Things as They Are

Amy Wilson-Carmichael

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Amy Carmichael's first-hand account of missionary work among the women and children of Tamil Nadu in South India — the joys, the hard realities and the call to prayer that moved a generation of readers.

Chapters 32
  1. About the Book ≈ 7 min
  2. Three Afternoons off the Track ≈ 28 min
  3. Humdrum ≈ 17 min
  4. Correspondences ≈ 16 min
  5. The Prey of the Terrible ≈ 18 min
  6. Missed Ends ≈ 35 min
  7. "The Dust of the Actual" ≈ 31 min
  8. Roots ≈ 26 min
  9. The Classes and the Masses ≈ 18 min
  10. The Creed Chasm ≈ 11 min
  11. Caste viewed as a Doer ≈ 20 min
  12. Petra ≈ 13 min
  13. Death by Disuse ≈ 16 min
  14. What Happened ≈ 13 min
  15. "Simply Murdered" ≈ 17 min
  16. Wanted, Volunteers ≈ 19 min
  17. If it is so very important.,.? ≈ 9 min
  18. The Call Intensified ≈ 33 min
  19. "Attracted by the Influence" ≈ 24 min
  20. The Elf ≈ 39 min
  21. Deified Devilry ≈ 12 min
  22. Behind the Door ≈ 21 min
  23. "Pan, Pan is Dead" ≈ 30 min
  24. "Married to the God" ≈ 13 min
  25. Skirting the Abyss ≈ 28 min
  26. From a Hindu Point of View ≈ 28 min
  27. From a Hindu Point of View (continued) ≈ 14 min
  28. How Long? ≈ 12 min
  29. What do we count them worth? ≈ 25 min
  30. Two Safe ≈ 8 min
  31. Three Objections ≈ 26 min
  32. "Show me Thy Glory!" ≈ 37 min
AuthorAmy Wilson-Carmichael
LanguageEnglish
First published1903
Era1900s
CategoriesMissions · Christian Biography
TopicsMissions · Prayer · Evangelism
Length264 pages · 32 chapters · ≈ 7 h 24 min read
FormatsWeb Book · PDF
SourcePDF from a scanned edition (calibre conversion).
Status Public Domain

Public Domain. Published 1903; author died 1951 — public domain.

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