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BIOGRAPHY
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On February 19, 1812, Ann and Adoniram Judson sailed from Salem aboard the brig Caravan as two of the first missionaries to go out from North America. Watching the shoreline disappear from view, they could not have foreseen the impact of their journey on the future of the Christian world mission or on the thousands of men and women who would follow in their footsteps. After a short stay in India, they carried the Good News of Jesus Christ to the golden shore of Burma.
Drawing on letters and church records, Courtney Anderson paints. a poignant portrait of Judson’s early life in dealing with the conflict between his desire for material success and the inner call to serve God. For Adoniram Judson “the golden shore” brought bitter hardships, imprisonment, and family tragedy. Yet, he never wavered in his commitment to win people to faith in Christ and to translate the Bible into the Burmese language.
This special edition recognizes the 175th anniversary of the jaa sons’ sailing on their historic voyage and celebrates the early years of Baptist missions overseas. Photographs and reproductions of | mese woodcuts are used in telling Judson’s story.
Courtney Anderson has had a full and diverse career spanning five d has worked as a teacher, author, and film writer for various industries, nesses, and the U.S. government.
Cover design: Tom Williams Cover illustration: Charl
ISBN 081701121-a8 $17.00
90817"011214 To the Golden Shore
The Life of Adoniram Judson
by COURTNEY ANDERSON
Judson Press @ Valley Forge
© Courtney Anderson I987
Original copyright © I956 by Little. Brown and Company
Published by Judson Press. I987
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Editor's Notes
This book was first published in I956 and represents the language of that time. Judson‘s first wife‘s name was Ann Hasseltine. However. most people called her “Nancy.“ She is referred to as Nancy throughout this book. The painting on the cover is taken from the Filmstrip. Adonimm Judson: Called to be a Missionary ( I986). courtesy of American Baptist Films. The
artist is Charles Ellis.
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I long to reach the Golden Shore.
—ADONIRAM JUDSON
In what tome ship soever I embarke,
That ship shall be my embleme of Thy Arke;
What sea soever swallow mee, that flood
Shall be to me an embleme of Thy blood;
Though Thou with clouds of anger do disguise Thy face; yet through that maske I know those eyes, Which, though they turne away sometimes,
They never will despise.
--JOHN DONNE, A H ymne to Christ