Personal Testimony

Letters and Papers from Prison is a collection of notes and correspondence covering the period from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's arrest in 1943 to his execution by the Gestapo in 1945. These letters offer insight into daily life in prison as well as into the thoughts of this well-known German pastor.

This is the autobiography of Cai Sujuan, known in the West as Christiana Tsai.  Born in 1890 to a wealthy family in Nanjing, she was the 18th of 24 children of the vice-governor of Jiangsu Province.  This is an inspiriing testimony of her journey from spiritual darkness to light, and then how God used her to bless many in spite of the physical darkness she endured for many years.

In 1974 Bruce Grayden and his wife and family moved to the northern Philippines to live among a Kalinga tribe where they worked to translate God’s Word into the local language. Coffee on the Terrace is a story of hope and perseverance and of how the translated Scriptures made a dramatic impact on the lives of the Kalinga people, setting them free from spirit oppression and revenge killings.

This special collection of stories and pictures gives glimpses into the heart of ordinary people and places in China. See and feel what it means to live out the Good News in the daily routines of life and work in China. Compiled as an 80th birthday present for Dr. James Hudson Taylor III, a man who has influenced Christian professionals toward holistic service, this book will inspire you afresh to answer for the hope that is within you and challenge you to put your faith into action.

This book is in a Bilingual format: Simplified Chinese and English.

In the high mountains and deep valleys of Southwest China inhabited Miao, Chung-chia (today’s Bouyei), Lolo (No-su, today’s Yi). Among the Tribes in South-West China provides a comprehensive introduction to these tribes found in the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan.

Samuel R. Clarke, with a deep knowledge of these tribes, vividly accounts the long history and rich traditions of these unknown peoples. This survey records their customs, legends, languages, religious beliefs and festivals. The emphasis was in particular put on the Miao people.

With the author’s close observation, the different sub-groups of the Miao narrate their epic stories of the creation of the universe, the Lushen musical festivals when the young boys court the girls, their quaint shamanistic practices, and marriage customs. The second part of this volume is contributed to the Chung-chia, the black Lolo and white Lolo, and missionary work in the early 1910’s among these peoples, which has a profound impact on the life and culture of these peoples. The tribes found in today’s Yunnan, Guangxi and Southeast Asia, the Li in Hainan are also discussed.

This fascinating study, was first published in 1911, still widely read and quoted today, amply illustrated with black & white photos, is of great importance to anybody with a keen interest on the ethnic minorities of Southwest China.