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POETRY.
Addreu of a Child'* departed ipi
rit to talc Parent*.
[We have been favored with the perusal
and discretionary disposal of the following
touching line*, by a distinguished member of
the Assembly, to whom they were presented
by a friend, on the late removal of his only son
—a most promising boy, 8 years of age, who
at that early period, not only gave indications
of superior intellect, but satisfactory evidence
of experimental piety. Many a parent’s heart
will throb in reading these lines, but joy and
gratitude must predominate, when they recol
lect that the departed of their infant offspring
are now angel winged and more than angel
blessed.] — Presbyterian.
Kind parents ! why those tears!
And why those bursting sighs /
No weeping here bedims
Your little ‘a eyes.
The shades of eve you know
Were hastening along,
When my freed spirit left
To soar the stars among.
Yet long before the night
Had drawn her veil around
The home I left below,
A better had I found.
So rapidly the soul,
Unbodied, takes its flight,
That scarce earth's scenery fail’d
When Heaven’s broke on my sight.
Did not you, mother, see
That bright celestial band
That smil’d and beckon’d me,
And held the inviting hand 1
They let me stay awhile
To hear my mother pray;
And see her close the eyes
And kiss the unconscious clay.
And then to heaven we flew:
The cherubs led the way;
But my rapt spirit smil’d
As joyously as they.
Father! I never knew
Twns such a place ns this;
That Heaven you told nic of
was quite so full of bliss.
Oh! there is music here!
The softest, sweetest strain*
Float constantly along
O’er those ethereal plains.
List, Mother! Father! list!
A harp to me is given,
And when I touch the strings,
’Tie heard all over Heaven.
And shall I toll you, who
Stood ready to embrace
Your little darling one
In this most glorious place ?
Twas Grandpa'a, honor’d namo !
No more with ago opprest,
Or toil—for in this world
Arc youth and endlesa rest.
Those hoary hairs no more
Stray o’er Ills furrow’d brow,
But locks of brightest hue
Adorn his temples now.
His trembling voice is chang'd ; /
The trace of earthly cares
Is banish'd from his cheek;
And God has wip’d his tears.
And, Mary ! sister’s here!
She has a cherub's wing,
Can reach their loftiest flights,
Their noblest anthems sing.
Dear parents! weep no nioro
For those you lov’d so well;
For glories here are ours,
And joys we may not tell.
Oh! live and serve the Lord,
The dear Redeemer love;
Then, when you’ve done with earth,
We'U welcome you above.
liitert'slin£ Miscellany.
From the Children's Magazine.
I’OIJTHFI-1. BEYF.VfII.EYCE.
I will tell you what put it in my mind to
write to little children about missionaries.
Your teacher belongs to a missionary society,
which meets every month in tho city of New
York. At the last meeting the clergyman of
the church to which she belongs, in the course
of his address to this people to excite them to
steadfastness in their purposes regarding the
holy cause of missions, mentioned that he had
felt his own soul encouraged rerv greatly by
an event of the past day; he said iic would re
late it, in order that no one might think them
selves too young, or too poor to partake of the
privilege of assisting to spread the gospel of
the Lord Jesus: then holding in his hand a
little book [a Testament]from which he had
read the lessons, lie nsked them all to observe
it. “You will see,” said the good man, 1 * it is
a small and a very plain book, and yet I value
it beyond all price, although it is not my own,
but it his a fiord I'd me a pleasure, the most
costly of my own books could never give me.”
It had been sent to this clergyman by a pious,
and most interesting little girl, who had been
profited and delighted with his fitherlv instruc
tions in the parish from which he had been cal
led to minister among us. She had been ac
customed by her good mother to sew and work
neatly in her leisure hours, and as a source for
a little fund when she had made any article
w hich, if she had not made it must I.a vt been
put out to have been done, her mother paid her
a price. She had just finished the last of six
new shirts for her wilier, (although little more
than six years of age.) When her mother
gave her promised reward, she spoke of her
desire to send something to her revered pastor
as a token of affection, but. sbe was alraid the
smallness of the sum would prevent her, as she
could not buy with her own money any thing
worthy of his acceptance.
Aftera little consideration, she cried out has
tily that she had thought what to give him,
that she knew would please him better than
any rich present. “ You know,” said the dear
little girl, “mamma, there are said to be a
great many very poor children in Mr. ’s
Sunday-school, I will spend mv money in buy
ing Testaments for them; and you will please
write for me to him, and tell him I have sent
them for him to give to some of them as a small
gift of grateful love for his care of me.”
The happy mother did so, and the book that
our worthy minister showed us, was one of
four, which this little girl, under seven years,
had earned by her own industry, and given to
assist in the teaching poor children to read and
love the gospel of the Lord J esus Christ. May the
hearts of some of my little readers be touched,
as was the heart of a little child who was with
me at this meeting, and resolve as he did to
give the half of their little incomes to the mis
sionary society.
Tlie Happiness of Heaven.
Ur. Dwight closes his sermon on the
happiness of Heaven, with the following
apt und beautiful comparison:—To the
eye of man the sun appears n pure light, a
mass of unmingled glory. Were we to as
cend with a continued flight towards this
luminary,and could we like the eagle, gaze
upon its lustre, we should in our progress
behold its splendor become every moment
more intense. As we rose through the
heavens, we should see n little orb chang
ing gradually into a great world; and as we
advanced’ nearer and nearer, should be
hold it expanding every way, until all that
was before us became a universe of exces
sive and immeasurable glory. Thus the
heavenly inhabitant will, at the commence
ment of his happy existence, see the Divine
system filled with magnificence and splen
dour, and arrayed in beauty; and as he
advances onward through the successive
periods of duration, will behold all things
more and more luminous, transporting, and
sunlike for ever.”
Rev Matthew Henry.
It. is related of the excellent commentator,
Matthew Henry, that ho enforced upon him
stdf and others, sentiments calculated to pro
mote a charitable disposition. “We lose,”
said lie, “what we save. Withholding that
which is meet tends to spiritual poverty: the
worst of all husbandry. It is like grudging
seed to the ground.” As occasion served, be
plainly pointed out the great evil of coveteous
ness. Sometimes he urged upon all around
him their exposure to that sin, and advised,
them to suspect themselves guilty of it. “We
are born,” said he, “with the world in our
hearts.” Noticing that many think themselves
free from covetousness because they are con
tent with what they have, he added in allusion
to the parable, “so was that fool.”
In the exercise of a benevolent temper, this
good man resembled Him who “nmketh his
sun io rise on the evil and on the good, and
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust"'—
Like the children of the Highest, therefore, he
was “ kind to the unthankful, and totho evil.”
After lending seven guineas to obtain a dis
charge ol the son of a poorfriend, who had en
listed, he observed, that many reasons offered
themselves why ho should have abandoned
him; but in the spirit of genuine Christianity,
he adds, “ The mercy of God to me, a provo
king, backsliding sinner, answered them all.
God doth not cut men off, though by their ini-
have sold themselves.”
The Waste of Liife.
In the last volume of Dr. Franklin’s
Memoirs, is the following article on ‘•The
Waste of Life.” Wcare persuaded its pe
rusal must produce wholesome reflection
in the minds even ofthe most dissolute:
“ Amergus was a gentleman of good es
tate ; he was bred to no business, and could
not contrive how to spend his hours agreea
bly ; lie lmd no relish for the proper works
of life, nor any taste for the improvements
of the mind: lie spent generally ten hours
ol’thc four-and-twenty in bed, he dozed
away two or three more on his couch, and
as many more were dissolved in good li
quor every evening, if he met with compa
ny of his own humor. Thus he made a
shift to wear off ten years of his life since
the paternal estate fell into his hands. One
eveningas he was musing alone,his thoughts
happened to take a most unusual turn, for
they cast a glance backward, and lie began
to reflect on his manner of life. lie be
thought to himself what a number of be
ings have been made a sacrifice of, to sup
port his carcass, and how much corn and
wine had been mingled with these ofler
ings; and he set himselfto compute what
lie had devoured since he came to the age
of a man.
‘About a dozen feathered creatures,
small snd great, have one week with ano
ther,’ said he, given up their lives to pro
long mine ; which in ten years, amounts to
one thousand. Fifty sheep have been sa
crificed in a year, with half a hecatomb of
black cattle, that 1 might have the choicest
parts otlcred weekly upon my table. Thus
a thousand beasts out oftheilock aucTherd,
have been slain in ten years’ time to feed
me, besides what the forest has supplied
mo with. Many hundreds of fishes have,
in all their varieties, been robbed of their
life for my repast; and of the smallest fry
some thousands. A measure ofcorn would
hardly suffice me with fine flour for a
month’s provision, and this arises to above
six score bushels; and many hogshead of
wine,and other liquors have passed through
this body of mine ; this wretched strainer
of meat and drink ! And what have 1 done
all this time, for God or man? What a
vast profusion of good things upon a use
less life and worthless liver ! There isnot
the meanest creature among all those which
I have devoured but what hath answered
the end of its creation better than I. It
was made to support human nature, and it
hath done so. Every crab and oyster I
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
have eat, and every grain of corn I have
devoured, hath filled up its place in the
rank of beings with more propriety than I
have done. Oh! shameful waste of life
and time.’ *
••in short, he carried on his moral re
flections with so just and severe a torce of
reason as constrained him to change his
whole course of life, to break off his follies
at once, and to apply himselfto gainpme
useful knowledge, when he was more than
thirty years of age. He lived many follow
ing years with the character of a
man and an excellent Christian. lie dieM
with a peaceful conscience, and the tears
his country were dropped upon his tomb.
The world that knew the whole series of
his life, were amazed at the mighty change;
they beheld him as a wonder of reformation;
while'he himself confessed the divine pow
er and mercy that had transformed him
frqm a brute to a man.
“But this was a single instance, and wc
may almost venture to write ‘ miracle’ up
on it. Are there not numbers in this de
generate age whose lives have run to litter
waste without the least tendency to useful
ness ?”
MISSIONARY NEWS.
From the American Baptitt Magazine.
The following letters refer to the establish
ment of a Press in the metropolis of
Burmah.
MR. KINCAID TO MR. JUDSON.
Ava July 24 1833.
Dear Bretben. —One of the brethren
who understands printing, I think ought
to come, and bring on a press. 1 am
sure it will do much to render the mission
permanent in Ava. The Burmans, them
selves are anxious to have a printing estab
lishment here. The King, before his ill
ness, made some effort to get a press.—
Now, one ofthe Princes, who reads and
writes English, is much in favor es having
such things encouraged. Dr. Price began
a dictionary of English and IJurman, by
thu Prince’s request, Mr. Low has comple
ted it, and the East India Company have
agreed to pay the expense of prin’ ng. It
is not a large work, and therefore would
not cost much time. Mr. Low wishes to
ascertain whether we intend putting up a
press here, and if so, wishes us to print the
work.
My own view of the subject is, that pro
bably for along time, another opportunity
so favorable for introducing the press will
not occur.
The whole country is open to the intro
duction of books, and if we will not push
on our work, the blood of these millions
will be required at our hands. Providence
plainly intimates, I think, the path of our
July- Wo a ro no* to stand on the frontiers,
may,ormay not betlieresult
of entering the country in earnest. The
time huscome, when we ought to act, and
in that part of the empire whore our labors
will be most felt, and so hasten the day of
Burmah’s deliverance. Will not one of
the brethren offer himself for Ava? Is
there not one who longs to put in opera
tion that machinery, which, under God, is
destined to sweep away every vestige of
idolatry from Burmah? The miseries of
millions urge you on in this work.
Pray for us, and let us hear from you as
often as is convenient.
Your ever affectionate brother.
E. KINCAID.
MR. CUTTEII TO DR. BOLLES.
Alaulmein Sept. 0, 1833.
Rev. and deak Sib, —When 1 last
wrote to you, I little expected Providence
would so soon cell us to another scene of
lobor; but 1 feel daily more and more con
vinced, both from observation amt experi
ence, that “Mis ways are not as our wav's,
nor His thoughts as our thoughts.” God
often works in a most mysterious way, and
sometimes makes use oftho feeblest instru
ments in accomplishing some of his great
and important ends. Whether the object,
which we now consider of so much impor
tance, will be obtained through the meas
ures about to be adopted, or not,’ is only
known to Him without whose assistance
and blessing all our efforts will bo in vain ;
but whose smile of approbation will ever
ensure abundant success in that way which,
will be most conducive to Ilis glory.
As it regards the path of duty in this
case, I have made it a subject of serious
and fervent prayer, and looked to God for
an answer to my petitions, bv directing my
brethren in their decision upon the case.
At no former period, have I ever felt my
dependence upon God so much ns now, nor
my need of divine grace and heavenly wis
dom, to assist and direct mo, as in view of
this important undertaking.
Whether the course I am about to un
dertake, will meet the approbation of my
respected patrons—the Board—[ cannot
tell ; but that it shoud be taken, is the unan
imous opinion of all the Lrethrcu at the sta
tion.
1 intend to go with one press, (the one
presented by Mr. Loomis) a small quantity
of type and paper, and one set of stereo
type plates, if they can be completed in
season, We are daily making prepara
tions, and hope to getaway in about three
weeks.
Requesting a continuation of your pray
ers on our behalf, I subscribe myself your
servant in the missionary field.
O. T. CUTTER.
MR. CUTTER TO DR. ROLLES.
Rangoon Non. 14,1833.’
Rev. and dear Sib,— You will doubt
less receive letters, long before this reach
es you, informing you ofour departure from
Maulmein, and arrival in this city, on the
27th ofSeptember with the printing press
presented to the mission by Rev. E. Loo
mis, intending to proceed to Ava as soon
as practicable. I had hoped to have been
away before this, but various circumstan
ces have contributed to detain us. I found
great difficulty in procuring a boat suffi
ciently large to carry up the printing appa
ratus and our baggage, without paying an
enormous price. We have now engaged
one.
At present, the river is swarming with
pirates, who are urged forward in their de
predations, on account of the great scarcity
ofprovisionsupthecountry. A man, who
recently came down from Ava, says that
Uie price of rice was five rupees per bas
ket, and other articles in proportion; while
ii Maulmein, rice can be obtained for three
quarters of a rupee per basket.
j Since I have been here, I have called
lipon the Viceroy, and other officers of the
government, several times, and have- met
With a favorable reception. They also re
quested me to put up the press, which l did,
und set up the first part of the sth chapter
of Matthew, and a small national song,
which the Viceroy sent me. On the sth
of November, he and his wife, and several
other government officers called to see the
press and printing,—an art of which they
had never formed any idea before.* They
expressed themselves much surprised and
gratified on seeing so wonderful a machine
in operation.
When I left Maulmein, things wore rath
er a pleasing aspect. Several had been
baptized, and others gave good evidence
of having been born of the Spirit. Among
the latter were three connected with the
Printing Department, who have been added
to the church since I left.
My pass from government was received
yesterday, and I think there is no doubt I
shall be off.by the 20th. The Viceroy
and government men have told me sever
al times they were afraid I should be rob
bed. In fact, they thought there was
scarcely a chance for our escaping. But
we feel it to be our duty to go on as soon
as possible. O may we be guided by In
finite Wisdom, and preserved by a kind
Providence. We feel, like one of old, that
we go up, “Not knowing the things which
shall befall us” on our way, or when we
shall have arrived. Pray for us.
1 remain your servant in the gospel.
O. T. CUTTER.
MR. KINCAID TO MR. JUDSON.
Ava December 21, 1833.
Djsaii nno. Jcdson. —l think I informed
you some time ago, that two have been
baptized” kiafcvn, Ma Ntea-oo and Moung
Kay. We have a number of promising
inquirers, but have not so great a number
of visiters as formerly. The reason of this
falling off, is probably owing to the great
festival in the Palace. The young Prin
cess Ixis her ears bored, and a festival is
to continue 49 days, more splendid (it is
said) than any thing oftho kind ever be
fore exhibited in Burmah.
Mrs. KilTCaid and myself called yester
day, and” spent two hours, having previous
ly been invited. We bad no sooner got
seated, than the King fixed his eyes on us.
The IVoon-gers and AtWen-woons will/
whom we sat, bid us turn our faces towtirds
the King* a3 I" 7 wished toseeus. Sonin the
King got up and walked among the Prinecs,
and inquired who we were. After along
conversation lie returned, and soon we had
each a splendid present of Burman silk,
and a silver vase loaded with flowers. The
silk and flowers, they said we must take
home. Moung Sa, then said, “You see
how kind the king is; ami hereafter it will
not be proper to lor you to give hooks.”
1 listeued attentively to what he had to
say, but made no reply. I mention these
things, because I think it is the first time,
that II s Majesty has known or heard any
thing about us. Whether lie will take
any further notice of the subject, or not, is
impossible to say, and probably is of little
Consequence.
Moung Kay who was baptized the 20th
ofOctober, is a learnedßurman, I have pul
him to studying the Scriptures, in hopes
that he will become a useful preacher of
the gospel. He is not afraid", and is daily
advocating the cause of God. His with
and relations at first were bitter opposers,
but are a little more quiet now.
Oil the whole I sec no reason to be dis
couraged. What we most need is entire
devotedness to God. and reliance on the
Holy Spirit’s promised aid. More than
ever, 1 am convinced, that an evangelist
should have singleness of purpose—that
his preaching, studying, and conversation j
should bear directly on one point, the con
version of souls.
I find it is comparatively easy to con
vineethe heathen that there is a living God
and that idols are a cheat; but wlmt ha-ve
l gained ? Just nothing, because they are
ignorant of Christ, and consequently ig
norant of themselves.
Major Burney tells me you wished to
come to Ava, hut lie thinks it would not do.
lie says the reason why the Governor of
the North Palace, and several Others, speak
to me as they do, on the subject, is because
they hate the Woon-gees. 7’his may be
the case in part ; but it is well known the
lYbo.'i-grc* are disliked by all classes of
people from the Prince downward. If
these ministers could have their wish, not
a foreigner would be allowed to remain in
the eouutry; while the Princes and most of
the members of the Government are par
* The fact that Mr. Hough had aPresshere,
was very little known. I have been informed
from those who frequented the house, that they
never suspected the fact.
tial to white foreigners. Yours very affec
tionately, E. KINCAID
MR. KINCAID TO DR. BOLLES
Ava, Jan. 22 1834.
My dear Sir, — I embrace this oppor
tunity to inform you that we are well, and
that, on the first day of January, we hod
the pleasure of welcoming, to the Golden
City, our dear friends, Mr. and Mrs. Cut
ter, after a passage of 43 days, from Ran
goon. Bro. Cutter enjoys fine health : Mrs.
Cutter is_ rather poor. Both are getting on
finely in the language. They read well;
and, in conversation, with a good deal of
care, can be understood. In five or six
months, they will be able to render djrect
assistance, in teaching inquirers the way
of life. Bro. Cutter has got up the press,
and will immediately print off an edition
ofthe Ship of Grace, and the Catechism.
1 have introduced Bro. Cutter toa few of
the government men. They were friend
ly, and one Woon-gee made many inqui
ries about printing.
On the 20th of this month, I baptized
Moung Shwa-ra, a young man 25 years
old, and a country-born. ‘ The ordinance
was administered in the Irrawaddy a little
distance from the king’s water palace.—
About 20 of the heathen came around, and
listened to all tne services in the most re
spectful manner. Among our inquirers,
are some who listen to the news of salva
tion with joyfbl hearts. Very many have
their eyes hnlfopen, and inquirers appear
to he gaining on every hand. We occupy
a zayat, about a mile and a half from Ava,
on the great street that leads to Ummora
poora. At this station several hundred
pesrons hear the gospel daily. We occupy
another zayat, on the south side of the city,
and the verandah of our house is another
preaching place. Ko Shoon and Ko San
lone are my assistants in preaching. They
are good, faithful men. I preach every
evening, in the house. From what we see
and hear, we feel encouraged to go on.—
We feel that the stiU small poire is abroad.
Just at this time, a most dreadful calam
ity is visiting this city. The small pox id
successfully carrying of multitudes, —old
and young. The fires w hich burn thedead
do not go out. It is truly distressing to see
the people falling before this angel of death.
I should be glad to write another letter,
but our notice of this despatch is very short.
Fray for us, that we may trust in the living
God. Very affectionalelv,
E. KINCAID.
MAULMEIN.
MR. JUDSON TO DR. BOLLES.
Afoul mein Sept 24, 1833.
Rev. and dear Sir, — Since the last of
June, fifteen natives have been baptized
here, —six of them girls from the Churn
merah school, and two from the Maulmein
school. In the latter school, jhereare about
fifty in daily attendance. On the depar-,
lure of Mrs. Cutter, the whole devolves.on
Mrs. Hancock, aided a little by Mrs. Brown.
1 have lost a month, through a compli
cation of ailments, but am now better.
Have no remaining hope of finishing the
translation of the Old Testament by the
end of the year ; hut shall do as well as 1
can.
v” Yours, faithfully,
A. JUDSON.
MR. JUOSON TO DR. BOLLES.
Maulmein Dee. 31, 1833.
Rkv. and dear Sir, — The only notice
able change that has occurred, during the
last six months, among the members of the
mission at this station, is the removal of
brother and sister Cutter to Rangoon and
Ava. We are daily expecting to hear of
their nrrival in the capital. Hro. Kincaid
will inform you, that the series of Christian
baptism at that place, which will, continue
we hope, to the end of the world, commen
ced last month, iu the persons of two con
verts, one the wife of Koli’lay, an old Ran
goon disciple, the other a respectable in
habitant of Ava, Glory be to God !
During the said period, ten have been
added to the native dhurch in this place, of
whom live are young men of somepromise;
two are women whose husbands are uncon
verted ; one is a widow woman, by birth a
Karen ; and two are girls from ihe school.
The church now consists of 93 communi
cants. None have been excluded, and
none suspended, from communion ; —hut j
there nre two cases, which would probably 1
be pronounced censurable, did not circum
stances at present, preclude proper inves
tigation. Eight have also been added-to
the Karen church at Chtimmerah, making
99 who have been baptized from among
the Karens north of Maulmein. Os the
said eight, two ore men, and six are young
women or girls from the Chummerah
boardingschool.
I did hope, at one time, to have been
able to insert, under this date, a notice of
the completion of the translation of the Oid
.Testament; but though 1 have long devo
ted nearly all my time to that work, I
have found it so heavy, and my health (as
usual this season) so poor, that though near
the goal, I cannot yet say, I have attained.
Yours, faithfully,
A. JUDSON.
TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE INTO BERMAN
FINISHED.
By the postcript which follows, it will’bo
seen that January, 1834, forms anew and
important era in the history of the Burman
Mission. Who will not sympathise with
Mr. Judson in the feelings with which he
finished the iaat leaf of his translation ? It
is now to be printed.
P. S. Jan. SI 1833. Thanks he to
God, I can non say, I have attained. 1
have knelt down before him, with the last
leafin my hand, and, imploring his for
giveness for all the sins which have poluted
my labors in this department, and his aid
in future efforts, to remove the errors and
imperfections which necessarily cleave to
the work, I have commended it to his mer
cy and grace : I have dedicated 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 of praises to our great God and
Saviour Jesus Christ! Amen.
P. S. 2d. The following table may af
ford Some satisfaction.
FIRST TABLE”
Persons baptized in Burmah previous to the
year 1833.
Burman. Karen. For. Total.
Maulmein, 68 83 129 280
Tavov, 7 174 1 152
Mergtii, 33
Rangoon, 50 1 Cl
128 257 131 516
BECOND TABLE
Persons baptized in Burmah, in the year 1833.
Burman. Karen. For. Total.
Maulmein, 10 16 18 44
Tavov, 2 14 3 *24
Rangoon, 5 6 1 11
Ava, 2 2
19 35 22 81
Add Ist table, 128 257 131 516
Total, 147 282 153 597
N. B. Ofthe Burman converts eight
have been excluded, two in Rangoon, two
atTavoy,and four at Maultnein, besides
three orfour in Rangoon, on whom the
sentence has not been formally pronounced.
Ofthe Karens two have been excluded in
this district, and a few others remain sus
pended. Os the foreigners, most of whom
.ire removed to other countries, and are
destitute of proper pastoral supervision, ma
ny it is sard, have fallen into sin, but not
many cases of actual apostacy have been
ascertained. A. J.
TAVOY.
MRS. BOA RDM AN TO DR. BOLLES.
/ X ‘l'acoy Sept. 7 1833.
’ My dea r pastor. —A lew months since,
l forwarded to America, a small box, con
taining the writing-desk, and som ■ books,
belonging to my departed husband, to bo
kept for my dear child. I also copied and
put into the writing-desk, extracts from Mr.
Boardman’s private journal, which will
greatly enhance the value of the Memoirs.
In the writing-desk, I also sent a paper
containing an Inscription in English, and
another in Burman, intended fora tablet to
the memory of my beloved husband. I
have lately had ihe mournful satisfaction
of receiving the tablet finished in a very
neat manner. Thedinglish is shortened,
□ nd is, nt
you ; but the BermciJW^jia^xauFtii lull}**
and is very handsomely executed. It is of
marble, two feet, seven inches in length,
and two feet one inch in breadth. It is a
very fine black polish, and the letters are
cut and gilded.
The tablet is a present from the three
highest officers in tle civil department on
this corCst, Major Henry Burney, A. D.
Maingy, Esq, and E. A. Blundell, Esq,—
I mention this, because I know it will ho
gratifying for you to know tnat the memo
ry of my inestimable husbanl is cherished
with feelings of respect, in this part of the
world, and by those no way connected with
us. 1 have had a roof of leaves, with
wooden posts, thrown up over the monu
ment, the expenses of which nre defrayed
from the same source as the monument it
self. It would quickly go to ruin without
some shelter of this kind.
I have received your communications of
Dec. 20th, 1532, informing me of the con
tents ofthe box for schools, which has since
come safely to hand.
I have written to Mrs. Bacheller and
M rs. Cosswell, and shall send their letters
will) this. Mrs. B’s. very kind letter, I
have also received, and will answer at an
early opportunity.
I wrote in June,f giving an account of
the schools, as you desired. Since that
date, there has been one addition of eight
or ten to the schools in town. One little
half-cast boy, whose father is dead, has
been received into the hoarding-school.—
he is patronized by the Deputy Commiss
: ioner, Mr. Blundell, who gives three rupees
I per month for him, which sum will he
credited to the school fund. Our last ar
rival from 1 lie jungle, informed us that the
Karen schoo . taught by Shwa-800, aver
ages from 25 to 30.
lam not certain that I mentioned the
Sabbath school in my former letter. It
contains 80 children, aad is very interes
ting and encouraging. Mrs’ Mason super
intends the Karen department in the Sun
day school, anj the English and Burman
lessons fall to my share.
Mrs. Mason has lately comenced a course
tfic continuance of which, if practicable,
will, 1 think, be productive of much good.
It is visiting the schools in town, accom
panied by the native assistant, Moung
Shway Moung, who improves the opportu
nity of speaking to to those who chance to
bo present at the schools, and there is, not
(infrequently, a large assembly, composed
chiefly of women and children.
We are all in excellent health. You,
undoubtedly, learn all that is interesting
from the heathen at the different stations.
The last year has been signalized by the
arrival of several dear brethren and sis
ters, to strengthen our hands and encour
age our hearts. Would that wecould wel
come an arrival someatTavoy.
Yours most respectfully,
S. II.BOARDMAN.
•According to Mr. Mason.
f This letter has never been received.
