Leave me not, O gracious Presence, in such hours as I may to-day devote to the reading of books or of newspapers. Guide my mind to choose the right books and, having chosen them, to read them in the right way. When I read for profit, grant that all I read may lead me nearer to Thyself. When I read for recreation, grant that what I read may not lead me away from Thee. Let all my reading so refresh my mind that I may the more eagerly seek after whatsoever things are pure and fair and true.

"TWENTY-FIRST DAY ~ MORNING" in A Diary of Private Prayer by John Baillie (New York: Charles Scrinber's Sons, 1948 [1936]), p. 89.

Introduction

1. Leaving for Good: Looking for Jesus Outside the Exits

If you are serious about selecting good theological books and Biblical commentaries here is an annotated list of printed bibliographies. Please send me your comments. I will continue to add to this list as I receive more information.

(A list of Online Sources of Recommendations can be found on the sidebar.)

GENERAL SURVEYS
(arranged chronologically)

• Spurgeon, Charles Haddon. Commenting and Commentaries: A Reference Guide to Buying the Best Books. Preface by Dr. Joel R. Beeke. (Vestavia Hills, AL: Solid Grounds Christian Books, 2006). Paperback. 120 pages.

• Other editions:
• Robert Carter, 1876
• American Tract Society, 1890
• Revised ed. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 1954
• Banner of Truth, 1969
• Reprint ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1981
• B&R Samizdat Express, 2008 [Kindle edition]
• Most of Spurgeon's recommendations are dated and some are a bit challenging to find. These recommendations, while very good, would not be my first choice. However, Spurgeon offers a great deal of sane advice for interpreters which is timeless.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Titles of greater importance are in the largest font size. Those of lesser importance are in a small font size.
• Titles which are highly recommended are indicated by bold print.
• Annotations abound.
• This volume also includes a complete Textual Index to C. H. Spurgeon's Sermons.
• Read the Preface.
• Search online
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• Smith, Wilbur M. A Treasury of Books for Bible Study. (Natick, MA: W. A. Wilde Company, 1960). Hardcover. 289 pages.

• Anything Smith produced on books is worth consulting!
• Smith’s recommendations are presented in essay format.

• Smith, Wilbur M. Profitable Bible Study: seven simple methods—with an annotated list of the first one hundred best books for the Bible students’ library. (Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Company, c1939). 214 pages.

• Second revised edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1963. Paperback. 166 pages.

• Anything Smith produced on books is worth consulting!
• Smith served as the editor of Peloubet’s Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lesson from 1934-1970. These volumes can normally be found very inexpensively and contain scores of excellent recommendations.

• Barber, Cyril. The Minister's Library: 1971-1985. (Chicago: Moody Press, 1987). Hardcover. xvi + 541 pages.

• Barber is a true bibliophile. It is amazing how much useful information is contained in this volume. Some of the best titles from the previous volume are repeated here. This volume is now over 20 years old, so many of these recommendations are outdated. Nevertheless there still remains a lot of help to be gleaned from this volume.
• Barber's comments are conservative and evangelical. In eschatology he is Dispensational and Premillennial. In soteriology he is Calvinistic.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Titles that are highly recommended are prefaced by an asterisk.
• Titles with theological error are noted by the appearance of a dagger before the notes.
• Notes are very helpful.
• Dewey Decimal Numbers are supplied.

• Barber, Cyril. The Minister's Library. (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1974). Hardcover. 425 pages.

• I have found Part One: "How To Set Up Your Library" to be of immeasurable help in organizing my own library and recommendation lists.
• Barber's comments are conservative and evangelical. In eschatology he is Dispensational and Premillennial. In soteriology he is Calvinistic.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Titles that are highly recommended are prefaced by an asterisk.
• Titles with theological error are noted by the appearance of a dagger before the notes.
• Notes are very helpful.
• Dewey Decimal Numbers are supplied.

• Wiersbe, Warren W. A Basic Library for Bible Students. (Grand Rapids, MI, 1981). Wraps. 48 pages.

• This information originally appeared in the author’s Listening to the Giants: A Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching.
• Recommendations are first given in essay format.
• All recommendations are presented in an alphabetical bibliography at the end of the booklet.

• Custer, Stewart. Tools for Preaching & Teaching the Bible. Second Edition. (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1998). Paperback. 400 pages.

• First edition, 1979.
• This is an improvement over Custer's original edition. However it remains to be very narrow. The best portions are the introductory essays on Bible study, etc. While the notes are very helpful the commentary recommendations are too sparse, and now dated.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Titles that are highly recommended are prefaced by an asterisk.
• Recommendations cover a wide array of categories. A few of Custer's strong points are Bible Atlases, Bible Geography, Books on Astronomy and the Bible, Bible Archeology, Books on Jerusalem, Biblical Ethics, Expository Preaching, Books for the Pastor's Heart, and The Pastor's Five-Foot Bookshelf.

• Beeke, Joel R. A Reader's Guide to Reformed Literature: an annotated bibliography of Reformed theology. (Grand Rapids: Reformation Heritage Books, 1999). Paperback. 98 pages.

• A treasure trove of information on some of the best theological works from throughout the centuries.
• This work is also included in Reformed Confessions Harmonized [WTS] edited by Joel R. Beeke & Sinclair B. Ferguson (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2000).
• Recommendations are presented in essay format separated by historical era (Ancient, Reformation era, 18th century, nineteenth century and modern).
• Recommendations are categorized by doctrine according the the Heidelberg Catechism (organized according to the Belgic Confession of Faith in Reformed Confessions Harmonized).

• Rosscup, James E. Commentaries for Biblical Expositors. Revised & enlarged ed. (Kress Christian Publications, 2004). Paperback. 351 pages.

• Author, 1983.
• An excellent annotated list of Biblical commentaries from a very conservative perspective.
• Rosscup is careful to point out and/or exclude liberal works.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Those works that are most highly recommended are listed near the beginning of this volume. See "New Ratings of Commentaries on the 66 Books."
• This list is...
• formatted book-by-book
• listed in order of rating
• categorized as either detailed exegetical, expositional survey, or devotional flavor

• Basic Library Booklist, prepared by the faculty (Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005). 14 pages.

• I have found this to be a very useful list produced some of Fundamentalism's finest theological professors.
• Titles are presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, and bibliographic format.
• Recommendations are listed in order of importance.
• Recommendations cover the following categories:
• Biblical Commentaries
• includes some works that are critical, and marks with a dagger those which, although valuable, are considered to contain some theological error.
• Theology
• Historical Theology
• Practical Theology
• Read online

• Akin, Daniel L. Building a Theological Library: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. (n.d.). Pamphlet. 50 pages.

• Read online
• See the next item for an updated version.

• Akin, Daniel L. Building a Theological Library: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. (Revised, 07/18/2006). Wraps. 32 pages.

• Dr. Akin's list is broad, yet very conservative. He's an excellent expositor, a fine teacher, and has an extensive personal library. I value his recommendations.
• Presented in a book-by-book, alphabetical, bibliographical format.
• Read online

• Danker, Frederick, W. Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study. Revised & Expanded with CD-ROM (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress, 2003). Paperback. xiii + 344 pages.

• First edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1960. 289 pages.
• Revised edition, 1966.
• Third rev. edition, 1970. 295 pages.
• Revised and expanded edition, Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1993. xiii, 330 pages.
• CD-ROM, powered by the Libronix Digital Library System.
• This work deals heavily with reference works, especially regarding the Biblical languages.
• Recommendations are presented in essay format. Very little bibliographic information is provided.
• Danker's recommendations lean more heavily toward critical and theologically moderate (or progressive) commentators.
• A very nice feature is the inclusion of foreign titles (esp. German).
• Reviews:
• W. D. Davies "Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study by Frederick W. Danker". Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 80, No. 1 (Mar., 1961), pp. 102.
• Ralph W. Klein "Multipurpose Tools for Bible Study". Currents in Theology and Mission. Oct 2004. FindArticles.com. 26 Apr. 2008.
• Preview online
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• Glynn, John. Commentary and Reference Survey: A Comprehensive Guide to Biblical and Theological Resources. 10th Edition. (Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2007). Paperback. 384 pages.

• 9^th edition, 2003.
• By far, the best resource available today. This survey is presented in a book-by-book, section-by-section, alphabetical, bibliographical format.
• Glynn indicates his own recommendations with bold letters.
• Commentaries are labeled with what Glynn considers to be the theological perspective (Evangelical/Moderate/Liberal, etc).
• There are very few annotations.
• Footnotes are used to highlight forthcoming volumes.
• Chapter 22 is a short list entitled "The Ultimate Commentary Collection."
• Glynn has compiled this list and made notes from a conservative, evangelical standpoint. He tries to be fair and provide a list that includes some very critical works. This is a project that needs to be carried on and filled out!
• Read my review here.
• Read an Excerpt
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Other sources I've not yet reviewed:

• Barber, Cyril J., Robert M. Krauss, Jr. Introduction to Theological Research. University Press of America. 2000.

• Barber, Cyril J. Best Books For Your Bible Study Library. Loizeaux, 2000.

• Bollier, John A. The Literature of Theology: A Guide for Students and Pastors. Westminster, 1979.

• Fitzmeyer, Joseph A. An Introductory Bibliography for the Study of Scripture. Rev. ed. Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981.

• Hayes, John H., and Carl R. Holladay. Biblical Exegesis, a beginner's handbook. Rev. ed. Atlanta: Knox, 1987.

• Johnston, William M. Recent Reference Books in Religion: a guide for students, scholars, researchers, buyers & readers. IVP, 1996.

• Kepple, Robert J. Reference Works for Theological Research. 2nd rev. ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1983.

• Kiehl, Erich H. Building Your Biblical Studies Library. Concordia, 1988. 151 pages.

• Smith, Wilbur M. Good Books and the Good Book: Reading Lists. New York: Garland, 1988.

• Smith, Wilbur M. The Minister in His Study. Chicago: Moody Press, 1973. 128 pages.

• Soulen, Richard N. and R. Kendall Soulen. Handbook of Biblical Criticism. 3rd rev. ed. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.

• Stewart, David R. The Literature of Theology: a guide for students and pastors. Rev. & updated ed. Westminster, 2003. 168 pages.

• Turner, Nicholas. Handbook for Biblical Studies. Oxford: Blackwell. 1982.

• Wiersbe, Warren W. A Basic Library for Bible Students. Baker, 1981.

OLD TESTAMENT SURVEYS

(arranged chronologically)

• Childs, Brevard S. Old Testament Books for Pastor and Teacher. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1977. Paperback. 120 pages.

• Reviews:
• William L. Holladay "Old Testament Books for Pastor and Teacher by Brevard S. Childs". Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 97, No. 3 (Sep., 1978), pp. 441.
• Purchase: Amazon
  

• Longman, Tremper, III. Old Testament Commentary Survey. Fourth Edition. (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007). Paperback. 157 pages.

• First edition, 1991.
• Second edition, 1995.
• Third edition, 2003.
• A conservative, evangelical survey presented in a book-by-book, alphabetical, and bibliographic format.
• Longman identifies the level of difficulty of each volume (L=Layperson, M=Minister, and S=Scholar).
• Each title is also rated with 1-5 stars.
• Appendix A is a listing of Longman's "Five-Star Commentaries".
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Other sources I've not yet reviewed:

• Barker, Kenneth L., Bruce K. Waltke & Roy B. Zuck. Bibliography of Old Testament Exegesis and Exposition. Dallas Theological Seminary, 1979. Paperback. 66 pages.

• Barker & Waltke, 1970. 38 pages.
• 3^rd rev. edition. Dallas Theological Seminary, 1975. Paperback. 66 pages.

• Goldingay, John. Old Testament Commentary Survey. 2001.

• First ed, 1981.
• Search online

NEW TESTAMENT SURVEYS

(arranged chronologically)

• Carson, D. A. New Testament Commentary Survey. 6th edition. (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006). Paperback. 176 pages.

• Third edition, 1986.
• Fourth edition, 1996.
• Fifth edition, 2001.
• A conservative, evangelical survey presented in a book-by-book, essay format. I find this format to be difficult to search, however, the content is worth the trouble.
• The final chapter (4) is a list of "Some 'Best Buys'".
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• Scholer, David M. A Basic Bibliographic Guide for New Testament Exegesis. Second edition. (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1973). Paperback. 94 pages.

• First edition, South Hamilton, MA: Gordon-Conwell Bookcentre, 1971.
• Broadly evangelical. Very familiar with the critical works of his day.
• Prepared for the advanced student.
• This volume is dated.

Other sources I've not yet reviewed:

• Evans, Craig A. Ancient Texts for New Testament Studies: a guide to the background literature. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2005. Hardback. xxxvi + 539 pages.

• Klein, William W., Craig L. Blomberg, and Susan M. Hecht. New Testament Exegesis Bibliography. (Denver Seminary, 2008).

• Read Online

• Martin, Ralph P. New Testament Books for Pastor and Teacher. Revised & updated to 2002. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2002. Paperback. 126 pages.

• Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1984.
• Search Online

• Millard, A. R., R. T. France & Graham Stanton. Bibliographical Guide to New Testament Research. Almond Press, 1979. Paperback. 56 pages.

• Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical Research, 1974.

The Apologetics Study Bible, Ted Cabal, General Editor. Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishing, 2007. Jacketed Hardback. 2,048 pages. $39.99

(Review copy courtesy of B&H Publishing.)

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Website: The Apologetics Study Bible (a very resourceful page!)

Sample pages

Features: Holman CSB^® translation; Introduction to the Holman CSB^®; Two-column Bible text setting; Translation footnotes; 100+ articles; Profiles of Christian apologists; 72-page Bible concordance .

ISBNs: 158640024X / 978-1586400248

Dr. Ted Cabal, General Editor, is professor of Christian Philosophy & Applied Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Along with Dr. Cabal, about one hundred other scholars contributed to this study Bible.

(Read his review here...)

My Comments:

I was able to preview this Study Bible prior to sending it on to Paul and was very impressed with the amount of information contained within it. I was concerned to find out if the articles and notes were written from either a Presuppositional or Evidentialist perspective. There is quite a difference in both of these approaches, but I did not have time to read any of the articles. According to Paul Henebury, "ASB is definitely slanted toward an evidentialist perspective, but presuppositionalists will not encounter as many objectionable entries as they might suspect."

I think that this is very important to keep in mind as you use this tool. In general it seems to be a very helpful tool. I can imagine any Christian benefiting from reading these articles and notes, although I don't expect to see a whole lot of these Bibles showing up at church. I've enjoyed reading the HCSB translation, but it isn't my favorite. I've seen a few Southern Baptist churches using this translation, but I don't expect it to supersede any of the other standard translations already available.

One critique I have with this edition has to do with the graphics. This is something that seems to be consistent with other HCSB editions. The cover is awesome. I love the strong black background with silver text and decorations.

However, the inside is overwhelmed with graphics. For instance, consider the title pages and the "Twisted Scripture" blurbs:

I see this Study Bible being left on a shelf and used as a reference work, not as a regular, everyday, or every Sunday, Bible. However, if this system was added to a software package like Libronix, so that these articles could be found while searching the Bible electronically, that would be very nice. Maybe something like this is in the works. We'll see.

Nettleton grew up in the farming community of North Killingworth, Connecticut. His early training included discipline, the Bible, and the Westminster Catechism. By outward standards he was an exemplary boy, but he did not yet know the Lord. Sometimes the teaching of Scripture brought him under conviction of sin, but these feelings passed quickly at first.

Around the turn of the 19^th Century the revival fires which had been sweeping the country reached Killingworth, and Nettleton was one of the first converts in his area. He soon developed an interest in foreign missions and decided to go to college. However, the death of his father delayed Nettleton’s entrance to Yale. Working the farm by day and studying with his pastor by night, Nettleton prepared himself for the time when the Lord might open the door for formal schooling. Working as a teacher during a few winters helped him earn money for college.

In 1805 Nettleton attended Yale, graduating in 1809. After his ordination in 1811 he began looking for a mission field while ministering in various places. His intention was to go to the foreign field, but

his ministry was owned with such success that his brethren urged him to delay leaving the country for the missionary work abroad on which he had set his hopes. At a time when itinerant evangelists were virtually unknown among the Congregational churches of New England, the calls for Nettleton’s help were so widespread and the revivals that he witnessed so numerous that he was detained for far more years than he had ever anticipated. It was only after his health failed in 1822 that Nettleton reluctantly gave up his hope of ever being a foreign missionary (Iain Murray, Revival & Revivalism. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1994. p. 196).

Nettleton’s health recovered sufficiently enough for him to resume his itinerant ministry. It is estimated that some 30,000 souls came to Christ through his preaching (Wikipedia). Nettleton’s theology was Reformed in the tradition of Jonathan Edwards. He conducted his evangelism in accordance with that theology. He pressed the claims of the gospel on people and urged them to turn from their sins and trust Christ. But he depended on the Holy Spirit to quicken the spiritually dead that they might respond. The work of conversion was sometimes slow, but it was thorough. Very few of Nettleton’s converts fell away from their profession of faith. Under his ministry faithful, lasting converts were seen as the rule, not the exception.

By 1827 a new style of evangelism had gained popularity. It was characterized by emotionalism and the “anxious seat,” where hearers were urged to come forward and make a visible response to the preaching. Quietness was not part of the “new methods.” People were typically whipped into a frenzy by fiery, flamboyant preachers, most notably Charles G. Finney.

In July 1827 Presbyterian ministers met at New Lebanon, New York to debate the new measures. Some preachers, like Nettleton, recognized a different theology behind the new measures. Other, less discerning men, saw no danger and fell in line with Finney and his followers. What Finney had done was introduce a new form of an old heresy, Pelagianism. According to John F. Thornbury opponents of the older evangelism painted Nettleton as a “crabby old man who stubbornly defended an obsolete system of Calvinism” (God Sent Revival: the Story of Asahel Nettleton and the Second Great Awakening. Evangelical Press, 1977. p. 219).

The showdown at New Lebanon drew the battle lines more clearly. The new methods were increasing in popularity while the older evangelism was waning. But Nettleton continued his itinerant ministry until failing health signaled the end. He died on May 16, 1844.

Though he is remembered mainly for his controversy with Charles Finney, Asahel Nettleton was the foremost evangelist of his time. His converts were many and faithful. He encouraged many others, who entered the ministry, some of them taking the gospel to foreign countries. The hymnal he published, Village Hymns, saw widespread use. And biographies of Nettleton are still in print and still very helpful in encouraging ministers to preach the biblical gospel and to seek the Lord in bringing yet another great revival.

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Recommended reading:

Bennet Tyler & Andrew Bonar, Asahel Nettleton: Life and Labours, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1996). Written by Nettleton’s friend Bennet Tyler and edited by Bonar. Firsthand accounts of Nettleton’s life and labors.

John F. Thornbury, God Sent Revival: the Story of Asahel Nettleton and the Second Great Awakening, (Evangelical Press, 1977). Thornbury’s book is very readable, and his 20^th Century perspective allows him to assess over a hundred years of “new measures” influence.

Our use of gospel tracts and pamphlets can possibly be traced to the Puritans, some of whom produced small, easy-to-carry books urging sinners to turn to Christ. In his book A Quest for Godliness J.I. Packer says that “it was the Puritans who invented evangelistic literature. One has only to think here of Richard Baxter’s Call to the Unconverted, and Joseph Alleine’s Alarm to the Unconverted, both of them outstanding pioneer works in this class of writing” (pp. 291-292).

Gary Brady at Heavenly Worldliness is doing a series of posts on Baxter’s Call. This is worth checking out to learn something about the man and the influential little book credited with usefulness in the conversion of thousands.

On Baxter’s Call Part 01

On Baxter’s Call Part 02

On Baxter’s Call Part 03

On Baxter’s Call Part 04

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Baxter’s Call to the Unconverted available from:

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Cumberland Valley (Invitation to Live by John Blanchard, a modern presentation of Baxter’s book)

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ISBNs: 1433501082 / 9781433501081

Special Features: Bibliography (pp. 337-351), Index of Names, and Index of Biblical References

Table of Contents

Excerpts (includes ten pages of Endorsements, Forward by John Piper, Acknowledgments, and Chapter 1: Introduction)

Subjects: Theology, Soteriology, Atonement

Steve Jeffery is a pastor at Holy Trinity, Lyonsdown, in North London. He has a M.S. and Ph.D. in experimental physics from Oxford University. He is married to Nicole, and they have three children: Ben, Becki and Abi.

Mike Ovey is principal-elect and lecturer in Doctrine and Apologetics at Oak Hill Theological College. He has a Ph.D. in Trinitarian Theology from King’s College, London. He is married to Heather, and they have three children: Charlie, Harry and Anastasia.

Andrew Sach studied theology at Oak Hill Theological College and is now on the staff of St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, in central London. He has a Ph.D. from York University.

The word controversy does not usually suggest pleasant thoughts. We often associate division, harsh words, and even confusion with the concept of controversy. But controversy can have its benefits. Some serious controversies in church history have actually been great blessings to the church. They sharpened fuzzy thinking on the deity of Christ and on the Trinity. These controversies resulted in clarity, making clear the distinction between false teaching and sound doctrine. The controversy over the Bible doctrine of Christ’s penal substitutionary death has brought to light such works as Pierced for Our Transgressions: Recovering the Glory of Penal Substitution. This book is a blessing because it not only brings clarity to the controversy but also edifies in its tone (as opposed to being harsh as some would expect in a polemical work), evangelistically useful, and theologically sound. (This review has been posted on SharperIron. Read more here.)

Luther, from the first intimation of a summons by the Emperor, regarded it as a call from God, and declared his determination to go to Worms, though he should be carried there sick, and at the risk of his life. His motive was not to gratify an unholy ambition, but to bear witness to the truth. He well knew the tragic fate which overtook Hus at Constance notwithstanding the safe-conduct, but his faith inspired him with fearless courage. "You may expect every thing from me," he wrote to Spalatin, "except fear or recantation. I shall not flee, still less recant. May the Lord Jesus strengthen me." (History of the Christian Church, Volume VII. Edited by Philip Schaff. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1974, p. 294.)

On the second of April, Luther left Wittenberg, accompanied by Amsdorf, his friend and colleague, Peter Swaven, a Danish student, and Johann Pezensteiner, an Augustinian brother. Thus the faculty, the students, and his monastic order were represented. They rode in an open farmer’s wagon, provided by the magistrate of the city. The imperial herald in his coat-of-arms preceded on horseback. Melanchthon wished to accompany his friend, but he was needed at home. "If I do not return," said Luther in taking leave of him, "and my enemies murder me, I conjure thee, dear brother, to persevere in teaching the truth. Do my work during my absence: you can do it better than I. If you remain, I can well be spared. In thee the Lord has a more learned champion." (ibid, p. 295-96.)

As he proceeded, the danger increased, and with it his courage. Before be left Wittenberg, the Emperor had issued an edict ordering all his books to be seized, and forbidding their sale. The herald informed him of it already at Weimar, and asked him, "Herr Doctor, will ye proceed?" He replied, "Yes." The edict was placarded in all the cities. Spalatin, who knew the critical situation, warned him by special messenger, in the name of the Elector his patron, not to come to Worms, lest he might suffer the fate of Hus.

Luther comforted his timid friends with the words: Though Hus was burned, the truth was not burned, and Christ still lives. He wrote to Spalatin from Frankfurt, that he had been unwell ever since he left Eisenach, and had heard of the Emperor’s edict, but that he would go to Worms in spite of all the gates of hell and the evil spirits in the air. The day after, he sent him from Oppenheim (between Mainz and Worms) the famous words: -

"I shall go to Worms, though there were as many devils there as tiles on the roofs."

A few days before his death at Eisleben, he thus described his feelings at that critical period: "I was fearless, I was afraid of nothing; God can make one so desperately bold. I know not whether I could be so cheerful now." Mathesius says, with reference to this courage: "If the cause is good, the heart expands, giving courage and energy to evangelists and soldiers." (ibid, p. 297-99.)

A fundamental difference in method and motive surfaces between Diabolus and Emmanuel. Each one had taken over Mansoul and set up a certain order in the town. But Diabolus did everything by deceit and for his own gratification because he hated Shaddai and wanted revenge. Emmanuel defeated Diabolus and now establishes His own order in Mansoul for the glory of His Father Shaddai and for the benefit of the town.

Emmanuel appoints new leaders in Mansoul and renews the town’s charter. This new order is to provide for the maintenance of Mansoul that the town might continue to flourish. The Prince promoted Mr. Experience, a young gentleman of Mansoul, as captain over a thousand men. After announcing a new covenant with the happy town, Emmanuel establishes a regular ministry to teach the people the will of His Father. The town gladly agrees to this.

The teaching ministry was to be carried out by two instructors, one from Shaddai’s court and one from Mansoul. The teacher from the King’s court is the Lord High Secretary, “a person of no less quality and dignity” than the Father and the Son and who is one with them in nature. He is to be the chief teacher, without whom the people cannot know the will and ways of Shaddai. The people should submit to His teaching and do nothing to grieve Him. Obedience in this will ensure that the Secretary will shed abroad Shaddai’s love in their hearts and make them wise.

Emmanuel then promoted old Mr. Conscience, the former town recorder, as the teacher from Mansoul. He must submit himself to the teaching of the Secretary and not presume to be a revealer of those mysteries that Shaddai has not seen fit to disclose. Following the teaching of the Lord High Secretary, Mr. Conscience and all the townspeople will know the things that Shaddai has revealed about Himself, and they can revel in His teaching.

Next, the people of Mansoul are to guard against certain dangers. They should not neglect or resist Emmanuel’s captains, who had fought for them against Diabolus, but should nourish and encourage them. The captains cannot continue to perform their duties without the people’s support. Then Emmanuel warns them to remain vigilant in their fight against the Diabolonians hiding in the city. They are loyal to their old master and will seek the town’s harm. They will continue to be a threat as long as the city’s walls remain standing. So the Prince warns the people to familiarize themselves with the King’s laws so they can recognize, apprehend, and execute these villains whenever they are found.

The Prince then gives Mansoul a badge of honor to distinguish them as His people. He clothes each one of them with a shining white robe, which they are to keep clean for Emmanuel’s honor. He also makes Himself accessible to everyone in the town, visiting them and allowing them to come see Him in the castle. If any townspeople didn’t see Him for a while, He would knock at their door and visit them. If He found any sick, He laid hands on them and healed them.

Emmanuel finally appointed a new governor in the town, not a native of Mansoul, but one from Shaddai’s court, Mr. God’s-Peace. He was to rule over the whole town, especially the castle. As long as the people followed Emmanuel’s new order, the whole town was peaceful and happy. In fact, they had never known such harmony and peace and joy before. This happy condition lasted the whole summer.

In this section of The Holy War, John Bunyan is still showing the believer in his first love. The feeling of God’s forgiveness is fresh upon his heart. But there must be regular maintenance in the Christian life to keep things pure, peaceful, and joyful. So the Lord has established His order in the life of His people, the Church.

A Scripture passage showing this order and the results it produces is Ephesians 4:11-16 (NASB)—

And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Bunyan pictures the regular ministry of the gospel, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, giving us knowledge of God and His ways and strengthening us to live holy lives unto the Lord. The minister is an undershepherd, submissive to the teachings of the Holy Spirit, who reveals the meaning of God’s Word. The Spirit is equal to the Father and the Son, and God’s people must follow His teaching and be careful not to grieve Him through disobedience. The gospel minister must be careful to speak only what the Spirit has spoken in the Word and not try to be a revealer of those mysteries that God has kept closed to us. The minister must carefully and faithfully apply the words of God to himself and the people that we may truly know God and be pleasing to Him.

God’s people may revel in the teachings of the Word and speak of these things among themselves. It is for equipping the saints for the work of service that God has given these gifts to the church. And this glad service builds up the whole Body of Christ until we reach full maturity.

In this day of “Jesus, yes; the church, no,” when everyone is doing what’s right in his own eyes, we need to see this order of worship as established by God for our benefit. Before Mansoul experiences trouble from the remaining Diabolonians, Emmanuel gives the town ministers and services that will enable them to maintain their devotion and joy. We face wilting opposition from the unbelieving world and even from within ourselves. Without God’s provision for our continued maintenance and blessing, we stand no chance of pleasing Him and distinguishing ourselves as His people. But all these gifts the Lord will use to help us keep our robes clean and white and maintain that first love, that joy in the Lord, along with His peace that passes understanding.

Biographies of Adoniram Judson (Aug. 9, 1788 – April 12, 1850) -

A Missionary of the Apostolic School: Being the Life of Dr. A. Judson, of Burmah revised and edited by Horatius Bonar, Mary Lundie Bonar, and Francis Wayland (London: James Nisbet & Co, 1871), vii + 374 pp.

Eine Barmanen Familie Aus Missionar Judsons Arbeit 4te Auflage Kleine Missionstraktate. (Basel, Missionsbuchhandlung, 1894), 8 pp.

The Judson Offering, intended as a token of Christian Sympathy with the living and a momento of Christian affection for the dead, edited by John Dowling (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1847), 294 pp. Read Online

Anderson, Courtney. To the Golden Shore: the life of Adoniram Judson (Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company, 1956; repr. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1987). [CBD | Amazon]

Bailey, Faith Coxe. Adoniram Judson: Missionary To Burma 1813-1850 (Chicago: Moody Press, 1955). [Amazon]

Beach, Harlan Page (1854-1933). Knights of the labarum; being studies in the lives of Judson, Duff, Mackenzie and Mackay (Chicago: Student volunteer movement for foreign missions, 1896). Read Online

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Mission for Life: The Story of the Family of Adoniram Judson (New York: Free Press, 1980), 302 pp. [Amazon]

Clement, Jesse (1815-1883). Memoir of Adoniram Judson: His Life and Missionary Labors (Auburn, NY: Derby & Miller, 1851), 336 pp. Read Online

Conant, Hannah Chaplin (1809-1865). The Earnest Man: a sketch of the character and labors of Adoniram Judson, first missionary to Burmah (Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., New York: Sheldon, Blakeman & Co., 1856), 498 pp. Read Online

Eddy, Daniel Clarke (1823-1896). A Sketch of Adoniram Judson, D.D., the Burman apostle (Lowell, [Mass]: N. L. Dayton, 1851 [c1850]). Read Online

Gillette, A. D. A Sketch of the Labors, Sufferings and Death of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, D.D. (Philadelphia: Daniels & Smith, 1851), 160 pp. Read Online

Hague, William (1808-1887). The Life and Character of Adoniram Judson, late missionary to Burmah: a commemorative discourse delivered before the American Baptist Missionary Union, in Boston, May 15, 1851 (Boston: Gould & Lincoln, 1851), 38 pp. Read Online

Hill, James Langdon. The Immortal Seven: Judson and His Associates (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1913). [Amazon] Read online

Hull, John Mervin (1854-). Judson the Pioneer (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, c1913). [Amazon] Read Online

Hunt, Rosalie Hall. Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy (Valley Forge, VA: Judson Press, 2005). [CBD | Amazon]

Judson, Edward (1844-1914). Adoniram Judson: a biography (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph & Co., [c1883]; Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1894), xii, 601 pp. [Amazon] Read Online and here

Judson, Edward (1844-1914). Adoniram Judson, D.D.; His Life and Labours (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1883), 601 pp. Read Online

Judson, Edward (1844-1914). The Life of Adoniram Judson (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1883), viii, 601 pp. Read Online

Judson, Edward. Adoniram Judson, Ein Apostel unter den Bir manen Eine Biographie (Hamburg, Oncken Nachf, 1896), 8 pp.

Middleditch, Robert. T. Burmah's Great Missionary: Records of the Life, Character, and Achievements of Adoniram Judson (Third ed., New York: Edward H. Fletcher, 1854). Read Online

Moffat, Robert (1795-1883). The White Foreigners from Over the Water: the story of the American mission to the Burmese and the Karens (London: Religious Tract Society, [186?]). Read Online

Marrat, Jabez. The Apostle of Burma: A Memoir of Adoniram Judson, D.D. (London: Charles H. Kelly, 1890), 128 pp.

Pearn, B. R. Judson of Burma (London: Edinburgh House Press, 1962). [Amazon]

Piper, John. How Few There Are Who Die So Hard! Suffering and Success in the Life of Adoniram Judson: the cost of brining Christ to Burma (2003 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, February 4, 2003). Read Online | Audio

Richards, William Carey (1818-1892). The Apostle of Burma; a missionary epic in commemoration of the centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson (Boston: Lee, 1889). Read Online

Warburton, Stacy Reuben (1875-). Eastward! The story of Adoniram Judson (New York: Round Table Press, 1937), xi + 240 pp. Read Online

Wayland, Francis (1796-1865). A Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Adoniram Judson D.D., 2 vols. (Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co.; London: Nisbet & Co., 1853; repr. Laurel, MS: Audubon Press, 2006), vol 1, 544 pp; vol 2, 522 pp. [Amazon | CBD - vol 1, vol 2] Read Online, volume 1 here, and volume 2 here. The "official" biography.

Related Documents -

Woods, Leonard (1774-1854). A Sermon Delivered at the Tabernacle Church in Salem, Feb. 6, 1812, on Occasion of the Ordination of the Rev. Messrs. Samuel Newell, A.M., Adoniram Judson, A.M., Samuel Nott, A.M., Gordon Hall, A.M. and Luther Rice, A.B., Missionaries to the Heathen in Asia, etc. (Stockbridge, 1812).

Worcester, S. M., Jr. A Correction of erroneous Statements Concerning the Embarkation of the Rev. Messrs. Judson and Newell, at Salem, February 18, 1812. Reprinted form the Christian Review, No. LIV. (Boston: T. R. Marvin, March 1849), 24 pp.

Biographies of Ann Hasseltine Judson (Dec. 22, 1789 – Oct. 24, 1826) -

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Mission for Life: The Story of the Family of Adoniram Judson (New York: Free Press, 1980).

Hall, Gordon Langley. Golden Boats from Burma. (Philadelphia: MacRae Smith Press, 1961), 398 pp. Biography of Ann Hasseltine Judson.

Hartley, Cecil B. Three Mrs. Judsons: The Celebrated Female Missionaries (nd; new ed., G. G. Evans, 1860; John E. Porter, 1870), 22 pp. [Amazon]

Hubbard, Ethel Daniels. Ann of Ava, illustrated by Jessie Gillespie (New York: Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1913; repr. Ayer, 1993), 245 pp. [Amazon]

James, Sharon. My Heart in His Hands: Ann Judson of Burma (Darlington, Eng.: Evangelical Press, 1998). [Amazon]

Knowles, James D[avis] (1798-1838). Memoir of Mrs. Ann H. Judson: wife of the Rev. Adoniram Judson, missionary to Burmah, including a History of the American Baptist mission in the Burman empire (London: Printed for Wightman and Cramp, 1829; American Sunday School Union, 1831). [Amazon] Read Online

Miller, Basil. Ann Judson, Heroine of Burma (Grand Rapids, 1947).

Stuart, Arabella W. The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, with a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burma (Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852; repr. as Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons, BiblioBazaar, 2007) [Amazon] Read Online

Swain, Anna Canada. Ann Hasseltine Judson, Heroine of Ava (New York, nd).

Willson, Arabella M. (Arabella W. Stuart). The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, with a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah (Auburn: NY, 1853).

Wyeth, Walter N. Ann H. Judson: A Memorial (Cincinnati: the author, 1888).

Wyeth, Walter N. Missionary Memorials: Ann H.; Sarah B.; and Emily C. Judson (Philadelphia, 1891) , 3 vols. (New York, 1892).

Biographies of Sarah Boardman Judson (Nov. 4, 1803 – Sept. 3, 1845) -

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Mission for Life: The Story of the Family of Adoniram Judson (New York: Free Press, 1980).

"Forester, Fanny" [Emily C. Judson]. Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, member of the American Mission to Burmah (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1848) Read Online

Hartley, Cecil B. Three Mrs. Judsons: The Celebrated Female Missionaries (nd; new ed., G. G. Evans, 1860; John E. Porter, 1870), 319 pp. [Amazon]

Judson, Emily C[hubbuck] (1817-1854). Sarah Boardman Judson (New York, 1850).

Stuart, Arabella W. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons (Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852; repr. BiblioBazaar, 2007) [Amazon] Read Online

Willson, Arabella M. (Arabella W. Stuart). The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, with a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah (Auburn: NY, 1853).

Wyeth, Walter N. Sarah B. Judson: A Memorial (Philadelphia: the author, 1889).

Wyeth, Walter N. Missionary Memorials: Ann H.; Sarah B.; and Emily C. Judson (Philadelphia, 1891), 3 vols. (New York, 1892).

Biographies of Emily Chubbuck Judson (Aug. 23, 1817 – June 1, 1854) -

Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. Mission for Life: The Story of the Family of Adoniram Judson (New York: Free Press, 1980).

Eddy, Daniel Clarke (1823-1896). The Three Mrs. Judsons and Other Daughters of the Cross (Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860), 270 pp.

Hartley, Cecil B. Three Mrs. Judsons: The Celebrated Female Missionaries (nd; new ed., G. G. Evans, 1860; John E. Porter, 1870), 22 pp. [Amazon]

Kendrick, A. C. (Asahel Clark). The Life and Letters of Mrs. Emily C. Judson. (New York: Sheldon & Co., 1860), 426 pp. [Amazon] Read Online

Stuart, Arabella W. Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons (Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1852; repr. BiblioBazaar, 2007) [Amazon] Read Online

Willson, Arabella M. (Arabella W. Stuart). The Lives of Mrs. Ann H. Judson and Mrs. Sarah B. Judson, with a Biographical Sketch of Mrs. Emily C. Judson, Missionaries to Burmah (Auburn: NY, 1853).

Wyeth, Walter N. Emily C. Judson: A Memorial (Philadelphia: the author, 1890). [Amazon]

Wyeth, Walter N. Missionary Memorials: Ann H.; Sarah B.; and Emily C. Judson (Philadelphia, 1891), 3 vols. (New York, 1892).

Biographies for Children:

Hambrick, Sharon. Adoniram Judson: God's Man in Burma (Greenville, SC: JourneyForth, 2001). Ages 7-9 [CBD | Amazon]

Howat, Irene. Ten Boys Who Changed the World. LightKeepers (CF4K, 2003). Ages 4-8 [WTS | CBD | Amazon]

Howat, Irene. Ten Girls Who Made a Difference. LightKeepers (CF4K, 2002). Ages 4-8 (esp. Ann Judson) [WTS | CBD | Amazon]

Works by Adoniram Judson:

(Chronologically arranged)

The Elements of English Grammar (1808)

The Young Ladies Arithmetic (1808)

Christian Baptism. A Sermon preached in the Lal Bazar Chapel Calcutta: On Lord's-Day, September 27, 1812, previous to the Administration of the Ordinance of Baptism. With many Quotations from Pedobaptist Authors (Printed in 1813), 88 pp.

Christian Baptism. A Sermon preached in the Lal Bazar Chapel Calcutta: On Lord's-Day, September 27, 1812, previous to the Administration of the Ordinance of Baptism. With many Quotations from Pedobaptist Authors (3^rd American ed., Boston: Lincoln & Edmonds, 1818), 40 pp.

A Sermon on the Nature and Subjects of Christian Baptism (Glasgow: Peter Sinclair, 1834), 84 pp.

Christian Baptism (repr., Laurel, MS: Audubon Press, 2003), 176 pp. [CBD]

A Letter to Christian Women on Ornamental Dress, originally addressed to the Female Members of Christian Churches in the United States (Malmain, 1831; London: Edward Coachman for the Tract Association of Friends, 1860), 8 pp.

A View of the Christian Religion, in Three Parts, Historic, Didactic, and Preceptive (1816), a tract.

New Testament in Burmese (1823; rev. 1829, 1837)

The Threefold Cord (1829)

The Golden Balance (1829)

Seven Manuals (1829) included a catechism written by Ann Judson, his View of the Christian Religion, guides for conducting public worship, batisms, weddings and funerals and a teacher's guide for instructing converts.

"Come, Holy Spirit, Dove Divine" (1829), a hymn. [Cyber Hymnal]

Grammatical Notices of the Burmese Language (completed in 1816 & published in Maulmain: American Baptist Mission Press, 1842) Read Online

A Dictionary English and Burmese (1849), volume 1

A Dictionary Burmese and English by Adoniram Judson & E. A. Stevens (1852) published with A Grammar of the Burmese Language.

Works by Ann Hasseltine Judson:

(Chronologically arranged)

An Account of the American Baptist Mission to the Burman Empire in a Series of Letters Addressed to a Gentleman in London (London: Joseph Butterworth & Son, 1823, 326 pp.; 2nd ed. London: Joseph Butterworth & Son, 1827, 316 pp.). Read Online

Works by Emily Chubbuck Judson:

(Chronologically arranged)

Wayside Preaching (Women's Baptist Missionary Society, 1834).

The Great Secret, or How to Be Happy (Dayton & Newman, 1842).

Chubbuck, Miss Emily. Alderbrook: A Collection of Fanny Forester's Village Sketches, Poems, etc. in 2 volumes (Boston: W. D. Ticknor & Co., 1846; 5^th ed., Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co., 1848; repr. Kessinger Pub., 2007), vo.l 1, 276 pp, vol. 2, 263 pp. [Amazon] Read volume one Online

“Forester, Fanny.” Lilias Fane and Other Tales (W. Bennet, 1846), 100 pp.

"Forester, Fanny." Trippings in Author-Land (New York: Paine & Burgess, 1846), 281 pp. Read Online

"Forester, Fanny." Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, member of the American Mission to Burmah (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1848; 1849; New rev. ed., Sheldon, 1868). [Amazon] Read Online

Sarah Boardman Judson (New York, 1850).

Charles Linn, or how to observe the golden rule (New York: Lewis Colby & Co., 1850; T. Nelson & Sons, 1851).

Tale for All Season (Thomas Nelson, 1851).

An Olio of Domestic Verses (New York: Lewis Colby, 1852; repr. Kessinger Pub., 2007). [Amazon] Read Online

The Kathayan Slave, and other papers connected with missionary life (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, & Fields, 1853). [Amazon] Read Online

My Two Sisters: a sketch from memory (Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1854), 112 pp.

Articles:

(Chronologically arranged)

"JUDSON, Adoniram" by D. S. Schaff in A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary edited by Philip Schaff (New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883), 2:1211-12.

"The Pioneer of Burma" in Twice-Born Men: True Conversion Records of 100 Well-Known Men in All Ranks of Life (London: Pickering & Inglis, [1934]), 30-32.

"Judson, Adoniram" by Cal Guy in Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists edited by Norman W. Cox (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1958), 1:713.

"Judson, Ann Hasseltine" by E. C. Routh in Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists (Nashville, TN: Broadman Press, 1958), 1:713.

"JUDSON, ADONIRAM" by D. S. Schaff in The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge edited by Samuel M. Jackson (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1977), 6:257-58.

"JUDSON, ADONIRAM" in Wycliffe Biographical Dictionary of the Church by Elgin Moyer revised and enlarged by Earle E. Cairns (Chicago: Moody Press, 1982), 219.

"Adoniram and Ann Judson" in From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya by Ruth A. Tucker (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983; 2nd ed. 2004), 130-139. [WTS | CBD | Amazon]

"JUDSON, Adoniram, Jr" by K. P. Mobley in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals edited by Timothy Larsen, et al (Leicester, Eng.: IVP, 2003), 337-40.

"Adoniram Judson" in Reese Chronological Encyclopedia of Christian Biographies (Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers, 2007), 353.

"JUDSON, I. Adoniram" in The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge (), 702-05.

Of Interest:
Burma -

Cochrane, Henry Park. Among the Burmans: A Record of Fifteen Years of Work and its Fruitage (Philadelphia: The Judson Press, 1904), 281 pp. Read Online

Harvey, G. E. A History of Burma (London, 1925).

Howard, Randolph L. Baptists in Burma. (Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1931), 168 pp.

Howard, Randolph L. It Began in Burma. (Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1942), 125 pp.

Hughes, Lizabeth B. The Evangel in Burma. Being a Review of the Quarter Century 1900-1925 of the Work of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society In Burma. (Rangoon: American Baptist Mission Press, 1926), 225 pp.

Stuart, Burma Through the Centuries.

White, Sir Herbert Thirkell. Burma. (Cambridge, 1923).

American Baptist Missionary Society -

Gammell, William. A History of American Baptist Missions in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, under the care of the American Baptist Missionary Union. (Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. 1849), xii + 359 pp. [Amazon (1849) | Amazon (1850)]

Harris, Edward Norman. A Star in the East: An Account of American Baptist Missions to the Karens in Burma (New York: Revell, 1920), 223 pp.

Torbet, Robert. Venture of Faith: The Story of the American Baptist Missionary Society.

Other Missionaries to the Burmans –

George Dana Boardman (1801-1831)

Robbins, Joseph Chandler. Boardman of Burma. (Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1940), 178 pp.

Samuel John Mills (1783-1818)

Richards, Thomas C. Samuel J. Mills, Missionary Pathfinder, Pioneer and Promoter (Boston, 1906).

Spring, Gardiner. Memoirs of the Rev. Samuel J. Mills, etc. (New York, 1820).

Luther Rice (1783-1836)

Taylor, James B. Memoir of Reverend Luther Rice, One of the First American Missionaries to the East. (Baltimore, 1840).