By Judson’s day disinterested benevolence had become a standard theme of New Divinity preaching and piety. It helped draw young Ann Hasseltine, Judson’s future wife, to the gospel as she meditated upon Bellamy’s True Religion Delineated.90 It shaped the conversion experience of Judson’s early missionary associate, Samuel Mills.91 It motivated Christians to take great risks for the sake of the gospel, risks that might end in the death of a loved one. In fact, Judson called for disinterested benevolence