"...The following Memoir of the Burmah Mission has been prepared at the suggestion of various friends, who, on account of the Mission?s extraordinary results, desiderated such a brief but comprehensive narrative of its workers and work as might stimulate the Church of Christ, in these portentous days, to fresh zeal and faith in winning souls. The materials of the Memoir lie scattered over a variety of publications; such as the Lives of Dr. Judson, of Boardman, of Ann Judson, of Ko-thah-byoo, of Sarah Judson, and of Emily Judson; "the Church Missionary Intelligencer;" " the Missionary Magazine of the American Board of Missions;" and sundry other works. It has been the Author?s aim to weave the varied fragments into one connected whole..."