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America’s First Foreign
Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson
By Dr. Peter Hammond
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson had the distinction of
being America’s first foreign missionaries.
MISSIONARY TO BURMA:
Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850)
Adoniram Judson
was the son of an
austere
Congregational
ministry Adoniram
learned to read by
age three.
From the beginning it
was clear that he
was destined for an
exceptional life.
When he entered Brown University on Rhode
Island, he became enchanted with Deism and
unbelief and slipped into a restless life.
After graduation he
wrote for the stage
in New York.Then
he chose to head
West for the
frontier.
En route at an Inn, he listened all night to a man dying in the next
room. In the morning he was shocked to learn that the deceased
man was one of his closest companions at college and an
outspoken unbeliever who had opposed the Gospel of Christ
vehemently.
Adoniram knew that
Jacob Eames was lost,
but he also recognised
that the same was true
of himself.
The West lost its
allure, he turned his
horse around and
enrolled at a
Theological Seminary
and was converted to
Christ there, in 1808.
The conviction grew that he
was called to be a missionary
to Burma, but there were no
missionary societies in
America yet.
Burma
So Adoniram travelled to England to consult with
the London Missionary Society.
His voyage by sea involved being captured by a
French warship and imprisoned in France.
Adoniram showed the kind of ingenuity which was to characterise
his whole missionary life, by escaping from this French prison and
making his way back to America, arriving 8 months after he had
left. Despite opposition from family and friends, Adoniram lost no
time in making preparations.
Adoniram courted Ann
Hasseltine who was
generally accepted as
“the most beautiful girl
in Bradford,
Massachusetts.”
His letter to her father is a
classic: “I have now to ask
whether you can consent
to part with your daughter,
whether you can consent to
her departure to a heathen
land, and her subjection to
the hardships and suffering
of a missionary life? Whether
you can consent to her
exposure to the dangers of ocean, to the fatal
influence of the southern climate of India, to every
kind of want and distress, to degradation, insult,
persecution, and perhaps a violent death.”
John Hasseltine
consented and
Adoniram married
Ann Hasseltine.
They were consecrated for missionary service the day after their
wedding, and within 2 weeks they were sailing for India
sent out by the newly formed American Board of Commission for
Foreign Missionaries.
Adoniram and Ann spent much of their
honeymoon arguing – about baptism.
By the time they had reached Calcutta, Ann had also
come to agree with the Baptist position and they sent a
resignation letter back to the Mission Board who had just
sent them out!
They then convinced the Baptists to
adopt them with the formation of the
American Baptist Foreign Mission
Society.
En-route to Burma, the Judsons visited William
Carey in India.
There they were
baptised by
immersion, by
Carey’s co-worker,
William Ward.
En-route by ship to Rangoon, their first child was
stillborn during the voyage.
In July 1813, the Judson’s reached Rangoon.
Their hearts sank at the sights and the smells of
the place.
Burma was a resistant Buddhist nation, under a
cruel and despotic king, who viciously opposed
their work.
The Judson’s
7-month old son died.
Adoniram was struck by fever,
which left him close to death.
One missionary excursion
dragged into a nightmare that
lasted 7 months, much of it
afflicted by fever.
Back in Rangoon,
Ann was subjected to
severe harassment
and withstood a
devastating plague of
cholera which swept
the city.
The Judson’s used a Zayat (a shelter) to provide
rest for travellers, where discussions took place.
It was at this Zayat in June 1819 that the Judson’s were
blessed after 7 years of labour, with the first Burmese
convert, Maung Nau.
At one point, Adoniram Judson
sought an audience with the
Emperor, to present the Gospel to
him. His attempt was abruptly
dismissed by the Emperor.
The Judsons battled
discouragement and ill health.
Later Ann
had to be
sent back to
America to
recover from
a debilitating
fever.
She returned
with more
missionary
volunteers.
In 1824, war broke out between Great Britain and Burma.
Although Judson was an American, he was accused of being an
English spy and incarcerated in “death prison.”
For 18 months, Adoniram was mistreated and tortured by the
Burmese, confined with 50 others in the most atrocious
conditions, filth and squalor.
At night his feet were tied to a bamboo pole, which was raised
above his head so that he was forced to sleep,if at all, with only
his head and shoulders on the ground.
On the first occasion that Ann was allowed to visit her husband,
eight months after his arrest, she carried their new born
daughter, Maria. Ann was shocked that her normally fastidious,
neat and presentable husband was in such a degrading state,
having to crawl towards her in
a condition that she was not
even able to describe.
When the British were able to free Adoniram,
he was hit with
another
devastating blow –
his beloved wife
Ann had died.
Six months later,
their 2-year old
daughter, Maria,
was buried
alongside her
mother.
Adoniram sunk
into extreme
depression, and
for a time, the
work of the
Gospel in Burma
came to a halt.
Inspired by the steadfastness of the Judsons,
new missionaries from America began arriving.
More and more Burmese
were converted to Christ.
In one year,
200 converts
were baptised.
In 1832,
Judson’s translation of
the New Testament
was completed,
followed in 1834 by
the Old Testament.
Page from John’s
Gospel from the
Judson translation.
Adoniram then
married Sarah
Boardman.
the widow of a
missionary
colleague and
worked at
revising his
translation of
The Bible,
alongside
instructing
native preachers
and evangelists.
When his work on The
Bible was finally done,
he turned his attention
to a Burmese
dictionary.
As Sarah’s health deteriorated, Adoniram accompanied her by
sea back to America for recuperation,
but she died en-route and was buried on the Island of St. Helena
in August 1845. Then the news reached him that their 1½-year-
old son, Charles, had died a month before his mother.
Although by now he
could barely whisper,
large crowds gathered
to hear him speak in
America.
When he returned to
Burma,
he took
his 3rd wife,
Emily Chubbock,
with him.
Emily generated some
controversy,
as she was half his
age and a writer of
popular stories.
Nevertheless, there was
no doubt that she was a
dedicated Christian and
devoted to the Mission.
By 1849, the English-
Burmese Dictionary
had been completed.
By the time
Adoniram died
in 1850,
he had established 63 Churches
amongst the
Karen tribe,
and over 100 000
Karen people had
been baptised.
Before he died, Adoniram declared:
“When Christ calls me home, I shall go with
a gladness of a boy, bounding away from
his school.”
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
All Judson’s
5 surviving children
grew up to
distinguish
themselves
in Christian service.
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
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Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
REFORMATION SOCIETY
PO Box 74
Newlands, 7725
Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: info@ReformationSA.org
Web: www.ReformationSA.org
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Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
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Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries
REFORMATION SOCIETY
PO Box 74
Newlands, 7725
Cape Town
South Africa
E-mail: info@ReformationSA.org
Web: www.ReformationSA.org

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Adoniram and Ann Judson - America's First Foreign Missionaries

  • 1. America’s First Foreign Missionaries Adoniram and Ann Judson By Dr. Peter Hammond
  • 3. Adoniram and Ann Judson had the distinction of being America’s first foreign missionaries. MISSIONARY TO BURMA: Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850)
  • 4. Adoniram Judson was the son of an austere Congregational ministry Adoniram learned to read by age three. From the beginning it was clear that he was destined for an exceptional life.
  • 5. When he entered Brown University on Rhode Island, he became enchanted with Deism and unbelief and slipped into a restless life.
  • 6. After graduation he wrote for the stage in New York.Then he chose to head West for the frontier.
  • 7. En route at an Inn, he listened all night to a man dying in the next room. In the morning he was shocked to learn that the deceased man was one of his closest companions at college and an outspoken unbeliever who had opposed the Gospel of Christ vehemently.
  • 8. Adoniram knew that Jacob Eames was lost, but he also recognised that the same was true of himself. The West lost its allure, he turned his horse around and enrolled at a Theological Seminary and was converted to Christ there, in 1808.
  • 9. The conviction grew that he was called to be a missionary to Burma, but there were no missionary societies in America yet. Burma
  • 10. So Adoniram travelled to England to consult with the London Missionary Society.
  • 11. His voyage by sea involved being captured by a French warship and imprisoned in France.
  • 12. Adoniram showed the kind of ingenuity which was to characterise his whole missionary life, by escaping from this French prison and making his way back to America, arriving 8 months after he had left. Despite opposition from family and friends, Adoniram lost no time in making preparations.
  • 13. Adoniram courted Ann Hasseltine who was generally accepted as “the most beautiful girl in Bradford, Massachusetts.”
  • 14. His letter to her father is a classic: “I have now to ask whether you can consent to part with your daughter, whether you can consent to her departure to a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and suffering of a missionary life? Whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of ocean, to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India, to every kind of want and distress, to degradation, insult, persecution, and perhaps a violent death.”
  • 15. John Hasseltine consented and Adoniram married Ann Hasseltine.
  • 16. They were consecrated for missionary service the day after their wedding, and within 2 weeks they were sailing for India sent out by the newly formed American Board of Commission for Foreign Missionaries.
  • 17. Adoniram and Ann spent much of their honeymoon arguing – about baptism.
  • 18. By the time they had reached Calcutta, Ann had also come to agree with the Baptist position and they sent a resignation letter back to the Mission Board who had just sent them out!
  • 19. They then convinced the Baptists to adopt them with the formation of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society.
  • 20. En-route to Burma, the Judsons visited William Carey in India.
  • 21. There they were baptised by immersion, by Carey’s co-worker, William Ward.
  • 22. En-route by ship to Rangoon, their first child was stillborn during the voyage.
  • 23. In July 1813, the Judson’s reached Rangoon. Their hearts sank at the sights and the smells of the place.
  • 24. Burma was a resistant Buddhist nation, under a cruel and despotic king, who viciously opposed their work.
  • 25. The Judson’s 7-month old son died. Adoniram was struck by fever, which left him close to death. One missionary excursion dragged into a nightmare that lasted 7 months, much of it afflicted by fever.
  • 26. Back in Rangoon, Ann was subjected to severe harassment and withstood a devastating plague of cholera which swept the city.
  • 27. The Judson’s used a Zayat (a shelter) to provide rest for travellers, where discussions took place.
  • 28. It was at this Zayat in June 1819 that the Judson’s were blessed after 7 years of labour, with the first Burmese convert, Maung Nau.
  • 29. At one point, Adoniram Judson sought an audience with the Emperor, to present the Gospel to him. His attempt was abruptly dismissed by the Emperor. The Judsons battled discouragement and ill health.
  • 30. Later Ann had to be sent back to America to recover from a debilitating fever. She returned with more missionary volunteers.
  • 31. In 1824, war broke out between Great Britain and Burma. Although Judson was an American, he was accused of being an English spy and incarcerated in “death prison.”
  • 32. For 18 months, Adoniram was mistreated and tortured by the Burmese, confined with 50 others in the most atrocious conditions, filth and squalor. At night his feet were tied to a bamboo pole, which was raised above his head so that he was forced to sleep,if at all, with only his head and shoulders on the ground.
  • 33. On the first occasion that Ann was allowed to visit her husband, eight months after his arrest, she carried their new born daughter, Maria. Ann was shocked that her normally fastidious, neat and presentable husband was in such a degrading state,
  • 34. having to crawl towards her in a condition that she was not even able to describe.
  • 35. When the British were able to free Adoniram,
  • 36. he was hit with another devastating blow – his beloved wife Ann had died. Six months later, their 2-year old daughter, Maria, was buried alongside her mother.
  • 37. Adoniram sunk into extreme depression, and for a time, the work of the Gospel in Burma came to a halt.
  • 38. Inspired by the steadfastness of the Judsons, new missionaries from America began arriving.
  • 39. More and more Burmese were converted to Christ. In one year, 200 converts were baptised. In 1832, Judson’s translation of the New Testament was completed, followed in 1834 by the Old Testament. Page from John’s Gospel from the Judson translation.
  • 41. the widow of a missionary colleague and worked at revising his translation of The Bible, alongside instructing native preachers and evangelists.
  • 42. When his work on The Bible was finally done, he turned his attention to a Burmese dictionary.
  • 43. As Sarah’s health deteriorated, Adoniram accompanied her by sea back to America for recuperation,
  • 44. but she died en-route and was buried on the Island of St. Helena in August 1845. Then the news reached him that their 1½-year- old son, Charles, had died a month before his mother.
  • 45. Although by now he could barely whisper, large crowds gathered to hear him speak in America.
  • 46. When he returned to Burma, he took his 3rd wife, Emily Chubbock, with him. Emily generated some controversy, as she was half his age and a writer of popular stories.
  • 47. Nevertheless, there was no doubt that she was a dedicated Christian and devoted to the Mission.
  • 48. By 1849, the English- Burmese Dictionary had been completed.
  • 49. By the time Adoniram died in 1850,
  • 50. he had established 63 Churches
  • 51. amongst the Karen tribe, and over 100 000 Karen people had been baptised.
  • 52. Before he died, Adoniram declared:
  • 53. “When Christ calls me home, I shall go with a gladness of a boy, bounding away from his school.”
  • 56. All Judson’s 5 surviving children grew up to distinguish themselves in Christian service.
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