The Measure of a Man: The Life of William Ambrose Shedd, Missionary to Persia : : With a Biography of W. A. Shedd by Heleen (H.L.) Murre-van den Berg / / Mary Lewis Shedd.
This book gives the biography of William Ambrose Shedd (1876-1918), written by Mary Lewis Shedd, the wife of his last years. W. A. Shedd was an American Protestant missionary who was born in Urmia, Iran, and spent most of his life there among the Assyrian Christians of northwestern Iran. He received...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (300 p.) :; 11 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM AMBROSE SHEDD
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I. GOODLY HERITAGE
- CHAPTER II. EARLY INFLUENCES AND EDUCATION
- CHAPTER III. THE YOUNG MISSIONARY
- CHAPTER IV. LEGAL AND POLITICAL WORK
- CHAPTER V. EDUCATIONAL AND MOHAMMEDAN WORK
- CHAPTER VI. PREACHER AND SCHOLAR
- CHAPTER VII. HOME LIFE
- CHAPTER VIII. THE ADVOCATE OF THE CAPTIVES
- CHAPTER IX. IN THE DEN OF LIONS
- CHAPTER X. ABIDING I N T H E SHADOWS
- CHAPTER XI. SALVAGE
- CHAPTER XII. THE INTERLUDE
- CHAPTER XIII. HOW BEST TO SERVE
- CHAPTER XIV. STATESMAN AND MEDIATOR
- CHAPTER XV. THE FINISHED TASK
- CHAPTER XVI. THE THINGS THAT REMAIN