first to meet her at heaven’s portals, and welcome his mother to his own abode—­and her daughter followed her in six short months.” ...  “And when we all meet in Heaven—­when all have arrived, and we find all safe, forever safe, and our Saviour ever safe and glorious, and in him all his beloved—­oh shall we not be happy, and ever praise him who has endured the cross to wear and confer such a crown!”

FOOTNOTES: 

[Footnote 4:  Alluding to Dr. Judson’s visit to America.]

PART II.

THE LIFE OF SARAH B. JUDSON.

SECOND WIFE OF

REV.  ADONIRAM JUDSON, D.D.

(Extract of a Letter from Mr. Judson.)

“I exceedingly regret that there is no portrait of the second as of the first Mrs. Judson.  Her soft blue eyes, her mild aspect, her lovely face and elegant form, have never been delineated on canvass.  They must soon pass away from the memory even of her children, but they will remain forever enshrined in her husband’s heart.”

CHAPTER I.

BIRTH AND EDUCATION.—­POETICAL TALENT.

In an article in the North American Review of 1835, we find the following admirable sentiments:  “It is impossible to peruse the written life of any man or woman who has manifested great intellectual or moral power, whether in a holy cause or an unholy one, without a strong admiration and a deep sympathy, and a powerful impulse toward imitation.  The soul is awakened, the active powers are roused, the contemplation of high achievement kindles emulation; and well would it be were the character of those leading minds, which thus draw after them the mass of mankind, always virtuous and noble.  But in the vast majority of instances, the leaders of mankind, are individuals whose principles and motives the Christian must condemn, as hostile to the spirit of the gospel.  More precious therefore, is the example of that pious few who have devoted themselves with pure hearts fervently, to the glory of God, and the good of man, and whose energy of purpose, and firmness of principle, and magnanimity in despising difficulty and danger, and suffering and death, in the accomplishment of a noble end, rouse into active admiration all who contemplate their glorious career.”

Such a ‘glorious career’ was that of the honored missionary whose life has been sketched in the former part of this volume; and such too was hers who forms the subject of the present memoir.  Sarah B. Hall was the eldest of thirteen children.  Her parents were Ralph and Abiah Hall, who removed during her infancy from Alstead, New Hampshire, the place of her birth, to Salem, in the State of Massachusetts.  Her parents not being wealthy, she was early trained to those habits of industry, thoughtfulness and self-denial