An Autobiography
The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith
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An Autobiography
The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith
Amanda Berry Smith · 1837–1915
About this book
The Wesleyan-Holiness evangelist's own story of a life of faith: born into slavery in Maryland, freed, sanctified, and sent out as an independent missionary across America, Britain, India, and West Africa.
I was born at Long Green, Md., Jan. 23rd, 1837. My father's name was Samuel Berry. My mother's name, Mariam. Matthews was her maiden name. My father's master's name was Darby Insor. My mother's master's name, Shadrach Green. They lived on adjoining, farms. They did not own as large a number of black people, as some who lived in the neighborhood.
Contents
- 1 Preface 3 min
- 2 Introduction 12 min
- 3 Birth, Parentage, and Deliverance from Slavery 14 min
- 4 Removal to Pennsylvania 16 min
- 5 Remembrances of My Girlhood Days 17 min
- 6 Marriage and Conversion 24 min
- 7 How I Bought My Sister Frances 15 min
- 8 Disappointed Hopes and My Father's Death 36 min
- 9 The Blessing of Sanctification 40 min
- 10 My First Temptation 25 min
- 11 His Presence and My Obedience 39 min
- 12 Learning Thy Will Be Done 25 min
- 13 My Call to Go Out 34 min
- 14 My Last Call, and How I Obeyed It 37 min
- 15 Remembrances of Camp Meeting 24 min
- 16 Kennebunk Camp Meeting 36 min
- 17 At Dr. Taylor's Church, New York 26 min
- 18 The National Camp Meeting at Knoxville 21 min
- 19 Sea Cliff, and First Thoughts of Africa 22 min
- 20 Pittman Church, Philadelphia 32 min
- 21 The Call to Go to England 30 min
- 22 Liverpool, and Pages from My Diary 22 min
- 23 Scotland, London, and the Call to India 43 min
- 24 On the Way to India 30 min
- 25 India: Notes from My Diary 35 min
- 26 The Great Meeting at Bangalore 29 min
- 27 Africa: Arrival at Monrovia 32 min
- 28 Temperance Work at Fortsville 33 min
- 29 Conference at Monrovia 32 min
- 30 Old Calabar, and the Women of Africa 32 min
- 31 How I Came to Take Little Bob 10 min
- 32 Among the People of Creektown 24 min
- 33 Liberia: Its People and Schools 27 min
- 34 Cape Palmas, and a Great Revival 41 min
- 35 Emigration and the Schools of Liberia 30 min
- 36 Letters and Testimonials 1 min
- 37 An Address from the A. M. E. Zion Church, Sierra Leone 3 min
- 38 Martha Payne's Experience 4 min
- 39 Mary R. Denman's Testimony 5 min
- 40 Return to Liverpool, and Faith Healing 25 min
- 41 Work in England, and Home Again 17 min
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