can consent to her departure for a heathen land, and her subjection
to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life; whether you can
consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean; to the fatal
influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of want and
distress; to degradation, insult, persecution, and perhaps a violent
death. Can you consent to all this for the sake of Him who left His
heavenly home and died for her and for you; for the sake of perishing
immortal souls; for the sake of Zion and the glory of God? Can you
consent to all this, in the hope of soon meeting your daughter in the
world of glory, with a crown of righteousness brightened by the
acclamation of praise which shall redound to her Saviour from heathens
saved, through her means, from eternal woe and despair?'

Mr. Hasseltine gave his consent, and on February 5, 1812, his daughter
was married to Adoniram Judson. It had now become known throughout the
United States that Mrs. Judson intended to accompany her husband to the
mission field, and in all quarters her intention was denounced. She
was accused of being both imprudent and lacking in modesty. These
attacks caused Ann Judson considerable pain, but they did not weaken
her determination to accompany her husband. They sailed for India on
February 12, and landed at Calcutta on June 18. On the voyage they had
for fellow passengers some Baptist missionaries, and the result of
their intercourse with them was that ten days after their arrival at
Calcutta they were baptised. By this step they lost the support of the
Board of Commissioners who had sent them out, but aid was soon sent
them by the American Baptists.

Missionary work in India was almost at a standstill when the Judsons
arrived at Calcutta. The East India Company had issued an order,
withdrawn, however, in the following year, forbidding missionaries to
carry on their work in the Company's territory. The Judsons received
notice to depart before they had been in the country many months, and
were undecided where to go. They were anxious to settle in Rangoon,
but everyone assured them that Lower Burma was not yet ripe for
missionary work. The Burmese were described to them as little better
than fiends, and stories were told of Europeans who had met with
torture and death at their hands.

Nevertheless, the Judsons sailed for Rangoon, and in July, 1813, were
ascending the Rangoon River, delighted with their first gli