A Purple Merchant in Rangoon
In 1813, Adoniram Judson sailed from America with India fixed firmly in his mind. He would plant the gospel there, he was certain. But the...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 16:9-15.
In 1813, Adoniram Judson sailed from America with India fixed firmly in his mind. He would plant the gospel there, he was certain. But the East India Company refused him entry. Doors slammed shut. Judson found himself rerouted to Rangoon, Burma — a place he had never planned to go, among a people he had never studied, speaking a language he did not know.…
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