J. B. Watson
Joseph Barnes Watson (1884-1955) came from the sheep-herding hills and marshy flats of Cumberland, Scotland. There, in the village of Wigton, the gospel entered the home of John and Jane Watson. Their marriage was another proof that opposites attract. Jane...
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Edmund Hamer Broadbent
Edmund Hamer Broadbent (1861-1945) was the tidy-looking English gentleman with a bookish side who discovered ways of slipping into and out of countries that others just assumed were "closed doors." He was not a big man, and his pleasant, easygoing...
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Lorenzo Dow
Lorenzo Dow (1777-1834) was the quaint, yet colorful figure of pioneer lore who traveled by foot and horseback, preaching the gospel in backwoods camp meetings to thousands of thirsty souls. Even as a boy, Dow distinguished himself as the village mystic....
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William Kelly
William Kelly (1821-1906) was born into an Episcopalian family from Ulster, Northern Ireland. As a young boy he was left fatherless. This misfortune did not rob him of his buoyant sense of humor, but did spur him to diligence in...
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Menno Simons
Menno Simons (1496-1561) was the intrepid Bible teacher and evangelist among the besieged and harried brethren who lived without government protection during the times of the Reformation in northern Europe. His enemies in the state-churches thought he was immortal too....
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Abigail Townsend Luffe
Abigail Townsend Luffe (1858-1939) was the youngest of John and Caroline Townsend's eight children. The Townsends lived in Bristol, England, from 1861 to 1865, where John became a close associate with George Muller, especially helping in evangelism to children. The...
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For the Cross: Livingstone, Arnot & Crawford
Queen Victoria established it in 1856 for exceptional and conspicuous gallantry on the field of battle. Of the millions who have entered combat for the British Commonwealth, few have risen to the heights of valor demanded of the Victoria Cross;...
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David Baron
To tell the story of David Baron (1855-1926) we should first take a journey to a farm in Russia owned by an orthodox Jew. The youngest of his seven children was one of those rare, unspoiled young men. The boy's...
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William Taylor
William Taylor (1821-1902), was converted to Christ among the Methodists, and in 1842 he was introduced to evangelistic work in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1848, when gold was found on the Sutter property in El Dorado County, California, the report raced...
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