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P a sto r H si, O n e o f C h ina’s Christians Mrs. Howard Taylor
W a lk e r o f T innevelly
Amy W ilson Carmichael T h om as W alk er of ¡Tinnevelly, d u rin g his lo n g service in India u n d e r the C h u rch M issionary Society, w as an able and d e voted se rv an t of C hrist. U sed above all as a sp iritu a l h elp er of fellow -m issionaries as well as Indian m inisters an d teachers. T h is b o o k is th e re co rd of a g re a t life. Price $2.50 In th e V alley o f th e Nile Charles R. W atson T his is th e hand b o o k on E gypt in its relatio n to C h ristian ity an d C h ristian M is sions. It very clearly show s th a t m ission- l a ry w o rk in E g y p t has unu su al claim s u p o n th e stu d e n t of w orld m ovem ents. It tells of early in tro d u ctio n of th e C hristian faith, th e su b seq u en t decay of th e m ove m ent, an d th en gives a splendid reco rd of m odern m issionary p ro g re ss by “T h e A m erican M ission,” d u rin g th e p a st fifty years. Price $1.50 A d v en tu re s in A la sk a S. Hall Young D r. Y oung’s experiences have been bo th w ide a n d valued, an d he relates them w ith zest an d vigor. H is sto ries in no, way suffer w hen set in com parison w ith those invented by w riters of p o p u lar fiction and have th e added qu ality of being th e reco rd of gen u in e experiences and p e rso n al a d v en tu res w hich befell th e v e te ran m ission a ry in th e frozen n o rth . Price $1.50 T h e D aw n of a New E ra in. Syria M argaret McGilvary A deeply in te restin g a cc o u n t of" w h at hap p en ed in Syria d u rin g th e p a st five y ears. N ot a m ass of h earsay evidence, b u t a u th e n tic d a ta vouched fo r by reliable a n d credible w itnesses, and, in th e m ain w ithin th e p e rso n al know ledge of the a u th o r. T his b o o k possesses historical, m issionary an d political significance of m ftre th an o rd in ary value. Price $2.50 A P rince o f th e C hu rch in Ind ia J. C. R. Ewing
T his is a very unusual sto ry a b o u t a very unu su al m an. A s one read s it he is .forced to say, “ T ru th certain ly is stra n g e r th an fiction.” T his b o o k gives th e life sto ry of a m an w ho w as one of China*s S cholars b u t w ho th ro u g h th e opium h ab it descended to th e low est d ep th s th a t it w ould seem possible for a hum an to go, and then, C h rist cam e in to his life, it w as tran sfo rm ed and he becam e an o u tstan d in g figure fo r God. O n e of China*s g re a t C hristians. Price 50c T h e Fulfilm ent o f a D ream o f P a sto r H si’s A. Mildred Cable T h o se w ho have read th e fascinating an d w onderful sto ry of th e life of P a sto r H si will a t once be in terested in th e fu tu re sto ry of c arry in g on th e S piritual labours of th a t rem a rk ab le m an and th e fulfilm ent of his dream . T his book adm its th e re ad e r in to th e a ctu ality of every day th ings and m akes fam iliar th e p ath o s an d trag e d y and h um o r in life in a land and am ong people larg ely unknow n. Price $2.75 H u d so n T ay lo r in E arly Y ears Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor T his book m akes no claim to be a n y th in g b u t a tim ely an d g ra te fu l reco rd of th e L o rd ’s dealing w ith H udson T ay lo r in th e e arly y e ars of th e C hina Inland M is sion. It is n o t fiction, th o u g h th e form in w hich it com es to us is unusual, perhaps, fo r a bio g rap h y . It is th e faithful sto ry of th e grow th of a soul in th e know ledge and love of God. Price $3.00 H u d so n T ay lo r, a n d th e C h ina In land M ission Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor T h is book tells th e sto ry of th e la te r y e ars of th e C hina Inland M ission a n d is a co n tin u atio n of th e sto ry begun in “H u d son T ay lo r in E arly Y ears.” It is a m a r velous re co rd of th e grow th of a. w o rk of God, so m arvelous in fact, th a t if we did n o t know th a t it w as an absolutely tru e re co rd of events w e w ould be inclined to class i t'a s p u re fiction. Price $3.75 If books a re to com e by r
A rem a rk ab le re co rd of th e life of Rev. K ali C h a ran C h a tte ry ee w ho w as fo r forty- eight y e ars a m issionary a t H o sh y arp u r, India. D r. Ew ing has d raw n a noble p ic tu re of a rich an d devoted life. H e has m ade no m issionary arg um en t, n o r sug- tail add 10% fo r postage. B I O L A B O O K R O O M , Bible Institute of Los Angeles
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