This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHILDREN'S VOICES IT was a January day in 1815, and preparations for departure were being made in the Judson household in Rangoon. Who could be going away, and where? Was it possible that they were both leaving Burma, having given up the mission as a hopeless task? That did not seem likely, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHILDREN'S VOICES IT was a January day in 1815, and preparations for departure were being made in the Judson household in Rangoon. Who could be going away, and where? Was it possible that they were both leaving Burma, having given up the mission as a hopeless task? That did not seem likely, and moreover the house was in its usual condition, its furnishings undisturbed. One small trunk stood ready for removal to the ship, and presently Mrs. Judson came in dressed for a journey. Evidently she was the traveler, and her husband was to be left behind. Never since their marriage had they been parted for any length of time, and the peculiar circumstances of their isolated life had made them unusually dependent upon each other. Now, however, they must face a separation of two or three months at least, and the prospect was doleful indeed. Mrs. Judson was about to sail for Madras to consult a physician, as her health was breaking down under the climate and privations of Burma, and no medical help was available there. She had refused to permit her husband to accompany her, as the new mission would suffer too much from the absence of them both. They were just beginning to make themselves understood in the Burmese language, and a few people were turning a listening ear to the story of a God who cared, though they but dimly comprehended the meaning of the strangely beautiful message. These first signs of a harvest to come were too precious to neglect, and the language must be all the more arduously studied in order to make the story plain to the bewildered people. When it was decided that Mrs. Judson must go to Madras, she and her husband ventured one day into the presence of the viceroy of Rangoon with an unusual petition. They offered a small...
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Missionary Education Movement of the United states and Canada
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1913
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English
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Jessie Gillespie. Good. Dust Jacket Included. Good 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. pp.245 Life in Burma. gift inscription on frontpiece, spine broken at content page, foxing to text pages, slightly bumped corners and wear to edges.
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Margaret Ayer. Very Good in Near Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 184. 184 pp. Presentation inscription on front free endpaper. The jacket is slightly chipped at the upper and lower edges; there is a 1" closed tear at the head of the front flap fold. The life of the first American woman missionary to a foreign land.
