of being subjected to extortion, some of them had been obliged to flee to the woods, not one disciple had disgraced or dishonored his profession.  A violent effort and been made by some of Moung Shwa-gnong’s enemies, to ruin him in the opinion of the viceroy, by complaining of him that he was making every endeavor “to turn the priests’ rice-pot bottom upwards.” “What consequence?” said the viceroy, “let the priests turn it back again.” All the disciples from that time felt sure of toleration under Mya-day-men, (the name of the viceroy.)

The history of the next few months presents nothing novel in the life of this little Christian community, to which there were however some accessions.  But Mrs. Judson was gradually sinking under the disease which had so long troubled her, until at length it was found essential to her life even, that she should seek some more propitious climate.  After much anxious deliberation it was resolved that she should sail for Bengal, and thence to America.  Her feelings on leaving the ’home of her heart,’ and the husband of her youth, as well as the spiritual children that God had given them in that heathen land—­to try alone the perils of a long and tedious voyage, in a state of health which rendered it doubtful whether she would ever reach the land of her nativity, or return to that of her adoption—­can scarcely be conceived, much less described.  Her own words are: 

“Those only who have been through a variety of toil and privation to obtain a darling object, can realize how entirely every fibre of the heart adheres to that object when secured.  Had we encountered no difficulties, and suffered no privations in our attempts to form a Church of Christ, under the government of a heathen despot, we should have been warmly attached to the individuals composing it, but should not have felt that tender solicitude and anxious affection, as in the present case.

“Rangoon, from having been the theatre in which so much of the power, faithfulness and mercy of God have been exhibited; from having been considered for ten years past as my home for life, and from a thousand interesting associations, had become the dearest spot on earth.  Hence you will readily imagine, that no ordinary consideration would have induced my departure.”

She arrived in Calcutta Sept. 22d, 1821.  Finding when she reached there that the American captains of vessels declined taking passengers, without an exorbitant price, she decided not to take passage to America.  On mentioning her circumstances to a lady in Calcutta, the latter strongly recommended the advantages of a voyage to England, on account of the superior accommodations, medical advice, and female passengers in English ships.  A pious captain offered to take her for about one third of the price demanded for a voyage to America, provided she would share a cabin with three children, who were going to England an offer which she immediately accepted.  The father of the children subsequently arrived in Calcutta, and generously paid the whole price of the cabin, which enabled her to go without any expense to the Board.