Go Home and Tell

Title

Go Home and Tell

Authors

Bertha Smith

Call Number

BV 3427.S6.A3

Date of Publication

1965

Collection Size

162 pages

Restrictions

Open under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections

Language

English

Historical Note

Olive Bertha Smith was born November 16, 1888 near Cowpens, S.C. to John McClellan and Frances Thorne Smith. Smith graduated from Winthrop College in 1913. After teaching school for a year she was called to serve in the mission field for the Southern Baptist Church. She enrolled in the Woman's Missionary Union Training School in Louisville Kentucky and graduated in 1916. She was appointed as a missionary to China on July 3, 1917. She served in China from 1917 until her retirement in 1948. In her retirement Smith traveled across the world speaking about her mission experiences and her Christian beliefs. Bertha Smith died June 12, 1988 at the age of 99.

Files

Download Go Home and Tell--Introduction, Preface, Contents (463 KB)

Description

Subtitled "How answered prayer under-girded an adventurous witness in China," Go Home and Tell is a memoir of Baptist Missionary Bertha Smith's mission work experiences in China and Formosa (Taiwan). The volume gives a "detailed account of the Shantung revival and related events.

Additional Notes

Inscribed and autographed by the author. "To the Library of my Alma Mater, Winthrop College, with sincere appreciation for training received here. Bertha Smith, Class of 1913

Provenance

Gift of Bertha Smith, Winthrop Class of 1913

Publisher

Broadman Press

City

Nashville, Tennessee

Keywords

Missions-China, Southern Baptist, Women Missionaries, Missions-Taiwan

Disciplines

Chinese Studies | Christian Denominations and Sects | Missions and World Christianity

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