it to his glory. May he make
his own inspired word, now complete in the Burman tongue, the grand
instrument of filling all Burmah with songs and praises to our great God
and Saviour, Jesus Christ Amen."

CHAPTER XIV.

MRS. BOARDMAN'S SECOND MARRIAGE.--REMOVAL TO MAULMAIN.--LETTER FROM MRS.
JUDSON.--HER SON SENT TO AMERICA.--HER HUSBAND'S ILLNESS.

On the tenth of April, 1834, Mrs. Boardman was married to one whose
character she afterwards declared to be "a complete assemblage of all
that woman could wish to love and honor," the Rev. Dr. Judson With him
she removed to her new home in Maulmain, which had undergone wonderful
changes since she left it in 1828. Then, the only church there had
_three_ native members; now she found there three churches numbering two
hundred members! Her duties now were different from what they had been,
but not less important; and in a letter written to a very intimate
friend one year after her marriage, we find her thus expressing herself:
"I can truly say that the mission cause, and missionary labor is
increasingly dear to me, every month of my life. I am now united with
one whose heavenly spirit and example is deeply calculated to make me
more devoted to the cause than I ever have been before. O that I may
profit by such precious advantages."

Many Missionaries had arrived from America and established themselves
in different places; several resided at Maulmain; so that Mrs. Judson,
as we must now call her, could enjoy much Christian society besides that
of the natives. But neither she nor her fellow-laborers had much time to
devote exclusively to social intercourse. Beside schools to superintend,
and Bible-classes to conduct, and prayer-meetings to attend, societies
were to be formed among the half-educated native females in which they
could be instructed in maternal and social duties. In addition to these
cares, Mrs. Judson took upon herself the task of acquiring a new
language, in order to instruct the Peguans, a people who had put
themselves under the protection of the British, after revolting against
the Burmans. This people were so numerous in Maulmain that the
missionaries felt constrained to furnish them with instruction.

Under these labors, Mrs. Judson's health again failed but after some
weeks of suffering, she began to recover, and for many subsequent years
her health was uninterrupted. In a letter written some time after, she
accounts for her enjoyment of health, in