Christianity - Biographies
The Apostles
The good news of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ, is a most compelling message. Yet Jesus did not write anything down; everything we kno…
The History of the Church of Christ
It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…
John G. Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides
“Mr. Dickson, you are advanced in years now, and your own prospect is soon to be laid in the grave, there to be eaten by worms; I confess to…
An Authentic Narrative of Some Remarkable and Interesting Particulars in the Li…
John Newton, best known for his hymn "Amazing Grace", for his former life as a slave trader and as eventual opponent of the slave …
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians
J. GIlchrist Lawson was an American Baptist evangelist and prohibitionist who was also active as an author and editor. This book has been o…
The Story of a Soul
She is also known as St. Thérèse of Child Jesus. She was born at Alençon, France, 2 January 1873; died at Lisieux 30 Se…
Brother Francis
Or, Less than the LeastThe following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat…
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…
The History and Literature of the Early Church
This little book in its original form was one of the volumes of the Christian Study Manuals series (1901), and as such was found helpful to …
The King Nobody Wanted
In a very real and interesting way, The King Nobody Wanted tells the story of Jesus. Where the actual words of the Bible are used, they are …
Letters of John Quincy Adams to His Son
A collection of nine letters written by the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams, to his teenage son. "Their purpose…
A Life of St. John
This is a thorough treatment of the Apostle John whose life is intertwined with that of Christ, as one of the inner core and as the disciple…
Indian Converts of Martha's Vineyard
This work is actually two "essays" which circulated together, one addended to the other. The first, Indian converts: or, Some acco…
One of China's Christians
The second of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Chri…
A Story of One Short Life
This is a brief biography of Samuel J. Mills who was instrumental in establishing the first missionary society in the United States, and als…
The History of St. Dominic
"The Saint who ‘studied only in the book of charity,’ who was ‘the lover of souls,’ because he was ‘the friend of Jesus Christ,’ who is…
Down In Water Street
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…
The History of the Church of Christ
It is certain, that from our Saviour's time to the present, there have ever been persons whose dispositions and lives have been formed by th…
Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Roche…
I believe that the good Bishop of Salisbury's account of the last days of poor young Rochester would, if carefully read, make more impressio…