Mrs. Sarah Hall
Boardman
Keen forcements were not lacking through all the years of
Dr. Judson's service. There came out to Calcutta to join the Burman Mission, as
soon as might be. Rev. George Dana Boardman, and his wife, who was pronounced
by some English friends in Calcutta to be "the most finished and faultless
specimen of an American woman that they had ever known." In 1827 these
friends reached Burma. Mr. Boardman died after a few years of very fruitful
ministry, and for three years his wife stayed on, making long journeys through
drenching rains, "through wuld mountain passes, over swollen streams,
deceitful marshes, craggy rocks, tangled shrubs and jungles."
In 1834: she was married to Dr. Judson. She had a very fine knowledge of the Burmese tongue, and could speak and write fluently. She had great power in conversation, and translated also very accurately. She held meetings with the women for prayer and Bible study. After his eight years of loneliness, Dr. Judson found the home ties sweet, and the help he received in his work very great. Mrs. Judson translated part of " Pilgrim's Progress," several tracts, twenty hymns for the Burmese hymn-book, and four volumes of a Scripture Catechism, besides writing cards with short hymns. She learned the language of the Peguans, another tribe, so that she might help them by translating, which she did by superintending the translation of the New Testament and tracts into their strange tongue. Little children came to bless the home, and joy and love reigned there.
In 1834: she was married to Dr. Judson. She had a very fine knowledge of the Burmese tongue, and could speak and write fluently. She had great power in conversation, and translated also very accurately. She held meetings with the women for prayer and Bible study. After his eight years of loneliness, Dr. Judson found the home ties sweet, and the help he received in his work very great. Mrs. Judson translated part of " Pilgrim's Progress," several tracts, twenty hymns for the Burmese hymn-book, and four volumes of a Scripture Catechism, besides writing cards with short hymns. She learned the language of the Peguans, another tribe, so that she might help them by translating, which she did by superintending the translation of the New Testament and tracts into their strange tongue. Little children came to bless the home, and joy and love reigned there.
But after her
twenty years upon the field, Mrs. Judson's health failed. Her husband started
hometo America with her, but, when reaching the Isle of
France, she became so much better that she urged Dr. Judson to return to the
work that needed him so much. He expected to do this, but there came a sudden
change for the worse. As the vessel neared St. Helena, Mrs. Judson died, and
the worn body was laid away in mission ground upon the island, where a stone
afterwards marked the spot.
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