Torch-Bearers of the Faith: A Book of Christian Heroes

26 inspiring tales of past divines who have born the light of Christ across the nations, shining brightly as beacons of hope to peoples of their times, and today as signals beckoning us today to bear our torches as brightly and as steadfastly as they once did. Many of these individuals were honored as martyrs of Christ, giving up their lives in the ultimate sacrifice in hopes that the gospel would reach but one who was lost.

A delightful read, Alexander Smellie presents short anecdotes of these inspiring lives which include:

Ignatius
Columba
Winfried
Francis of Assisi
John Tauler
Francis Xavier
Girolamo Savonarola
Philip Melanchthon
Gaspard De Coligny
Nicholas Ferrar
Martyrs of the Covenant
William Brewster
George Fox
John Eliot
Hans Egede
Leonard Dober
Thomas von Westen
Bartholomew Ziegenbalg
Christian Hocker
John Vanderkemp
Henry Martyn
Harriet Newell
Allen Gardiner
Ion Keith-Falconer
Neesima Simata