THE BEGINNING OF A STORY (To The Temple Children's Friends). THE BEGINNING OF A STORY (To The Temple Children's Friends).
Now back in print for the first time in almost a century! This small book chronicles the beginning of Amy's amazing work with the "temple children" of India. (She later pulled it out of circulation, feeling that she had made too direct an appeal for finances in it).
THE CONTINUATION OF A STORY. THE CONTINUATION OF A STORY. This book continues the account of Amy's work with the temple children (who she saved from a life of forced ritual prostitution). Includes original photographs.
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) served in India for over 50 years and is well-known for her work rescuing children from temple prostitution as well as her inspirational missionary writings.
You will be encouraged, challenged and inspired as you read of the impact and legacy that Amy Carmichael and her team had in India!
Amy Wilson Carmichael was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur.
She served in India for fifty-five years without furlough and authored many books about the missionary work there.
Amy Beatrice (a.k.a. Wilson) Carmichael (December 16, 1867–January 18, 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for fifty-six years without furlough and authored many books about the missionary work.
She was born in the small village of Millisle in Northern Ireland to devout Presbyterians, and in 1901, Miss Amy Carmichael of Millisle, Co. Down, moved to India and began rescuing children in need. In due course she built up a large Christian community. She remained at Dohnavur for the rest of her life, dying there in 1951, without ever returning to Ireland. The organization she founded was known as the Dohnavur Fellowship. Dohnavur is situated in Tamil Nadu, just thirty miles from the southern tip of India.
Amy Carmichael or Amma, as she was affectionately called by everyone in her community, was a gifted writer who produced many books and hundreds of hymns and poems.
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