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Things as They Are

Mission Work in Southern India

Other titles: Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India

Amy Carmichael · 1867–1951

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Amy Carmichael’s unvarnished account of missionary work in southern India—written to show things as they are, not as friends at home might wish them to be. In vivid scenes from village life she describes the grip of caste and idolatry and the real cost of winning even one soul. A sobering, honest book, and a moving call to prayer for those still unreached.

And now at His feet, who can use the least, we lay this book again; for "to the Mighty One," as the Tamil proverb says, "even the blade of grass is a weapon." May it be used for His Name's sake, to win more prayer for India—and all dark lands—the prayer that prevails.
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Contents

  1. 1 Note 8 min
  2. 2 Preface 7 min
  3. 3 About the Book 5 min
  4. 4 Three Afternoons off the Track 18 min
  5. 5 Humdrum 11 min
  6. 6 Correspondences 10 min
  7. 7 The Prey of the Terrible 11 min
  8. 8 Missed Ends 24 min
  9. 9 The Dust of the Actual 20 min
  10. 10 Roots 16 min
  11. 11 The Classes and the Masses 11 min
  12. 12 The Creed Chasm 7 min
  13. 13 Caste viewed as a Doer 13 min
  14. 14 Petra 8 min
  15. 15 Death by Disuse 10 min
  16. 16 What Happened 9 min
  17. 17 Simply Murdered 11 min
  18. 18 Wanted, Volunteers 12 min
  19. 19 If it is so very important. . . ? 6 min
  20. 20 The Call Intensified 23 min
  21. 21 Attracted by the Influence 15 min
  22. 22 The Elf 25 min
  23. 23 Deified Devilry 7 min
  24. 24 Behind the Door 14 min
  25. 25 Pan, Pan is Dead 19 min
  26. 26 Married to the God 8 min
  27. 27 Skirting the Abyss 18 min
  28. 28 From a Hindu Point of View 17 min
  29. 29 Though ye know Him not 9 min
  30. 30 How Long? 7 min
  31. 31 What do we count them worth? 16 min
  32. 32 Two Safe 5 min
  33. 33 Three Objections 17 min
  34. 34 Show me Thy Glory! 21 min
  35. 35 Appendix 3 min

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