Figures of the True by Amy Carmichael
Do you feel broken and cold? Does life feel like a struggle? Don't let your present reality dictate your trust and joy. Look around you and see that there's hope Based on spiritual truths taken from black-and-white nature photographs, Figures of the True is designed to encourage those going through a difficult season. Well-loved teacher and missionary Amy Carmichael uses short prose pieces to present messages from the Creator to you. The pictorial examples she uses are not only lovely pictures of fragments of a lovely creation...they are Figures of the True.Amy Carmichael ( 1867-1951) was an Indian Protestant Christian missionary who established an orphanage and a mission in Dohnavur. She was the oldest of seven children born to devoted Presbyterians David and Catherine Carmichael in the little community of Millisle in Northern Ireland. Robert Wilson, cofounder of the Keswick Convention, adopted and tutored her when her father died. She was an odd candidate for missionary work in many ways. She had neuralgia, a nerve condition that left her weak and achy all over and kept her in bed for weeks at a time.
Hudson Taylor spoke about missionary life at the Keswick Convention in 1887, which she attended. She became sure of her called to the same work not long after. Amy spent fifteen months in Japan at first, but she subsequently discovered her life's calling in India. The Church of England Zenana Missionary Society commissioned her.
She spent a lot of her time working with young women, some of whom were rescued from forced prostitution. The Dohnavur Fellowship was the name of the organization she formed. Dohnavur is a small town in Tamil Nadu, around thirty miles from India's southernmost point. The fellowship would become a safe haven for over a thousand youngsters who would otherwise face a dark future under her compassionate supervision.
Members of the group wore Indian clothing and the children were given Indian names in an effort to respect Indian culture. She dressed in Indian attire, used coffee to color her skin, and traveled great distances on India's hot, dusty roads in order to save just one child from misery. Carmichael was gravely hurt in a fall in 1931, and she spent the rest of her life bedridden. Amy Carmichael died at the age of 83 in India in 1951.
She requested that no stone be placed over her grave; instead, the children she raised placed a bird bath over it with the inscription Amma, which means mother in Tamil. Amy Carmichael's work was not limited to the screen. She was a prolific writer, with thirty-five books to her credit, including His Thoughts Said.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781936143825 |
| ISBN 10 | 1936143828 |
| Title | Figures of the True |
| Author | Amy Carmichael |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | CLC Publications |
| Year published | 2011-11-21 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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