Ladies: Will You Follow God's Call?

Adoniram Judson is my hero. He was a man 100% sold out for Jesus Christ. He forsook all for Christ. He modeled Jesus so well in going to the ends of the earth "to serve and not to be served." But, such an amazing man did not go and work alone. He took his wife, Anne Hasseltine, with him. And she too shared his passion for giving up everything for the sake of Christ and the Gospel.



In a letter sent to the Anne's father Adoniram wrote,

"I have now to ask, whether you can consent to part with your daughter early next spring, to see her no more in this world; whether you can consent to her departure, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of missionary life; whether you can consent to her exposure to the dangers of the ocean, to the fatal influence of the southern climate of India; to every kind of want and distress; to degradation, insult, persecution, and perhaps a violent death. Can you consent to all this, for the sake of him who left his heavenly home, and died for her and for you; for the sake of perishing, immortal souls; for the sake of Zion, and the glory of God? Can you consent to all this, in hope of soon meeting your daughter in the world of glory, with the crown of righteous, brightened with the acclamations of praise which shall redound to her Savior from heathens saved, through her means, from eternal woe and despair?"

In a separate letter to her friend Lydia Kimball, Anne wrote,

"I feel willing, and expect, if nothing in Providence prevents, to spend my days in this world in heathen lands. Yes, Lydia, I have about, come to the determination to give up all my comforts and enjoyments here, sacrifice my affection to relatives and friends, and go where God, in his Providence, shall see fit to place me."

Her father consented and let his daughter go to Burma to do missionary work where she lived to the end of her days.

Ladies, are you willing to follow your husband to wherever God may call him? Is God calling him to heathen lands right now? Is God calling him to the roughest parts of the inner-city of New York, L.A., Sao Paulo, Mexico City...? Will you go? Will you go? Will you follow where God is leading him?

Remember ladies, what you will give up, in the end, is not ultimately for your husband, but for Christ and His Gospel.