“Adoniram Judson, His Life and Work”

After reading the book “To be the First” by William N. McElrath, I was highly impressed by the life of this great man of God; since the beginning of his life he wanted to be the first at everything he did. Of all the mighty host of Americans spending their lives abroad for the sake of others, someone had to be the first, Adoniram Judson was that one.

When people hear the story about Judson’s life, most of them probably say: Oh, it’s a great story! Or what a wonderful man he was! But they don’t really realize his strength, his faith on Christ, and his perseverance against all the troubles he encountered. Through all his years in Burma, he had to fight against a lot of things, government officials, unkind tribes, and locals against foreigners. He lost a lot too, some of his children, two wives, his father, and lots of friends died. I’m sure he felt sad for all that he lost, but he had his eyes set on Jesus, he wan

On April 12, 1850, at the age of 62, Judson died. Except for a few months (when he returned to America after thirty-four years from his first sailing), Judson had spent thirty-eight years in Burma. Although he had waited six years for his first convert, sometime after his death a government survey recorded 210,000 Christians, one out of every fifty-eight Burmans! It was a partial fulfillment and a monument to the spirit and ministry of the man, who at Ava, the capital city, gazed at the temple of Buddha and challenged, "A voice mightier than mine, a still small voice, will ere long sweep away every vestige of thy dominion. The churches of Jesus Christ will soon supplant these idolatrous monuments and the chanting devotees of Buddha will die away before the Christian's hymns of praise."

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