Mrs charles e cowman biography for kids
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Cowman, Charles Elmer (1864-1924) and Lettie [Burd] (1870-1960)
Bibliography
Digital Texts
Cowman, Lettie B. Streams in the Desert. n.p.: n.p., 1925.
_____. Mountain Trailways for Youth. Los Angeles, CA: Cowman Publications, 1947.
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Cowman, Lettie B. (ed.). Streams in the Desert. n.p.; Grand Rapids: n.p.; Zondervan, 1925; 2008.
_____. Charles E. Cowman: Missionary Warrior. Los Angeles, CA: Oriental Missionary Society, 1928.
_____. Consolation. Los Angeles, CA: The Oriental Missionary Society, 1932.
_____. Mountain Trailways for Youth. Los Angeles, CA: Cowman Publications, 1947.
_____. Traveling Toward Sunrise. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, [1952].
_____. Springs in the Valley. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, [1953].
_____. Harvest Secrets, Etc. Los Angeles, CA; London: Cowman Publications; Christian Literature Crusade, 1956.
Kilbourne, E.A. The Great Co • Charles Elmer Cowman (March 13, 1868 – September 25, 1924) was a missionary evangelist in Japan. He was also one of the cofounders of the Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society; formerly OMS International). Charles Cowman was born on March 13, 1868, in Toulon, Illinois, to David and Mary Cowman. He grew up in the Methodist Episcopal Church. At age 15, he was offered and accepted a summer job as a telegraph operator at a local railway station. Excelling at this new job, he chose not to return to school the following fall and continued with his new profession. He received a number of promotions over the following years. At 18, he was transferred to a station in Chicago, and by the time he was 19, he earned a salary comparable to employees who had been working there for many years. On June 8, 1889, at 21 years old, he married childhood friend, Lettie Burd. During their first year of marriage, they moved to the Rocky Mountains • Affiliate links in post In my youth, our church offered a Bible memory program. My sister and I participated, and inom can still remember our little booklet of verses, with its blue cover. We would memorize some each week, and then on Sunday night we’d show up in the church library to recite them to someone in charge. We earned points for memorizing, and one of my prizes was a sampler kit of John 10:9, which I made. I thought it was hanging in my dining room, but I just looked, and no. Now I’m wondering where it is …? (side note: I found it in the front closet. It’s pretty. I should find someplace to hang it). Anyway, another of my prizes was the devotional book “Streams in the Desert,” by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman. I *loved* that devotional and read it for years. My copy was so written-in and used that it was losing pages and the covers. Several years ago I replaced it. But I always remembered t
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