more than the giver, that she _believed_, with all
the strength of an irresistible conviction, that even so lowly a thing
as her own heart was indeed a theatre for the constant display of her
Maker's guiding and controlling power, not less than the starry
heavens; that her own sanctification, and the providential means to
effect it, even in their minutest details, were ordered by sovereign
grace and wisdom; and from this time forth she never doubted again.

But it is time to detail the spirit-stirring scenes that occurred a few
months after the death of the child; to which scenes allusion was made
in the first of her two letters.

CHAPTER IX.

REVOLT OF TAVOY.--LETTERS FROM MRS. B.

The revolt of Tavoy from the British government, and its consequences to
the missionaries and other foreigners in the city, are so well described
in a letter from Mr. Boardman to a friend in America, that we will give
it nearly entire.

"REV. AND DEAR SIR,

"The province of Tavoy has engaged in an open revolt against the
British government. On Lord's day morning, the 9th inst. at 4
o'clock, we were aroused from our quiet slumbers by the cry of
'Teacher, master, Tavoy rebels,' and ringing at all our doors and
windows. We were soon awake to our extreme danger, as we heard not
only a continual report of musketry within the town, but the balls
were frequently passing over our heads and _through our house_; and
in a few moments, a large company of Tavoyans collected near our
gate, and gave us reason to suspect they were consulting what to do
with us. We lifted our hearts to God for protection, and Mrs.
Boardman and little George were hurried away through a back door
to a retired building in the rear. I lay down in the house, (to
escape the bullets,) with a single Burman boy, to watch and
communicate the first intelligence After an hour of the greatest
anxiety and uncertainty I had the happiness of seeing the sepoys
(troops in the British service) in possession of the city gates in
front of our house. We soon ascertained that a party of about 250
men had in the first instance attacked the powder magazine and
gun-shed, which were very near our house, but a guard of sepoys had
repelled them. This was a great mercy, for had the insurgents
obtained the arms and ammunition, our situation would have been
most deplorable.