Swift and Beautiful: Amazing Stories of Faithful Missionaries (David B. Calhoun)

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“Take my feet, and let them be, swift and beautiful for Thee.” — from Frances Ridley Havergal’s hymn

Perhaps no other reading emboldens Christians more than that of Christian biography.  In particular, the battle stories of those who have served well in the conflict to advance the gospel in the world.  Swift and Beautiful tells the amazing stories of twelve men and women who at great cost gave their lives to take the gospel of God’s grace to those who had never heard.

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Swift and Beautiful

Amazing Stories of Faithful Missionaries

“Take my feet, and let them be, swift and beautiful for Thee.” — from Frances Ridley Havergal’s hymn

Perhaps no other reading emboldens Christians more than that of Christian biography.  In particular, the battle stories of those who have served well in the conflict to advance the gospel in the world.  Swift and Beautiful tells the amazing stories of twelve men and women who at great cost gave their lives to take the gospel of God’s grace to those who had never heard.

Some of these faithful missionaries are well-known names, such as David Brainerd, Mary Slessor, David Livingstone.  Others are named that have been almost forgotten.  But all are worthy of our emulation.

‘How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”’ (Isaiah 52:7)

Contents

  1. John Eliot (1604-1690): It Is Good that such a man has Lived
  2. David Brainerd (1718-1747): A Life of One Plan
  3. John Leighton Wilson (1809-1886): Shall we not go for the Love of Christ?
  4. David Livingstone (1813-1873): One of Those who Brought Slavery to an End
  5. Mary Slessor (1848-1915): Mother of all the Peoples
  6. Samuel Norvell Lapsley (1866-1892): A Little While to Sow the Seed with Weeping
  7. William Henry Sheppard (1865-1927) and Lucy Gant Sheppard (1867-1940): Shepherd and Shepherdess of His Sheep
  8. James A. Bryan (1863-1941): He Went About Doing Good
  9. Bob Childress (1890-1956): The Man who Moved a Mountain
  10. Mary Beam (1991-2002) and Betty Cridland (1907-2003): In the Heart of the Tall Grass

About the Author

David B. Calhoun is Emeritus Professor of Church History at Covenant Theological Seminary, St Louis, Missouri. He has taught at Covenant College and Columbia International University and served as principal of Jamaica Bible College. Prior to his appointment to Covenant Seminary in 1978, he was the overseas director of Ministries in Action.

He is the author of a two-volume history, Princeton Seminary: Faith & Learning, as well as other historical books.