course, which was at first voluntarily adopted, and afterwards, in part from necessity pursued, no one can read these Memoirs without admiration of the constancy, heroism, and self-sacrifice, which almost without an exception, from her first departure from her native land, to the day of her death, Mrs Judson seems to have maintained. Some allowances, undoubtedly, must be made for the unavoidable colorings of biography. The partiality of friendship, and even the mere attempt at description, will give a prominence to incidents and virtues, to which they are not entitled..... We would not be understood to apply these remarks particularly to the subject of these Memoirs, but as just limitations of biography in general. The incidents in the life of Mrs Judson are, without the slightest exaggeration, of the most extraordinary nature, such as few indeed of her sex, and not many of ours, can exhibit. They demanded, and they produced, uncommon qualities. In the most literal and extended meaning of the terms, her history might be recorded in the very words of the most faithful and patient of all Christian missionaries. For, for months and even years, she was "in journeyings often, in perils of water, in perils of robbers, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in weariness and painfulness, in hunger and thirst." Of every one of these dangers, her history, which we have no reason to doubt is authentic, gives some examples. . . . . . It has the merit of a faithful compilation, and particularly, the merit, which in such works is not to be accounted small, of permitting the subject to speak, that the reader may judge for himself.' After a brief re-capitulation of the most prominent incidents in the life of Mrs Judson, our Unitarian neighbor proceeds, The great consideration which the perusal of this volume, and indeed of the whole history of foreign missions, forces upon our attention, is involved in the single question of the expediency, wisdom, and utility of the whole enterprise, on which it is founded. An obvious and very rational inquiry, first of all presents itself. What has been the fruit, or what may reasonably be expected to be the fruit of all these labors and sufferings; of all these privations, sacrifices, sicknesses, and deaths?' Facts would compel us to give an answer very different from the disparaging one which he has ventured to suggest. He adds, As in the instance immediately before us-and the example of Mrs Judson must certainly be regarded as the fairest possible representation of all the rest-it is our deliberate conviction, that the whole enterprise was uncalled for.' Our Saviour left with his disciples the extensive command, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. The assertion that the whole enterprise was uncalled for, has filled us with grief and deep concern. For we firmly believe that our Saviour knew best what the world needs; that he has a rightful claim to our obedience; and that, as an Apostle declares, we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. In speaking of Mrs Judson, it is remarked: We honor the noble zeal she exhibited in the cause of her Master, and for the salvation of her benighted fellow-creatures. We should deem it a great injustice to indulge the suspicions, and still more, to utter the calumnies, with which enterprises like hers, and, as her Memoirs intimate, her own motives, in particular, have been assailed. But we repeat it as our most serious conviction, that she had better have remained at home.' Admitting that missionaries should go forth to heathen nations, we can see many reasons why they should, in general, be accompanied, and cheered, and aided by their wives. Surely it would be a great injustice to the female character to insinuate that a wife is a mere incumbrance at a missionary station. Even if she could do nothing but contribute to the comfort and encouragement of her husband, it would be well for her to accompany him. But the schools of heathen children, and the heathen women whom she is specially adapted to instruct, must not be forgotten. We have not room, however, for a long argumentation on the subject; nor is it needed. The following account of Mrs Judson's usefulness in Burmah, published at Calcutta, by an English gentleman who had been confined in prison at Ava, with her husband, is inserted in the new edition. Let any man read it; and then let him ask himself if she had better have remained at home. '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 hauteur and inflexible pride of the Burman court. 'And while on this subject, the overflowings of grateful feelings, on behalf of myself and my 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 almost every day visited us, sought out and administered to our wants, and contributed in every way to alleviate our misery. 'While we were all left by the government destitute of food, she, with unwearied perseverance, by some means or other, obtained for us a constant supply. 'When the tattered state of our clothes evinced the extremity of our distress, she was ever ready to replenish our scanty wardrobe. 'When the unfeeling avarice of our keepers confined us inside, or made our feet fast in the stocks, she, like a ministering angel, never ceased her applications to the government, until she was authorized to communicate to us the grateful news of our enlargement, or of a respite from our galling oppressions. 'Besides all this, it was unquestionably owing, in a chief degree, to the repeated eloquence, and forcible appeals of Mrs Judson, that the untutored Burman was finally made willing to secure the welfare and happiness of his country, by a sincere peace.' Other and more overwhelming considerations press upon our minds, while we think of some of the concluding_remarks of the review upon which we have been animadverting. We may resume the subject at some future period; but we are almost constrained to adopt the words which our Lord used on a certain memorable occasion: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things ? MISSIONARY REGISTER. FOR JUNE, 1829. SUBSCRIPTIONS and donations to the General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States, for Foreign Missions, &c. should be transmitted to Heman Lincoln, Esq. Treasurer, Boston. Persons visiting the city, to whom it may be more convenient to call at a central place, can lodge their communications with E. Lincoln, No. 59 Washington-Street, who is authorized to receive moneys for the Treasurer. SIXTH TRIENNIAL CONVENTION. THE General Convention of the Baptist Denomination in the United States met at Philadelphia, April 29, 1829. It was a meeting of peculiar solemnity, harmony and Christian feeling. Sensible that we can present our readers with nothing more valuable and interesting, we occupy the largest part of the present number with a detailed account of the proceedings of the Convention. The Report of the Board necessarily comprises some statements which have previously appeared in the Magazine; but it is conceived to be important to exhibit a full and connected view of the meeting, and of the documents laid before it. MEMBERS OF CONVENTION. New-Hampshire, Rev. N. W. Williams, Philip Brown, Esq. State Convention. Vermont, Massachusetts, JUNE, 1829. Rev. Alva Sabin, Rev. Daniel Sharp, D. D. Rev. Charles Train, Rev. Lucius Bolles, D. D. Rev. Stephen Chapin, D. D. State Convention. Boston Society Auxiliary to the Board of For. Missions. Middlesex and Norfolk Missionary Society. Salem Bible Translation and Foreign Mission Society. Worcester Co. Baptist Boston Burman Fem. Thomas Stokes, Esq.*D.C.Oliver-st. Fem. M. So. Rev. John Peck, Rev. S. Chapin, D. of Rev. Wm. Staughton, D. D. Philadelphia Fe. For. REPORT Of the Board of Managers, for the Year ending April 29, 1829. THE Board of Managers have looked forward to the meeting of the General Convention by whom they were appointed with lively interest, as furnishing occasion for a full developement of missionary concerns. They conceive that to those who are humbly aiming to advance the kingdom of Christ among men, a review of the past must be productive of good. It cannot fail, from the nature of all human undertakings, to suggest lessons of improvement; and, while it discloses the impotence of mere human efforts, to call into more certain exercise that reliance upon God, which always insures success. It may also be expected to refresh the mind, which is too easily depressed, by placing before it a series of facts of animating character, bearing upon their very surface the high evidence of Divine approbation. They may not say, however, that all who were appointed Managers by the Convention, are present to share the responsibility of this Report; for two, even within the last year, have ceased from their toils on earth. The Rev. STEPHEN GANO has long held an eminent standing in the church and in the direction of most of our benevolent Associations; and furnished evidence in every situation that he received his strongest impressions and his purest joys from the triumphs of grace by Christ Jesus. Like him, the respected GEN. FORBES, was a most sincere and devoted friend of unadulterated christianity; and, notwithstanding the influences which might be supposed to combine to deaden his aspirings after God, and his sympathies for human wretchedness, his consecrated spirit always associated him with every benevolent enterprise. These distinguished and useful men embalmed their memories in the affections of the living, and left behind them the assured hope that they have entered upon their high reward. The business of the Board since your last meeting, has been conducted with unvarying harmony. New establishments have been formed, and some additional laborers appointed to stations already existing, as will appear in the details now to be offered. We shall commence with the operations in the east. Maulamying. Maulamying, on the east side of Martaban river, about twenty-five miles from its mouth. Missionaries, Rev. Adoniram Judson; Rev. Jonathan Wade; Mrs Deborah Wade. Native Assistants, Moung Ing; Moung Shwa-ba; Ko Myat-Ryan; and McDonald. Our intelligence from this place is to June 15, 1828. Rev. Mr Boardman, who commenced the station in April, 1827, was destined like the other brethren to have his fortitude and perseverance early tried. He was received by Sir A. Campbell, with great kindness, and a situation offered him, which promised effectual security to his family. But his object was usefulness; and he thought this could be better attained by taking his residence remote from the camp, and in the immediate vicinity of the native population. By doing this he exposed himself in a slender habitation to the assault of a reckless banditti from the opposite Burman shore, and must in one instance have been in imminent hazard of his life. On this subject Mrs Boardman, in a letter to a friend, dated Nov. 3, (see Mag. for Oct. 1828,) says: "We came to this place wishing, I trust, to spend |