Pope Gregory sat amazed! In agitation he looked at the two strangers from beyond the Alps. The leader, a man in his sixties, was addressing him in the Italian vernacular. His companion, when he spoke at all, used the language of learning – Latin. Both men were very much in earnest. Surely they must realize ... Read More
When the fashionable young Mrs. Cobb relinquished her status as a votary of the world and became a lowly servant of Jesus Christ, she startled the inhabitants of Cazenovia, New York. But her decision was only the outward symbol of a profound and deep work of divine grace which marked the beginning of sixty long ... Read More
In 1900, the International Prison Congress was held in St. Petersburg. The greatest jailor on earth, the Tsar of all the Russias, the turnkey of the great ice dungeon, Siberia, opened the sessions. Grand dukes and other notables of Russian high society were present in force. There were gala dinners and receptions. At one session ... Read More
The tall young woman of twenty-three, with light brown hair and a sensitive mouth, roamed the wooded hills that sloped gently down to Coniston Lake, her mind in a turmoil of conflict. Although previously she had visited “Brentwood”, the home of John Ruskin, and thoroughly enjoyed the beauty of the surroundings, as well as the ... Read More
“Should I flee, or should I remain?” The question to Dr. Tauler was one of utmost importance. The head of Christendom, the Pope of Rome, had placed the city of Strasburg under the curse of the Church, called an Interdict. The Pope’s quarrel was with the Emperor Lewis of Germany, because he had protected Marsilius ... Read More
In December 1934, on a lonely hill in China, John and Betty Stam, young American missionaries, still only in their late twenties, were led out to die at the hands of Red Soldiers. The reaction to such a tragedy throughout the world was at first one of benumbed shock. Then came the question into the ... Read More
The congregation waited expectantly for the speaker who had for two nights previously given messages rich in content. But John Hyde, though fully prepared, remained silent. “For two days,” said one present at that conference, “he came before the convention, stating that he was not allowed to give further addresses until the challenge of the ... Read More
The landlady at Wellington Inn, Doncaster, listened as the twenty-seven year old Isaac regaled the inmates of the bar with the news that he had done with the old life. She could remember times when this wild, dissolute, infidel ringleader had overturned tables, broken wine glasses and held the room spellbound with his caricaturing of ... Read More
A lonely woman intercessor, a devoted and consecrated missionary and a proud and brilliant Confucian scholar – only a mighty God could have brought these three so miraculously together to fulfil His far-reaching purposes. Our Heavenly Father will move Heaven and earth on behalf of a longing soul. In this instance, it was the heart-cry ... Read More
“Poor Ann, she can never learn anything! ”exclaimed the schoolteacher in a despairing way. The small girl had been in the class just one week, but found the ABC’s so difficult to master that the conclusion was reached that effort on such a dull child was utterly wasted. So she was summarily dismissed, to return ... Read More