Ann Hasseltine Judson (1789-1826) -"Missionary Heroine"
-Ann learned the Burmese and Siamese languages: translated the gospel of Matthew to Siamese
language (official language of Thailand) and taught Burmese girls in
grammar schools.
-She bravely endured
inconveniences and lived under very trying conditions. Due to the
exhausting effect of the climate in India, she went back to America for some
time; where she got busy with lectures about missions and wrote the history of
Mission in Burma.
-She went back to Burma when war broke out between Indians
and English, the missionaries were seen as spies and some of them were
imprisoned. Ann's husband was kept in "death-prison": she was kept in the mission-house stripped
of furniture and her clothes were taken.
-She managed her household and cared for her husband during
his 18-month imprisonment. She followed
him from prison to prison, with her baby in her arms and gave him food
throughout.
-Ann's heroic
endurance showed the strength and greatness of her character. She died
October 24,1826. After her death, she
was described as a person of decided character, with remarkable courage,
complete consecration, with strong intellectual powers, large heart with
unaffected piety; simple, humble and sincere.
Lessons from Ann Hasseltine
Judson's life
- She was able to strike a balance between her family and the Kingdom work.
- She got busy with God's work home and abroad.
- She made an impact on her generation by translating the gospel into another language.
- She went an extra mile for the gospel by learning the language of the mission field.
- She endured all hardships.
- She fulfilled her destiny despite all odds.
2 Timothy 2: 1 - 10:
- Lord, help me to take a major bold step that will glorify Jesus in my life. Grant me divine backing in whatever step You are helping me to take and see me through the step until You are fully glorified.
- Lord, keep me busy in Your work, let me not be found idle at any time. Please unveil all the talents You have deposited in me, channel them towards the true gospel and let me make a lasting impact on my generation and generations after me.
- Lord, please take care of all the conveniences in my life that are standing as barriers to Your full gospel. Help me to go extra mile for Your work and grant me the grace that is in the Lord Jesus Christ to endure all difficulties along the way.
- Lord, consecrate me solely unto Yourself, enlarge my heart and fill me up with Your love. Help me to fulfil my part according to the order of Heaven, in preaching the message of The CROSS diligently and in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Lord, please be the strength of my heart and my portion forever in Jesus name. AMEN!
