What carries someone across an ocean when the journey brings danger, loneliness, and years far from home?

In The Book of Missionary Heroes, Basil Mathews gathers true stories of men and women who leave home to carry the Christian message to distant lands. Their routes cross rough seas, hot river country, island shores, and cold northern lands. Travel can mean months at sea, followed by journeys on foot, by river, or by pack animal.

Mathews tells these lives as adventures shaped by illness, suspicion, loss, and long patience. He presents Christian faith as the conviction behind the work, and his admiration guides the collection. These are stories meant to inspire, especially younger readers, while showing what a life far from familiar people and places can ask of someone.

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• A world far from home Follow journeys into places where letters and help may remain far beyond reach.
• Courage under strain Meet people whose resolve faces rough seas, sickness, hostile suspicion, and the ache of loneliness.
• Faith behind the journey Explore how Mathews presents religious conviction as the reason these travellers accept hardship.
• Lives held as examples See how the writer uses clear heroes and strong scenes to invite thoughts about service.
• An admiring view Encounter the missionary age through a writer who wants these lives remembered with admiration.

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실제 모험과 항해, 사막을 건너는 여정, 또는 개인이 용감한 선택을 하는 이야기를 좋아한다면 이 책이 마음에 들 거예요.