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From Sunrise Land

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(4,625 Sterne; 24 Bewertungen)

One of the most renowned of all Protestant Christian missionaries, Amy Carmichael is remembered most for the fifty-five years she spent doing evangelistic and philanthropic work in India. She began her missions career, however, with fifteen months in Japan before falling ill, returning to Ireland, and then returning to Asia with her focus on India. This collection of letters is a record of that time in Japan, and is fascinating not only for its biographical interest but also for its insights into the rapidly-changing life of fin de siècle Japan and the status of its small unpopular handful of Christian converts, in the same era when Lafcadio Hearn was recording his observations from a very different perspective. Far from free of racial and religious prejudice, Carmichael's record is still heartfelt, revealing, and noteworthy in ways that she certainly would never have intended or expected. Summary by Expatriate. (7 hr 51 min)

Chapters

Introductory Notes

11:02

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I. From Albert Docks to Shanghai

20:44

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II. From Shanghai to Matsuye

22:58

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III. Mission Tour No. 1

33:09

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IV. With the Power of God Behind It

27:16

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V. I Cannot! Can God? God Can!

13:02

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VI. Across Japan by Kuruma

23:53

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VII. Kyoto, and Onwards

20:43

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VIII. Torches, Thoughts, & a Typhoon

18:19

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IX. Out of — Into

22:17

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X. Birthday Gifts

15:57

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XI. Christmas & New Year in Sunrise Land

14:49

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XII. Unto Him Be Glory

20:37

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XIII. Co-Workers

20:01

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XIV. To Osaka & Back

17:58

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XV. Not Yet — Ere Long

20:21

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XVI. "Never Heard These Honourable Words"

23:09

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XVII. Scraps — Very Much So

22:20

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XVIII. "It Will Be a Seed"

24:36

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XIX. With One Bare Telling

16:35

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XX. On With the Message

20:47

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XXI. Christ is Conqueror

27:22

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XXII. Amen. Hallelujah!

14:00

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Bewertungen

Intriguing

(3,5 Sterne)

I enjoyed listening to these letters from Amy Carmichael, both her words and actions were encouraging and challenging. I also enjoyed learning about Japan in the late 1800’s. However I found the book a little disjointed. I’m not sure if that’s because of the letter structure or the fact that I fell asleep occasionally while listening to it.

(5 Sterne)

A night and day difference in Carmichael’s travel perspective and that of Mark Twain in Innocents Abroad. She really did love the people around her and these letters home are very convicting to this day.

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

(5 Sterne)

Amy is wonderful, great writer, very descriptive, loved the narrator as well.

Thank you for the well read book! I enjoyed it!

(4 Sterne)

(4 Sterne)

poetically written, lyrical prose and well read

Fascinating and inspiring! May her tribe increase!

(5 Sterne)