Jesus; that you and the brethren of the Mission may have great success among the Heathen in this country; that the Lord may add daily to His Church such as shall be eternally saved and that the time may soon come, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the great deep; when all nations, kindreds, and tongues, shall join in one universal song of praise to the Lamb that sits on the throne, and crown him Lord of all.

"Now since it hath pleased the Lord, of his infinite wisdom and providence, to call us once more to see his marvellous works in the great deep, we send this to you, as a small tribute of our gratitude for your labour among us since we came to this place, and may the Lord reward you an hundredfold in this life, and give you a crown of righteousness in that day, when they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as the stars for ever and ever. 'Signed in the name and on behalf of the Church in the 72nd Regiment,

(Sd.) DAVID LONG, Elder."

Extracted from Vol. VI. of the Periodical Accounts.

5th November 1815.-On the last Sabbath in this mouth, Susanna Mayo, Benjamin Holland and Hugh Riely of the 29th Regiment, quartered in Fort William, were received into the Church at Calcutta by Mr. Lawson. He has, at different times, communicated the state of things at Calcutta as follows:-"Last evening and this morning, I preached in the Fort to a pretty good number of soldiers: but the place is naked now, our Cape brethren have departed. The brethren told me, last night, that every Sabbath morning at six o'clock the whole regiment is drawn up into a square, and divine worship performed according to the rule of the Church of England; and they suppose this regulation to have proceeded from the desire which many manifested to attend the means of grace in Calcutta.

"Our missionary prayer meeting was pretty well attended last Monday evening. Last evening but few attended the lecture at the Chapel. This evening, Eustace's room was but about half full: Eustace preached at the Fort; the congregation increases there. We have to mourn that our Calcutta meetings rather decline; but we do not despond. We see more than ever all our help must come from God. It is ours to labour, and His to bless.

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I have no particular news to communicate this week. I. hope, and believe, that there is a little revival among our people.

Several new faces I occasionally see at our different meetings. Last Monday the vestry rooms were well filled, and some sat in Chapel. Last evening Mrs. Andrews' room was very well attended indeed. Three blind men were there, who had travelled a good distance to come among us. I see them very regular in their attendance at the Chapel. Our brethren in the Fort are going on very well.” "15th December.-Brother Lawson says:-We are very low when we consider the state of things at Calcutta, where some members have walked irregularly for want of more constant inspection; but I hope we shall be able to labour unremittingly. There is comfort in trying to advance the cause of our Redeemer even though our attempts should prove unsuccessful. We are gratified to see new faces occasionally at our meetings."

Here the narrative for this period must close and the account of the co-pastorship of Revs. John Lawson and Eustace Carey with the three Elder Brethren left for another chapter.

CHAPTER XV.

THE REV. DR. ADONIRAM AND MRS. ANN HASSELTINE JUDSON.

It is not intended to give a detailed biographical account of each of these remarkable servants of God as that would swell out this narrative to an inordinate length. But as we are most concerned with the incidents relating to their change of sentiment in regard to the Ordinance of Baptism, prominence will be given to them, Dr. Judson's baptism being a theme of great interest to all American Baptists who visit Calcutta.

PORTRAIT OF THE REV. DR. JUDSON AT THE AGE OF 23.

(By kind permission of the American Baptist Missionary Union.) They were both American. He was born on 9th August 1788 and she on 22nd December 1789 so that there was not any great disparity in age between them, and they were both from the State of Massachusetts. The Doctor graduated at Brown University in 1807 and in the latter part of 1808 was admitted into the Seminary at Andover. Mrs. Judson was educated at the Academy in Bradford. The latter, early in her religious life, showed her desire to be useful to others by engaging herself in the occupation of instructing a school in New England impelled mainly by that desire. She was afterwards engaged for several years in teaching in schools in Salem, Haverhill and Newbury. Dr. Judson during the last year of his residence in the Andover Seminary (i.e., in 1810) met with the Rev. Claudius Buchanan's

sermon entitled "the Star in the East." This first led his thoughts to Eastern Missions and he was deeply impressed with the importance of making some attempt to rescue the perishing millions of the East, so in February 1810, he resolved to be a Missionary. He now imbibed largely that spirit which had for several years been glowing in the breasts of Nott, Hall, Mills, Richards, and Rice. There being no Missionary Society in

PORTRAIT OF MRS. ANN H. JUDSON, WHO WAS BAPTIZED IN THE CHAPEL WITH DR. JUDSON.

America to which they could look for assistance and direction. Judson wrote in April 1810 to the Directors of the London Missionary Society, explaining his views, and requesting information on the subject of Missions. He received a most encouraging reply, and an invitation to visit England to obtain in person the necessary information. These students while in the College had formed a Missionary Society and they were accustomed to meet together at night beneath a haystack near the College grounds. On the 27th June they addressed the Association of Congregational Churches at Bradford and the letter is signed by Judson, Nott, Mills and

Newell the names of Luther Rice and Richards being struck out for fear of alarming the Association with too large a number of

names.

Dr. Judson sailed for England on 11th January 1811 in the English ship Packet which was captured on the way by a French Privateer and was subjected to imprisonment and compulsory detention in France. He reached London on the 6th of May and the Directors of the London Mission give him a most courteous and affectionate greeting, but the joint conduct of the Mission did not seem practicable to them. They were willing to receive and support Judson and his associates as their own missionaries, but did not feel disposed to admit the American Board to a participation with them in the direction of the work. On the 18th June he embarked at Gravesend for New York which he reached on 27th August, from which it will be seen that he was scarcely six weeks in England.

On the 18th September the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions met at Worcester, Massachusetts and advised him and his associates not to place themselves at present under the direction of the London Missionary Society. It was also voted that:

"Messrs. Adoniram Judson, Jr. (his father's name was also Adoniram Judson), Samuel Nott, Jr., Samuel Newell, and Gordon Hall be appointed missionaries to labour under the direction of this Bcard in Asia, either in the Burman Empire, etc." Thus was Judson's way opened to realize his ardent desire to become a missionary to the heathen. During the sessions of the Association, Judson met Miss Ann Hasseltine, as the ministers used to meet for dinner under her father's hospitable roof. She was the youngest daughter but Dr. Judson proposed to her to accompany him in his missionary enterprise. She had no example to guide her and all her advisers discouraged her, but she overcame all obstacles and decided to go, so they were married on 5th February 1812 at Bradford.

The Gazette, a Salem Newspaper, for January 31st, 1812, contained a Notice of a Missionary Ordination to be held on the 6th