How Would You Have Asked?

Below is a snippet of Adoniram Judson's conversation with his future father-in-law concerning his daughter's hand in marriage...an amazing approach!

“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 for a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings
of a 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 a crown of
righteousness, brightened by the acclamations of praise which shall redound to
her Saviour from heathens saved, through her means, from eternal woe and
despair?”

(HT: Life2gether)