Source: Christian Focus Publications
Adoniram Judson: Devoted for Life, by Vance Christie. Christian Focus Publications, 2013. 384 pages.
One of America’s first and, in his own time, most well-known of missionaries, Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) served for nearly four decades as a Baptist missionary to the people of Burma. After more than twenty years on the field he said, “The motto of every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be, ‘Devoted for life’.” When asked, he always listed as a critical qualification for missionary service the intention to devote one’s entire life to it.
Not many have paid as high a price for such a commitment, facing imprisonment, discouragement, and great illness, loss, struggle, and hardship. Adoniram Judson: Devoted for Life provides a complete chronicle of Judson’s life and family and includes many quotations from books and letters. It also paints an informative picture of the times in which he worked.
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» See also an informative review by blogger Tim Challies, or, from Christie’s blog, 10 Significant Reasons to Read Adoniram Judson’s Biography.