James Gilmour was an extrordinary man with an extrordinary call. Gilmour traveled from England into inland China to study Chinese and Mongolian, and then he trekked thousands of miles into the icy Mongolian Plateau, to lay down his life for the people there! At the beginning, "...the news of the Tientsin massacre reached Peking. A Roman Catholic convent had been destroyed and thirteen French ministers killed. Very great uncertainty prevailed as to whether this indicated a further purpose of attacking all missions and all foreigners, and for a while things looked very dark...When others were wondering whether they might not have to retreat, he, alone, in almost total ignorance of the language, entirely unfamiliar with the country, went up to the great Mongolian plain, and entered upon the service so close to his heart-" ... to win the Mongol people for Christ! Discover for yourself the power of the gospel to change a people, mold a nation and bring them to the threshold of their God-ordained destiny!

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Excerpt from James Gilmour of Mongolia: His Diaries, Letters and Reports Hence the real secret and value of his life - as it is in the case of every strong life - consists much more in what he was, than in what he did. 'as the man is, so is his strength, ' and James Gilmour's bow abode in strength because he had cultivated his mind, because he had dis ciplined his spirit by prayer, by constant study of Scripture, by close walking with God, and because, when he gave himself to the service of Mongolia, he kept nothing back. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.