ay be
some consolation to you to know that everything was performed in as
decent a manner, as if he had been buried in our own dear native
land. By his own request, he was interred on the south side of our
darling first-born. It is a pleasant circumstance to me, that they
sleep _side by side_. But it is infinitely more consoling to
think, that their glorified spirits have met in that blissful
world, where sin and death never enter, and sorrow is unknown.

"Praying that we may be abundantly prepared to enter into our
glorious rest, I remain, my dear parents, your deeply afflicted,
but most affectionate child,

"Sarah H. Boardman."

* * * * *

Well might Mr. Judson say, "One of the brightest luminaries of Burmah is
extinguished, dear brother Boardman is gone to his eternal rest. He fell
gloriously at the head of his troops, in the arms of victory,
thirty-seven wild Karens having been brought into the camp of our king
since the beginning of the year, besides the thirty-two that were
brought in during the two preceding years. Disabled by wounds, he was
obliged through the whole of his last expedition, to be carried on a
litter; but his presence was a host, and the Holy Spirit accompanied his
dying whispers with almighty influence. Such a death, next to that of
martyrdom, must be glorious in the eyes of Heaven. Well may we rest
assured, that a triumphal crown awaits him on the great day, and 'Well
done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!'"
This is in the spirit of Montgomery's noble hymn, with an extract from
which we will close the account of George Dana Boardman.

"Soldier of Christ, well done!
Rest from thy loved employ:
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Master's joy.

At midnight came the cry,
To meet thy God prepare!
He woke, and caught his Captain's eye;
Then, strong in faith and prayer

His spirit, with a bound,
Left its encumbering clay;
His tent, at sunrise, on the ground,
A darkened ruin lay."

CHAPTER XII.

LETTERS FROM MRS. B.--HER DECISION TO REMAIN IN BURMAH.--HER MISSIONARY
LABORS.--HER TRIALS.--SCHOOLS.

Mrs. Boardman found the society of Mr. and Mrs. Mason a sweet solace to
her sad heart. They joined her at Tavoy in the spring of 1831, and
assisted her in her s