THE MAN WHO WON ALMOST NO ONE
“I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.” 2 Timothy 4:6 He was ten years old when he started work in a Scottish cotton mill,... Read more.
THE PROPHET THE CHURCH ITSELF LOCKED AWAY
“A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.” Matthew 13:57 He was born around 1882 in Obonoma, in the heart of the... Read more.
THE BISHOP THEY NEVER LET HIM BE
“How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.” Exodus 10:3 James Johnson’s parents were carried... Read more.
THE RIVER THAT BURIED FORTY-TWO MEN IN A SEASON
“Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.” — Psalm 20:7 On the 1st of June, 1840, a room full... Read more.
THE MAN WHO BURIED TWO WIVES TO OPEN THREE DOORS
“Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.” Philippians 2:17 He was the son of a freed... Read more.
THE PROPHET WHO WALKED BAREFOOT INTO YOUR FIELD
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” — Mark 16:15 Before someone like Peter Jerry ever set foot... Read more.
THE MEN WHO DIED PLANTING A LIVING SEED
“He that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” – Matthew 10:37 Three young men landed at Badagry, Lagos, on the 4th of December,... Read more.
THE WOMAN THEY CALLED QUEEN
“But she said, Yea, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs.” – Mark 7:28 She was eleven years old when she started... Read more.
THE BISHOP THEY UNMADE
Samuel Ajayi Crowther | Osogun, Sierra Leone, the Niger | 1809–1891 “I have FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I have FINISHED MY COURSE, I have KEPT THE FAITH.”... Read more.
THE DAY THEY BROKE THE HOUSES
“They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.” Psalm 74:7 Twenty-four years.... Read more.