Adoniram and Ann Judson were American missionaries in Burma. In 1824, when war broke out with the British, Adoniram was arrested as a suspected spy and thrown into the death prison at Ava. He lay with his feet in three pairs of fetters on the damp ground. Ann pleaded with officials and brought food and clothing to the prisoners. Before their house was searched, she buried his precious manuscript of the Burmese New Testament under the house. Later, afraid it might be stolen or ruined by mold, they sewed it up in the form of a pillow covered with a mat. The Word of God has always been worth protecting, whatever it costs.
