What is Death, asunder rending LIVE-as if thou knew'st them true! Moneys received by Rev. Ezra Going, for the Bap. Miss. Society of Mass., on his Mission in the State of New York. Moneys received by the Treasurer of the Massachusetts Baptist Education Society. 1826. Oct. 27. By Cash from A. Morgan, Springfield, 10,00 Nov. 13. from Young Men's Auxiliary Education Society, Boston, 150,00 1827. Jan. 2. dividend of Stock, 73,50 from Rev. A. Fisher, jr. Treasurer of the Worcester County 100,00 of Dea. John Clarke, St. Johnsbury, 2,00 interest on note, N. B. The Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society of Massachusetts has received one hundred dollars from Rev. A. Fisher, jr. Treasurer of the Worcester County Mission and Education Society, for the Theological School, Illinois. The statement of receipts for the Foreign Mission is unavoidably deferred to the next Number, in consequence of the indisposition of the Treasurer. The Corresponding Secretary has long been waiting for a minute account of the late events in Burmah, from Dr. and Mrs. Judson. He attributes his disappointment to miscarriage or detention of letters. The following statement of the deeply interesting scenes of two years, from Mrs. Judson, addressed to J. Butterworth, Esq. of London, is now spread before our readers, to show in a striking light, the arm of the Almighty, which has been signally stretched out for their protection and deliverance, and to express our thanks to Him, in enduing Mrs. Judson with that heroism and christian perseverance, and unconquerable attachment, which, on this occasion, so remarkably rescued the christian prisoners from the hands of cruelty. MRS. JUDSON'S NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS AND DELIVERANCE Knowing your interest in the Burman Mission, and assured of OF THE MISSIONARIES AT AVA, personal sympathy and regard, I IN A LETTER TO THE LATE JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH, ESQ. AND PUBLISHED IN THE MISSIONARY REGISTER. I will not attempt to describe the joyful sensations produced, by finding myself once more in a you, situation to write to after an interval of two years-yes, two years of suffering and privation, the very recollection of which of ten chills our feelings, and sickens our hearts. Though unbelief has often prompted us to say that our afflictions were greater than we could bear or deserved, yet our better feelings have triumphed in the sovereign government of God, assured that he would do all things well, and, if it were his pleasure, could easily lessen our sufferings. Nor have we been disappointed in our hopes; for, in his own time and way, we have been extricated from all our difficulties, and are now safe and happy under British protection. MARCH, 1827. will endeavour to give you, in my usual way, a general relation of events for the last two years. First Burmese Army sent to Rangoon. conse In my last to you, I mentioned that every thing had a warlike appearance. The Burman Government, however, had no idea that the English were in earnest in their communications; quently they heard the report that Rangoon was taken, with surprise and amazement. No preparation had been made at that port, for the reception of strangers; and even the Viceroy was absent. An army was immediately raised and ordered to march under the command of the Khgee-Woongyee, who was to be joined on his way down by Schagah-Woongyee, he having been recently appointed Viceroy of Rangoon. The only fear and anxiety which the King and Government then manifested or expressed, was, lest the Eng 9 And now commenced a series of oppressive acts, which we should, before, have thought human lish at Prome should hear of their ||ment; but his reply had been, approach; and, precipitately leav-"They are true men: let them ing the country, deprive the Bur- remain." He was now, however, mese Grandees of the pleasure of informed of the above-mentioned employing in their service, as circumstance; and, in an angry slaves, a few of the white stran- tone, issued an order for the imgers. "Send to ine,' ," said one mediate arrest of Dr. Price and of the ladies of a Woongyee, Mr. Judson. (Minister of State) "four Kalarpyoos (white strangers) to manage the affairs of my household, as I hear they are trustworthy"-nature incapable of committing. "And to me, " said a gay young sprig of the palace, six stout men to row my boat." The army, in their gayest attire, danced and sung down the river; but few, if any, ever danced back again, and the Khgee-Woongyee found other commissions to execute than those just given him. The Missionaries arrested. On the 8th of June, a City Writer, at the head of a dozen savages, with one whose marked face denoted him an executioner, rushed into the house and de"You are manded Mr. Judson. called by the king," said the Writer, (a mode of expression when about to execute the King's order,) and instantly the small cord was produced by the spotted face, who roughly seized Mr. Judson, threw him on the floor, and tied his hands behind him. The scene was now dreadful. The little children were screaming with fear As soon as the first force was despatched, the Government had leisure to look round, and inquire into the cause of Rangoon being taken, and the probable intentions of the arrival of those strangers. It was at once concluded that spies were in the country; who had communicated the state of things, and invited the foreigners over: and who so likely to be spies as Rogers, Gauger, and Laird, who, under the garb of merchants, had plotted so much evil! They were all three accordingly arrested, and put in confinement. We now, more than ever, began to tremble for ourselves, and hourly to expect some dreadful scene. In examining the accounts of Mr. Gauger, it was found that Mr. Judson and Dr. Price had taken money of him; which circumstance, to the uninformed mind of a Burmese, was sufficient evidence that they also were spies, and in the employ of the English Government, as they received their But this employment was of supplies from an Englishman. The short duration. The magistrate King had before been advised to of that part of Ava in which we put the Missionaries in confine-lived was in the verandah, contin the Burmans in our employ running here and there, endeavouring to escape the hands of those unfeeling wretches-and the Bengal servants mute with amazement and horror, at the situation in which they saw their Master. I offered money to the executioner, and entreated him to untie Mr. Judson; but in vain were my tears and entreaties: they led him away, I knew not whither : and I was left guarded by ten men, who had received strict orders to confine me close, and let no one go in or out. I retired to my room, and attempted to pour out my soul to Him, who, for our sakes, was bound and led away to execution; and even in that dreadful moment I experienced a degree of consolation hardly to be expected. ually called me to come out, and || selves unsuccessful in their demands, they took the two servants and made their feet fast in the stocks: as I apparently took no notice of this, they ordered the stocks to be raised, which makes the situation of the person confined extremely painful': this I could not bear to see, and promised them all a present in the morning, if they would release the servants. The next morning I sent Moung Ing with a piece of silver, in order to gain admission to the prison to ascertain the real situation of Mr. Judson. Dr. Price and the three Englishmen were all confined in the inner prison, each with three pair of iron fetters, and fastened to a long pole. submit to his examinations. Supposing that all our Letters and Writings would be examined, and feeling conscious of having noted down every occurrence since my arrival in Ava, I instantly destroyed every thing of the kind, having no time to make a selection; and then went out to receive the officer. This Writer was ordered to write down my name, age, and country, with the names of my four little Burman Girls, and those of the two Bengalee Servants; and then pronounced us all slaves of the King, again ordered the guard to watch me closely, and departed. It was near evening with what anxiety I waited the return of our faithful Moung Ing, who had followed Mr. Judson at a short dis tance, to see what became of him! I had then no doubt but I could procure the release of Mr. Judson if he had not been executed, by getting a petition presented to the Queen but I was also a prisoner, and could not move out of the house. now Application to the Governor for My only concern was how to get to the Governor of the city, who has the entire direction of prison affairs, in order to obtain at least a mitigation of the sufferings of the Missionaries. I sent a request to the Governor to allow After dark, Moung Ing return- me to visit him with a present. ed, with the intelligence that he The next day I received an order, saw Mr. Judson conducted to which was most readily obeyed, to the court-house, and thence to the visit him. My present gained me death-prison, the gates of which a favourable reception; and after were closed, and he saw no more. listening attentively to my relaWhat a night was now before me! tion of the brutal manner of Mr. The uncertainty of Mr. Judson's Judson's arrest, and his present fate, my own unprotected situa- dreadful situation, he manifested tion, and the savage conduct of considerable feeling, severely repthe ten Burmans, all conspired to rimanded the Writer who allowed make it the most dreadful night such treatment, and then assured that I ever passed. I barred theme that he would make the situadoors, and retired with the four tion of the "Teachers" more comBurman children into the inner fortable. He told me, however, room. The guards were constant- that I must consult with his head ly ordering me to unbar the gates Writer respecting the means, and and come out, as they could not immediately called and introduced be assured of my safety, if I re-him to me. I shuddered to look mained within. They next threat-at the man, for a more forbidding ened to go in, and inform the mag- countenance was surely never beistrate that I had secreted myself, fore seen. I found to my sorrow, and that they must not be blamed that, under the Governor, he had if I made my escape : finding them- much to do with the prison, and I had visited her in better days, and received distinguished marks of her favour; but now the scene was changed; Mr. Judson was in irons and in distress, which were reasons sufficient for a frigid reception. I took with me a valuable present, consisting of a gold-wrought man had power to make us suffer much. || ty and ambitious. He took me aside, and told me that if I wished to make the situation of the Missionaries more tolerable, I must bring him two hundred tickals, and two pieces of fine cloth, on the reception of which he would release Dr. Price and Mr. Judson from the hole, and put them in another building,tle and other little trappings. She where I should be allowed to send them pillows and mats to sleep on, and their daily food. At the same time, I obtained an order from the Governor for an interview with Mr. Judson; and for the first time in my life, looked into the interior of a Burman Prison. The wretched and ghastly appearance of the Missionaries produced feelings in describable, and forbade a moment's hesitation in producing the sum demanded, for their temporary relief. Mr. Judson was allowed to hobble to the door of the prison; and after five minutes' conversation, I was ordered to depart by a voice and in a manner to which I had been unaccustomed, and which convinced me that these underlings felt that we were entirely in their power. Our house was two miles from the prison; and, knowing that nothing could be done without money, I had provided myself with a considerable sum in the morning, which enabled me to pay the two hundred tickals without delay; and, the same evening, had the conso-singular: the other white prison lation of hearing that Mr. Judson and Dr. Price were in a better prison. The Queen petitioned. My next object was to get a petition presented to the Queen, the brother of whom is by far the most powerful man in the Empire. Our situation as prisoners rendered a personal interview with the Queen impossible. I was obliged, therefore, to address her through the medium of her brother's wife, who is of low origin, and proud, haugh was lolling in state, and hardly deigned to raise her eyes on my entrance into her splendid hall. I took my seat, not at a respectful distance or at her bidding, but as near as I could well approach, that she might not lose a syllable of what I had to communicate. I waited not for the question usually asked, "What do you want ?” Grief made me bold; and at once I began a relation of our wrongs. I stated to her that Dr Price and Mr. Judson were Americans—that they were Ministers of Religionthat they had nothing to do with war or politics-and that she well knew that even their residence in Ava was in consequence of the King's command. In vain I strove to work on her feelings, by requesting her to imagine herself in my situation-a stranger in a foreign land, and deprived of the protection of an only friend, who without any alleged crime, was thrown into prison and fetters. She unfolded the present, and coolly said, "Your case is not ers suffer equally with your husband. I will however present your petition to her Majesty, the Queen come again to morrow." I went from her with a little hope: and faint as it was, I endeavoured to communicate the same to Mr. Judson, but my admittance was strictly forbidden by the Writer to whom I had given the two hundred tickals. Property of the Missionaries taken. The next morning I saw three of the King's Officers pass; and |