Apostles of India by J N Ogilvie

Apostles of India by J N Ogilvie

Today’s free book is James Nicoll Ogilvie’s 1915 Baird Lecture series on the Apostles of India, which surveys some of the key foreign missionaries who have served in that country. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available digitisation. James Nicoll Ogilvie [1860-1926], The Apostles of India. The…

Charles Andrew Gollmer, Missionary to Yorubaland

Charles Andrew Gollmer, Missionary to Yorubaland

Today’s free book is a biography of Charles Andrew Gollmer, who worked with the Church Missionary Society in Yorubaland (modern-day Nigeria, Togo and Benin). My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain book available for digitisation. [C.H.V. Gollmer], Charles Andrew Gollmer: His Life and Missionary Labours in West Africa. London:…

History of Missions in India by Julius Richter

History of Missions in India by Julius Richter

Today’s free book is a history of missionary work in India from the First to the Twentieth Century by Julius Richter. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. Julius Richter [1862-1940], A History of Missions in India. Translated by Sydney H. Moore [1878-1964]. Edinburgh & London: Oliphant, Anderson…

Biography of James Hudson Taylor

Biography of James Hudson Taylor

Today’s free book is a biography of James Hudson Taylor, the missionary pioneer and founder of the China Inland Mission, written by his son and daughter-in-law. My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Frederick Howard Taylor [1862-1946] & Mrs Howard Taylor (aka. Mary Geraldine Guinness)…