1838 ADONIRAM JUDSON. Gospel of John in Karen. First Work of Karen Press & First Translation of Judson Divine Healing John Robinson

John Robinson

*The Blighting Curse [Alcoholism]

with Wilberforce's personal wax seal still very finely preserved

The Cry in the Night

1838 ADONIRAM JUDSON. Gospel of John in Karen. First Work of Karen Press & First Translation of Judson Divine Healing John RobinsonExceptionally scarce first edition of the first work printed by the Karen Mission Press at Tavoy in the Karen language [S'gaw]. The translation work was accomplished by Adoniram Judson with the aid of other missionaries and was the first published work in the language, begun immediately after the completion of Judson's Burmese translation [1837]. The Gospel of John was not chosen accidentally. It was the often first book to be translated for a new