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DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS
OR,
WOMAN'S MISSION.
BY DANIEL C. EDDY.
"There are deeds which should not pass away, And names that must not
wither."

PREFACE.

We have in this volume brought together the names of several of our
most distinguished female heroines, who have toiled and suffered on
heathen soil. They have been gathered from different denominations
and sects, and form a galaxy of names as dear to the heart of
Christianity as can be drawn from the records of earth.
The object is, to give a series of brief memoirs, in which the lives of
faithful Christians shall be unfolded; impart instruction in reference to
the cause of missions; inspire the heart of the reader with Christian zeal;
and do justice to the memory of those who deserve more honor than the
fallen warrior and the titled senator.
Most of the subjects of these sketches are well known and well
beloved--women whose deeds have been recorded in high places in
denominational history; and we deem it no impropriety to take them
down, unwind the peculiarity of sect, and weave these honored names

in one sacred wreath, that we may dedicate it to all who love the cause
of missions.
The wreath may wither and fall apart, but the flowers which compose it
will not die; these sacred names shall live with immortal freshness
while in the world is found a missionary church.

CONTENTS

HARRIET NEWELL.
The Crusade.--Martin II.--Peter the Hermit.--Missionary Enterprise.
--Andover.--The young Men.--Congregational Association.--American
Board.--Harriet Atwood.--Bradford Academy.--Conversion.--Church in
Haverhill.--Death of her Father.--Samuel
Newell.--Marriage.--Sailing.--The Caravan.--Salem
Harbor.--Calcutta,--Birth of the Babe,--Its Death.--Mrs. Newell dies
ANN H. JUDSON.
Bradford.--Ann Hasseltine.--Harriet Atwood.--Conversion.--
Communion.--Marries Mr. Judson.--Sails for
Calcutta.--Serampore.--Change of Views.--Baptism.--First Child.--First
Conversion.--Trials and Suffering.--Judson's Imprisonment.--English
Government.--Mrs. Judson dies.--Amherst.--The Hopia Tree
ELIZABETH HERVEY.
Park Street Church.--Ordination.--Charge.--The Corvo.--Church in
Hadley.--Sermon.--Labor.--Death
HARRIET B. STEWART.
Sandwich Islands.--Opakakia.--Sabbath Scene.--Stamford, Connecticut.
--Marriage.--Laihaina.--Death of Mrs. Stewart.--Church building at
Waiakea
SARAH L. SMITH.
Syria.--Norwich, Connecticut.--John Robinson.--New Heart.--Mohegan
Indians.--Brig George.--Malta.--Beyroot.--The Mediterranean.--
Jerusalem.--Sickness.--Death.--Burial Service
ELEANOR MACOMBER.
Lake Pleasant.--Ojibwas.--Dong-Yahn.--Mr. Osgood.--Zuagaben
Mountains.--Karens.--Rev. Mr. Stephens.--Church planted.--The Close
SARAH D. COMSTOCK.
The Burman Empire.--Brookline.--Baldwin Place Church.--Mr.

Wade.--Dr. Wayland's Address.--Mrs. Sigourney.--The
Cashmere.--Kyouk Phyoo.--Mr. Kincaid.--Six Men for Arracan.--"O
Jesus, I do this for thee."--Last Illness.--Lowly Sepulchres
HENRIETTA SHUCK.
China.--Rev. Addison Hall.--Kilmarnock.--Virginia Revivals.--
Baptism.--Death of her Mother.--Marriage to Mr. Shuck.--Sea
Voyage.--Ah Loo.--Henrietta Layton.--Premonitions.--The End of
Earth
SARAH B. JUDSON.
Alstead.--Dr. Bolles.--George D. Boardman.--Poem.--Discovery and
subsequent union.--Calcutta.--Sarah Ann.--Robbery.--George.--Death
of Sarah.--Ko Thah-byu.--Rebellion.--Boardman's Death.--Marriage to
Mr. Judson.--Poems.--Death.--Ex Governor Briggs's Speech
MARY E. VAN LENNEP.
Rev. Dr. Hawes.--Childhood's happy Home.--Familiarity with the
Bible.--Missionary Interest.--Sabbath Schools.--Seminary.--Dr.
Fitch.--Longfellow.--Nature.--Mr. Van Lennep.--The union.--The
Stamboul.--Smyrna.--The Dardanelles.--Constantinople.--Last
Sickness.--Mr. Goodell.--Protestant Graveyard.--The American
Ambassador.--The Watch of the Bosphorus.

I.
HARRIET NEWELL, THE PROTO-MARTYR.

Several centuries ago, the idea of driving out of Jerusalem its infidel
inhabitants was suggested to a mad ecclesiastic. A shorn and
dehumanized monk of Picardy, who had performed many a journey to
that fallen city, who had been mocked and derided there as a follower
of the Nazarene, whose heart burned beneath the wrongs and
indignities which had been so freely heaped upon the head of himself
and his countrymen, determined to arouse a storm which should send
its lightnings to gleam along the streets, and roll its deep thunder to
shake the hills which in speechless majesty stand around the city of
God.
Pope Martin II. entered into his daring scheme, convened a council of
bishops and priests, and gave the sanction of