“Oh, if it may please the dear Redeemer to make me instrumental of leading some of the females of Burmah to a saving acquaintance with Him, my great object will be accomplished, my highest desires gratified, I shall rejoice to have relinquished my comforts, my country and my home.”  “Oh Lord, here I am; thou hast brought me to this heathen land, and given me desires to labor for thee.  Do with me what pleaseth thee.  Make me useful or not as seemeth good in thy sight.  But oh, let my soul live before thee; let me serve none but thee; let me have no object in life but the promotion of thy glory.”

“Aug. 15.—­I have begun to study the language.  Find it very hard and difficult, having none of the usual helps in acquiring a language, except a small part of a grammar, and six chapters of St. Matthew’s Gospel by Mr. Carey, now at Ava.”

“Aug. 28.—­Have been writing letters this week to my dear friends in America.  Found that a recollection of former enjoyments in my own native country, made my situation here appear less tolerable.  The thought that I had parents, sisters, and beloved friends still in existence, and at such a distance that it was impossible to obtain one look or exchange a word, was truly painful.  While they are still in possession of the comforts I once enjoyed, I am an exile from my country and my father’s house, deprived of all society and every friend but one, and with scarcely the necessaries of life. These privations would not be endured with patience in any other cause but that in which we are engaged. But since it is thy cause, blessed Jesus, we rejoice that thou didst give us so many enjoyments to sacrifice, and madest it so plainly our duty to forsake all in order to bring thy truth to the benighted heathen.  We would not resign our work, but live contented with our lot, and live to Thee.”

“Sept. 5.—­Yes, I do feel thankful that God has brought me to this heathen land, and placed me in a situation peculiarly calculated to make me feel my dependence on him and my constant need of the influences of the Holy Spirit.  I enjoy more in reading the Scriptures, and in secret prayer than for years before; and the prosperity of this mission, and the conversion of this people, lie with weight on my mind, and draw forth my heart in constant intercession. And I do confidently believe that God will visit this land with Gospel light, that these idol temples will be demolished, and temples for the worship of the living God be erected in their stead.”

Let us here pause for a moment and contemplate the picture brought by these words before our imagination.  Let us survey the scene in which the lonely missionary penned this prediction.  A vast country not waste and uninhabited, but enriched by the partial sun with every natural gift to cheer the sense and gratify the taste of man; swarming with human beings endowed with capacities for advancement in knowledge, and virtue,