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A fascinating book detailing the history of the London City Mission since its inception in the 1800's. This reads, at times, like a Dickens novel, and gives an honest overview of the development of British urban society through the generations.

It is incredible that the mission managed to keep its focus on the Gospel as the primary source of help and hope even when faced with terrible circumstances including both world wars, famine, overcrowding, disease etc. The moral decline and flagging numbers attending church are also documented along with the various missionaries' views on this subject. LCM has never set out to be a network of churches, but rather a vehicle to draw those who wouldn't otherwise go into a church building under the sound of the Gospel.

This book is now 15 years out of date, but still provides a valuable insight into the principles and workings of one of the most effective missionary organisations in England.

Highly recommended both for the historical value and for consideration as we find creative ways to continue sharing the Gospel in our day.

The post-script is a letter written to LCM by a man who witnessed an encounter between an LCM missionary and a drunkard lying on the floor. I wrote it out when I first read this book as a reminder that we never know who is watching us as Christians.

This is a fun, fast-paced read for the younger readers or a good read-aloud for the older elementary ages. I read it to learn more about Patricia St John, and I am delighted with the lady I met! If you have girls who need a great role model or a push to be a little more adventurous, the story of Patricia St. John is just the story!

We have read books she wrote and have seen the movie Treasures of the Snow - all based on places she has lived. Her books are based on her life experiences, and she had some real adventure along the way!

A nice short elementary introduction to ten men who had differnet impacts on the Christian faith; makes you want to learn more about each of them

George Muller was a thief when he was younger and spent time in jail for his crimes. Brother Andrew grew up in Holland during the second World War and played tricks on German soldiers. Nicky Cruz grew up in a family where spirit worship was a regular occurrence. He became a very angry young man, out to cause trouble.

John Newton was captured at a young age and forced to join Her Majesty's Navy, leaving his friends and family behind. What happened to these young boys and how did God make them into men who changed their world? Read how George Muller was finally trusted with millions of pounds. Discover how Brother Andrew grew up to be a smuggler of Bibles. Read how Nicky Cruz was rescued from self-destruction and eventually went on to begin one of the largest youth organisations reaching out to hurt and confused young people throughout the world.

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Do you ever have questions, doubts, uncertainties? Isobel Kuhn did. As a young student she had questions and doubts. She even decided to stop reading her Bible. Isobel was so confused that she didn't even think life was worth living anymore. All she could do was plead for help from the God that she wasn't even sure existed. A teenage version of Mountain Rain.

Many girls who made a difference did so as a part of their marriage to men who made a difference, but the author is careful to demonstrate the individual accomplishments of each woman as well as how they influenced their husbands for good. Includes well known women and little known women. Repeatedly explains salvation and (with the exception of Susannah Wesley) how salvation made a difference in each life.

David Livingstone, Billy Graham, Brother Andrew, John Newton, William Carey, George Muller, Nicky Cruz, Eric Liddell, Luis Palau, and Adoniram Judson

Isobel Kuhn questioned whether God even existed. Mary Slessor grew up in a slum with an alcoholic father. Joni Eareckson broke her neck during a diving accident and Corrie Ten Boom just lived with her family in a little watch shop in Harlaam, Holland. What is so special about these girls and how did they change their world? Isobel Kuhn believed in God and then obeyed his call to travel to Asia to tell the Lisu people about God. Mary Slessor, put herself through evening classes and eventually became one of the first white women to venture into the interior of Africa. Joni Eareckson struggled through her treatment and endless hospital visits to become the inspiration to many Christians. Corrie Ten Boom spent most of her life just living in Holland until the Nazis started killing the Jews. Corrie Ten Boom put her life on the line to save the lives of many Jews in the hiding place, a hidden room behind her wardrobe in a little watch shop in Haarlem, Holland.Mary Slessor (Missionary in Africa), Corrie Ten Boom (hid Jews in Nazi Germany), Granny Brand (Missionary in India), Joni Eareckson, Gladys Aylward (Missionary in China), Jackie Pullinger (Missionary in Hong Kong), Amy Carmichael (Missionary in India), Elisabeth Fry (Worked among the sick, prisoners and homeless), Catherine Booth (Co-Founder of The Salvation Army) and Isobel Kuhn (Missionary in Asia).

Corrie ten Boom, Mary Slessor, Joni Eareckson Tada, Isobel Kuhn, Amy Carmichael, Elizabeth Fry, Evelyn Brand, Gladys Aylward, Catherine Booth, and Jackie Pullinger