down on paper, which we now Among other things, I was parmake use of on some occasions ticularly pleased with a piece in to show his votaries that while the Herald, entitled, “ Instructions they think him a kind of demigod, to Missionaries." Nothing, it aphe is a mere bigot, who is not pears to me, could be more to the seeking truth for himself, and can- point than those remarks; but not therefore be supposed to have when I compare myself with the much concern that others should standard there laid down, or infind the truth. deed with the standard of my I have sometimes on their wor- own conscience, I find, alas! that ship days gone upon the princi- I am greatly deficient. This I lapal pagoda in Maulmein, and per- ment, and sometimes I must acsuaded the worshippers that they knowledge, I long for those soulshould turn from these vanities to quickening means of grace which the living God. The situation re- I once ad, but too much negminded me of Mar's Hill, where lected, in my native country. Paul stood, and taught the Athe- There are some lessons of exnians that God, who made all perience, however, which may be things, is not like images of gold, learnt perhaps more expeditiously silver, and stone, made by man's and effectually in this heathen device. The priests frequently land thun at home: such as crucihint to us, and more frequently to fixion to the world, an abiding the native assistants, that if they sense of the uncertainty of life, were under the Burman govern- and dependance on God. Mement they would soon put a stop moirs and other works eminently to our exertions; by which we calculated to promote the life of may see how much reason we God in the soul, I should prize have to be thankful for the protec- above gold, and so would my astion and privileges which an Eng- sociates. These would do much lish governinent affords us. towards making up for those spir Details of particular conver- itual privations which we sustain sations might sometimes be inter- while thus cut off from the Chrisesting to you; but what with go- tiap world. While you pray for ing out to the different villages, our success, do not forget to pray assisting in the revising of the also for our personal growth in translation of the New Testament, grace. and collating the productions of Wishing you all spiritual blessthe copyist with the original, ings in Christ Jesus, I remain, which takes nearly the whole of niost affectionately and respectevery evening, I have but a very fully yours, scanty portion of time left for J. WADE, writing. Rev. L. BOLLES, D. D. want a causes. a GOOD DEVISED FOR BURMAH. TRACTS PUBLISHED IN BURMAH. do not think of giving copies, ex cept in the most pressing and imExtract of a Letter from Mr. Jud- portant cases. The same is to son to Rev. Noah Davis. be said of the Golden Balance in Burinese. Oh, we Maulmein, May 28, 1829. thousand copies of this work to be sent instantly into all parts My dear Brother, of the country,—to Tavoy and We have published three Tracts Mergui on the south,—to Ranin the Burmese language. goon, Prome, and Ava on the No. 1. A view of the Christian north, in all which places we have Rcligion, in Four Parts, Historical, correspondents, or some means of Didactic, Preceptive, and Devo- communication. But we are like tional. It has passed through men with their hands cut off. two editions ; the last an edition of Thine ever in the best of bonds, 5000, mostly expended on the and devotedness to the best of coast of Arracan. We have late A. JUDSON. ly given it a thorough revision, and consider it now as a standard [Tract Magazine work. No. 2. A Catechism for children, exhibiting the outlines of Christianity, in the simplest manner. This has passed through To. H. Lincoln, Esq. Treasurer. two editions; and though designed for children, has been found very March 4, 1830. useful to all ages. My dear Sir, No. 3. The Golden Balance, or In the Magazine for January the Christian and Boodhist Sys- last, with no ordinary emotions of tems contrasted. This we have not delight, I noticed a plan proposed been able to get printed; but the by a minister in South Carolina, few copies that we have circulated for raising $5000 for the Burman in manuscript, have met with un- Mission; my ardent prayer is that precedented acceptance. the plan may meet the smiles and No. 1, has been translated into blessing of the God of Missions. the Siamese, and No. 2, printed Then the object will be realized also in that language; but very in its fullest extent. In the same few copies have been distributed. vehicle of intelligence I observe All three have been translated Mr. Boardman's plan of extended into Taling, the native language operations in education on both of all parts of British Pegu, where sides of the Tavoy river," &c. we are now located, and generally And he says, " under a divine understood by the most of the blessing we may hope for great population, better than the Bur- and happy results from such a sysmese. Oh, it is affecting to see tem of operations." But as he with what eagerness the poor peo- justly remarks, " it will be readily ple, men and women, listen to the seen, that in order to carry this sound of the gospel in their own plan into effect, an additional native tongue; bow they some- missionary is immediately needtimes gather close around the ed.”—And permit me to remark, reader, and listen with their eyes means likewise for his support, and as well as their ears. We keep a that of the cause thus to be proTaling copiest at work all the moted. time, but it is impossible to do I would, therefore, should you any thing towards supplying the and the Board deem it expedient, demand for Taling tracts. Indeed and think there is a prospect of the expense is so great, that we success, propose raising $1000 for |