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Mary Slessor of Calabar

W. P. Livingstone

Public DomainChristian Biography
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The life of Mary Slessor (1848–1915), the Dundee mill girl who became a pioneer missionary in Calabar, Nigeria — her work among the Okoyong and Ibibio peoples, her care for twins and outcasts, and her faith.

Chapters 99
  1. Title Page and Prefatory Note
  2. Saved by Fear
  3. In the Weaving-shed
  4. Misery
  5. Taming the Roughs
  6. Self-culture
  7. A Tragic Land
  8. The Three Marys
  9. The Breath of the Tropics
  10. First Impressions
  11. In the Underworld
  12. The Pull of Home
  13. At the Seat of Satan
  14. In Elephant Country
  15. With Back to the Wall
  16. Bereft
  17. The Sorrows of Creek Town
  18. The Fulness of the Time
  19. A Tribe of Terrorists
  20. In the Royal Canoe
  21. The Adventure of Taking Possession
  22. Facing an Angry Mob
  23. Life in Harem
  24. Strange Doings
  25. Fighting a Grim Foe
  26. The Power of Witchcraft
  27. Sorcery in the Path
  28. How House and Hall Were Built
  29. A Palayer at the Palace
  30. The Scottish Carpenter
  31. Her Greatest Battle and Victory
  32. The Aftermath
  33. The Sweet and the Strong
  34. War in the Gates
  35. Among the Churches
  36. Love of Lover
  37. A Letter and Its Result
  38. The Blood Covenant
  39. "Run, Ma! Run!"
  40. A Government Agent
  41. "Eccentricities,"Spade-work, and Day-dreams
  42. Maiden-mother and Angel-child
  43. Mary Kingsley's Visit
  44. An All-night Journey
  45. Akom: A First-fruit
  46. The Box from Home
  47. An Appeal to the Consul
  48. After Seven Years
  49. The Passing of the Chiefs
  50. Clothed by Faith
  51. The Shy Speaker
  52. Isolation
  53. Exiled to Creek Town
  54. Pictures and Impressions
  55. A Night in the Bush
  56. With Loving-kindness Crowned
  57. The Reign of the Long Juju
  58. Planting a Base
  59. On To Arochuku
  60. A Slave-girl's Triumph
  61. A Bush Furlough
  62. Beginnings
  63. Moving Inland
  64. The Problem of the Women
  65. A Christmas Party
  66. Mutinous
  67. On the Bench
  68. A Visitor's Notes
  69. A Rest-home
  70. Scotland: The Last Farewell
  71. Growing Weather
  72. "The Pity of It"
  73. The Settlement Begun
  74. A Scottish Guest
  75. A Motor Car Romance
  76. Struck Down
  77. In Heathen Deeps
  78. "Real Life"
  79. The Autocratic Doctor
  80. God's Wonderful Palaver
  81. Weak but Strong
  82. Her First Holiday
  83. Injured
  84. Friendships with Officials
  85. Power Through Prayer
  86. Bible Student
  87. Back to the Old Haunts
  88. Royal Recognition
  89. Battle for a Life
  90. A Vision of the Night
  91. Storming the Citadels
  92. Clarion Calls
  93. Love-lettebs
  94. A Lonely Figure
  95. When the Great War Came
  96. The Time of the Singing of Birds
  97. Tribute and Treasure
  98. Seen and Unseen
  99. The Alabaster Box
AuthorW. P. Livingstone
LanguageEnglish
Era1900s
CategoriesChristian Biography · Missions
TopicsMissions · Faith · Testimonies
Length231 pages · 98 chapters · ≈ 11 h 10 min read
FormatsWeb Book · PDF
SourcePDF of the Project Gutenberg text (EBook #8906).
Status Public Domain

Public Domain. Published 1915 — public domain.

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