👤 Christian Biography

St. Augustine of Hippo: Father of the Christian Church

Charles River Editors

A short account of Augustine of Hippo by Charles River Editors.

≈ 1 h 42 min read · 12 chapters

John Wesley: Some Aspects of the Eighteenth Century in England

Augustine Birrell

John Wesley and the eighteenth century in England, by Augustine Birrell.

≈ 56 min read · 1 chapters

Fire of Love: The Spirituality of John Wesley

Gordon Wakefield

The spirituality of John Wesley, by Gordon Wakefield.

≈ 1 h 42 min read · 5 chapters

John Wesley

Unknown

≈ 2 h 50 min read · 1 chapters

Memoirs of the Late Rev. John Wesley

John Hampson

Memoirs of John Wesley, with a review of his life and writings, by John Hampson.

≈ 1 h 58 min read · 4 chapters

Susanna Wesley, Mother of John and Charles

Charles Ludwig

Susanna Wesley, mother of John and Charles Wesley, by Charles Ludwig.

≈ 6 h 8 min read · 12 chapters

John Wesley

May McNeer

An illustrated life of John Wesley by May McNeer and Lynd Ward.

≈ 1 h 46 min read · 7 chapters

John Wesley: Contemporary Perspectives

John Stacey

Essays on John Wesley, edited by John Stacey.

≈ 11 h 38 min read · 18 chapters

John Wesley

John Pollock

≈ 11 h 2 min read · 4 chapters

The Wesleys in Picture and Story

John Wesley Funston

An illustrated history of the life and times of John and Charles Wesley.

≈ 3 h 57 min read · 4 chapters

John Wesley's England

Richard Bewes

A pictorial history drawn from John Wesley's journal, compiled by Richard Bewes.

≈ 3 h 43 min read · 3 chapters

The Burning Heart: John Wesley, Evangelist

Arthur Skevington Wood

John Wesley as evangelist, by Arthur Skevington Wood.

≈ 18 h 21 min read · 3 chapters

Thomas à Kempis: Notes of a Visit

Francis Richard Cruise

Notes of a visit to the scenes of Thomas à Kempis's life, by Francis Richard Cruise.

≈ 13 h 21 min read · 11 chapters

John Wesley: His Life and Theology

Robert G. Tuttle

The life and theology of John Wesley, by Robert G. Tuttle.

≈ 15 h 28 min read · 5 chapters

John Wesley and the Advance of Methodism

John S. Simon

John Wesley and the advance of Methodism, by John S. Simon.

≈ 21 h 14 min read · 78 chapters

John Wesley

Francis J. McConnell

≈ 18 h 40 min read · 3 chapters

The Heart of John Wesley's Journal

John Wesley

Selections from the journal of John Wesley.

≈ 21 h 33 min read · 93 chapters

England before and after Wesley

J. Wesley Bready

England before and after the Wesleyan revival, by J. Wesley Bready.

≈ 21 h 44 min read · 28 chapters

The Life of the Rev. John Wesley

John Whitehead

The life of John Wesley, with some account of Charles Wesley, by John Whitehead.

≈ 40 h 34 min read · 3 chapters

The Biography of Robert Murray M'Cheyne

Andrew A. Bonar

≈ 9 h 35 min read · 3 chapters

Bible Characters

D. L. Moody

≈ 16 h 35 min read · 6 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 1 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 29 h 17 min read · 19 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 2 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 32 h 22 min read · 21 chapters

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

≈ 38 h 16 min read · 29 chapters

A Retrospect

J. Hudson Taylor

James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission, tells how God led him from conversion and early lessons of faith and prayer in England to missionary work in China and the founding of the Mission.

≈ 3 h 25 min read · 20 chapters · 105 pages

Adoniram Judson Gordon

Ernest B. Gordon

The life of the Boston pastor A. J. Gordon (1836–1895) — preacher, hymn-writer, missions leader and founder of the Boston Missionary Training School — written by his son, with letters and extracts from his sermons. (This is not a biography of the missionary Adoniram Judson.)

≈ 10 h 21 min read · 27 chapters · 402 pages

George Müller of Bristol

Arthur T. Pierson

Arthur T. Pierson's classic life of George Müller of Bristol, tracing his conversion, his orphan work supported by prayer alone, his world-wide preaching and the lessons of faith God taught through him.

≈ 11 h 27 min read · 38 chapters · 362 pages

Mary Slessor of Calabar

W. P. Livingstone

The life of Mary Slessor (1848–1915), the Dundee mill girl who became a pioneer missionary in Calabar, Nigeria — her work among the Okoyong and Ibibio peoples, her care for twins and outcasts, and her faith.

≈ 11 h 10 min read · 98 chapters · 231 pages

The Life of David Livingstone

Mrs. J. H. Worcester, Jr.

A short life of David Livingstone written for the Missionary Annals series: his boyhood in Blantyre, missionary work in South Africa, great journeys across the continent and struggle against the slave trade.

≈ 2 h 23 min read · 17 chapters · 112 pages · 1888

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

David Livingstone

David Livingstone's own account of sixteen years in South and Central Africa — his mission at Kolobeng, the journeys to Lake Ngami, Loanda on the Atlantic and down the Zambezi to the Indian Ocean, and his observations of the peoples and the slave trade.

≈ 25 h 40 min read · 37 chapters · 399 pages · 1857