"ascertained beyond a doubt, that the policy of the Burman
government is precisely the same as the Chinese; that it is quite out of
the question whether any subjects of the emperor who embrace a religion
different from his own, will be exempt from punishment; and that we, in
presenting a petition to that effect, had been guilty of a most
egregious blunder,--an unpardonable offence."

We cannot prevail on ourselves to give the sequel of this narrative in
any other than the beautiful and picturesque language of Mr. Judson
which we have so often quoted.

"It was now evening. We had four miles to walk by moonlight. Two of our
disciples only followed us. They had pressed as near as they ventured to
the door of the hall of audience, and listened to words which sealed the
extinction of their hopes and ours. For some time we spoke not.

'Some natural tears we dropped, but wiped them soon.
Tho world was all before us, where to choose
Our place of rest, and Providence our guide.'

And as our first parents took their solitary way through Eden, so we
took our way through this great city.

"Arrived at the boat, we threw ourselves down, exhausted in body and
mind. For three days we had walked eight miles a day, the most of the
way in the heat of the sun, which in the interior of these countries is
exceedingly oppressive; and the result of our toils and travels has
been--the wisest and best possible--a result, which, if we could see the
end from the beginning, would call forth our highest praise. O slow of
heart to believe and trust in the over-ruling agency of our own Almighty
Saviour!"

They returned to Rangoon by an easy and rapid passage down the river,
and calling the few disciples together frankly disclosed to them the
result of their mission. To their surprise and delight it only increased
their zeal and attachment for the religion they had professed. They
became in turn the comforters of the missionaries, vieing with each
other in trying to convince them that the cause was not yet desperate.
Above all were they solicitous that the missionaries should not carry
out a design they had formed to leave them, and try to find a field more
favorable for their labors. One assured them he would follow them to the
end of the world. Another, who having an unconverted wife, could not
follow them, declared that if left there alone, he would perform no
other duties but those of Christ's religion.

But what had most weigh