Modern
Amy Carmichael
1867 – 1951 · Ireland / India
“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”
Isaiah 6:8 (KJV)
In the Life of the Saints
Carmichael spent 55 years in India without furlough, rescuing children from temple prostitution and founding the Dohnavur Fellowship. Confined to bed for the last two decades of her life after an injury, she continued to write and direct the mission from her room.
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