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spent its force, as we have recently seen in the effect produced by the
simple, silent presence, in the assemblies of the saints, of the
venerated man of God, who can say with an Apostle--'I bear in my body
the scars of the Lord Jesus!'"[4]

That worn veteran had but to arise in a Christian assembly, and a thrill
of sympathy was sent through the audience, and thousands upon thousands
of dollars were pledged on the spot to that cause which his silent
presence so powerfully advocated.

Another consequence of the war, was to secure British toleration and
protection to a large territory, hitherto almost inaccessible to the
missionaries. Of this we shall speak more fully hereafter.

Mrs. Judson proceeds: "We should have had no hesitation about remaining
at Ava, if no part of the Burman empire had been ceded to the British.
But as it was, we felt that it would be unnecessary exposure, besides
the missionary field being more limited in consequence of intoleration.
We now consider our future missionary prospects as bright indeed, and
our only anxiety is to be once more in that situation when our time
will be exclusively devoted to the instruction of the heathen.

... "This letter, dreadful as are the scenes herein described, gives you
but a faint idea of the awful reality. The anguish, the agony of mind,
resulting from a thousand little circumstances impossible to delineate
on paper, can be known by those only who have been in similar
situations. Pray for us, my dear brother and sister, that these heavy
afflictions may not be in vain, but may be blessed to our spiritual
good, and the advancement of Christ's Church among the heathen."

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The following is extracted from a tribute to Mrs. Judson which appeared
in a Calcutta paper, after the war. It was written by a fellow-prisoner
of Mr. J.

"Mrs. Judson was the author of those eloquent and forcible appeals to
the government, which prepared them by degrees for submission to terms
of peace, never expected by any who knew the haughtiness and inflexible
pride of the Burman court.

"And while on this subject, the overflowings of grateful feelings on
behalf of myself and fellow-prisoners, compel me to add a tribute of
public thanks to that amiable and humane female, who, though living at a
distance of two miles from our prison, without any means of conveyance,
and very feeble in health, forgot her own comfort and infirmity, and
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