Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson, Jr.was an American Congregationalist and later Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma. His mission and work with Luther Rice led to the formation of the first Baptist association in America to support missionaries...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth9 August 1788
CountryUnited States of America
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We cannot sit still and see the dear Burmans, flesh and blood like ourselves and, like ourselves, possessed of immortal souls that will shine forever in heaven or burn forever in hell - we cannot see them go down to perdition without doing our very utmost to save them. And thanks be to God, our labors are not in vain.
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Though I have seldom done anything to my own satisfaction, I am better satisfied with the translation of the New Testament than I ever expected to be. The language is, I believe, simple, plain, intelligible; and I have endeavored, I hope successfully, to make every sentence a faithful representation of the original.
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While therefore your tears flow, let a due proportion be tears of joy. Yet take the bitter cup with both hands and sit down to your repast. You will soon learn a secret: that there is sweetness at the bottom.
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We should naturally expect that the baptism of infants, if enjoined at all, would have been enjoined in the law which instituted the ordinance of Christian baptism. But this law is silent on the subject of infants.
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We shall no more see our kind friends around us, or enjoy the conveniences of civilized life, or go to the house of God with those that keep holy day; but swarthy countenances will everywhere meet our eye, the jargon of an unknown tongue will assail our ears, and we shall witness the assembling of the heathen to celebrate the worship of idol gods.
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When any practice is proposed and enforced as a binding duty, we have a right to examine the grounds of the alleged obligation.
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The future is a bright as the promises of God.
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I will not leave Burma until the cross is planted here forever.
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It is true that we may desire much more. But let us use what we have, and God will give us more.
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God loves importunate prayer so much that He will not give us much blessing without it.
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If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated suffering.
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The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.'
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If God gave light and wisdom, the religion of Jesus was soon learned; but without God, a man might study all his life long, and make no proficiency.
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We prefer one room in Rangoon to six in Boston. We feel that we are highly blessed.