The future is a bright as the promises of God.

Judson completed translation of the Grammatical Notices of the Burman Language the following July and the Gospel of Matthew in 1817. Their ancient oracle traditions handed down for centuries contained some startling echoes of the Old Testament that some scholars conjecture a linkage with Jewish communities (or possibly even Nestorians) before their migrations from western China into Burma perhaps as early as the 12th century. Cummings proved her mettle at once choosing to work alone with Karen evangelists in the malaria-ridden Salween River valley north of Moulmein but within two years Adoniram Judson died of fever.

Adoniram Judson Jr. At times mistakenly referred to as the first missionary to Burma he was in fact preceded by James Chater and Richard Mardon who arrived in 1807. However since those who came earlier did not remain very long Judson is remembered as the first significant missionary there as well as one of the group of the very first missionaries from America to travel overseas.