A letter to one of her own family of about the same date, shows that her zeal for the conversion of the heathen, did not at all weaken her desire that her own kindred might be true followers of Jesus.  After mentioning that a Burman teacher had been procured for them, &c., she says, “I often imagine myself in the midst of that dear family, where the happy hours of childhood flew away.  Sometimes I fancy myself entering the room in the morning, and seeing you all kneeling around the family altar.  My brother, have you a heart to pray to God?  Have you repented and turned to him?  Or are you all careless and indifferent respecting your precious soul?  No, I cannot believe this is the case.  Indulged as you are with hearing the gospel and other means of grace, you cannot be indifferent.  The time is coming when the religion of Jesus will be indispensable to your peace of mind.  You must pass through the valley of death.  How can you endure that gloom without the light of God’s countenance? you must stand before a righteous God at the judgment day.  What will be the state of your soul if Jesus is not your friend? Think of this.”

A letter from Mrs. Wade written in the spring following, speaks with enthusiasm of the pleasure they have enjoyed in the society of Mr. and Mrs. B, and, like theirs, breathes ardent wishes to be able to go to Burmah.  These wishes were soon to be realized.  A letter from Mr. Boardman dated Calcutta, April 12th, 1826, commences:  “My dear Brother,—­The joyful news of peace with Ava, and of the safety of our friends Dr. and Mrs. Judson, and Dr. Price, you will doubtless receive from other sources.  We can only say that the preservation of our friends both at Rangoon and at Ava, seems to us one of the most striking and gracious displays of God’s special care of his people and his cause, which has been experienced in modern times.

“Brother Wade and myself, with our beloved companions, expect to leave Calcutta in six or eight weeks, to join brother Judson.  As Rangoon is not retained by the British, we do not think it best to recommence the work there, but rather to settle in some of the towns which are by treaty ceded to the British....  The members of the church in Rangoon are collecting and will probably go with us.  We need divine direction.

“We have great reason to be thankful for the health we enjoy.  We long to proceed to Burmah and engage in the delightful work before us.  May God’s strength be made perfect in our weakness.”

But his cherished enterprise was still longer delayed.  By the solicitation of the English missionaries, and the appointment of the American Board, he was induced to remain in Calcutta a while, and preach in Circular Road Chapel, recently vacated by the death of Mr. Lawson.  Mr. Wade and his wife reached Rangoon on the 9th of November, and found there the desolate and heart-stricken Mr. Judson, and his feeble babe, of whom Mrs. Wade was able for a brief period to supply the place of a mother.