Born in the youthful years of the American republic, Emily saw and experienced the grief and anguish of the Civil War and lived almost to the dawn of the 20th century. Emily's story, based largely on her diary, provides a window into the Christian life of this pastor's wife, mother of five children, teacher, and author. Though her world differs greatly from ours, many of her spiritual concerns are similar and can offer an example and encouragement in our own Christian walk.
This collection of Christian love letters from across the centuries provide inspiration as well as examples of Christian marriage bonded together in Christ.
This collection of Christian love letters from across the centuries provide inspiration as well as examples of Christian marriage bonded together in Christ. Included are the letters of pastor and hymn writer John Newton; John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts colony; soldier "Stonewall" Jackson; missionary Henry Martyn; preacher Charles Spurgeon; and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. This book makes an ideal gift for any Christian couple contemplating marriage, or husband and wife seeking to deepen theirs.
A riveting story of one man's life and ministry during the explosion of Christian missions in nineteenth-century America, Against the Gates of Hell is the biography of Henry T. Perry, a missionary to Turkey from 1866 to 1913. Based heavily on previously unpublished letters and diaries from the ABCFM (American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions) archives in Harvard's Houghton Library, Against the Gates of Hell provides an eyewitness account of the last years of the Ottoman Empire, years that are the foundation for the modern Middle East. Perry's diary also reveals a life wholly committed to Christ, by his example challenging the reader in his own Christian walk. Here too can be found historical testimonies of Muslim/Christian relations which have assumed renewed importance since the events of September 11, 2001. Against the Gates of Hell is classic narrative history, carefully researched, attentive to human interest detail, and contextually rich in historical background. Because of the richness of the historical background, the work becomes a cultural history as well as a biography. The book includes firsthand, eyewitness accounts of the 1894-1895 Armenian massacres and the 1915 Armenian genocide. Against the Gates of Hell is especially timely for the 100th anniversary in 2015 of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the first genocide of the twentieth century.
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