Christianity - Biographies

The History of St. Dominic

by Augusta Theodosia Drane Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
"The Saint who ‘studied only in the book of charity,’ who was ‘the lover of souls,’ because he was ‘the friend of Jesus Christ,’ who is…

A Breviate of the Life of Margaret Baxter

by Richard Baxter Read by InTheDesert 5
A breviate of the life of Margaret, the daughter of Francis Charlton, of apply in Shropshire, esq. and wife of Richard Baxter. For the use o…

Some Passages of the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John, Earl of Roche…

by Gilbert Burnet Read by InTheDesert 5
I believe that the good Bishop of Salisbury's account of the last days of poor young Rochester would, if carefully read, make more impressio…

Life of Luther

by Gustav A. Just Read by Ron Altman 4.4
A short biography of Martin Luther, by Gustav Just, who taught at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran School, St. Louis.Martin Luther (1483-1546)…

Charles Simeon

by Handley Carr Glyn Moule Read by InTheDesert 5
Charles Simeon had come up to King’s college from Eton, a wild undergraduate, famous for his love of horses and extravagance in dress; but o…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

by John Gilmary Shea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

by John Gilmary Shea Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

Brother Francis

by Eileen Douglas Read by Tom Hirsch (1947-2022) 5
Or, Less than the LeastThe following pages have been written by my request with a view to making the Soldiers of The Salvation Army somewhat…

Lectures on Female Scripture Characters

by William Jay Read by LibriVox Volunteers
I began to look over sundry of my old manuscripts... [and] among them I found a number of lectures which I had delivered more than forty-eig…

Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians

by James Gilchrist Lawson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
J. GIlchrist Lawson was an American Baptist evangelist and prohibitionist who was also active as an author and editor. This book has been o…

The Rule of Pachomius at Tabenna

by Palladius Read by ancientchristian 4.5
The Desert Fathers were early Christian hermits, ascetics, and monks who mainly lived in the Scetes desert of Egypt. The most famous was St.…

St. Francis of Assisi

by G. K. Chesterton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Saint Francis of Assisi grew up in a wealthy family and his early life was characterized by splendor, riches and a lavish lifestyle. During …

One of China's Christians

by Mrs. Howard Taylor Read by MaryAnn 5
The second of two volumes telling the life story of Pastor Hsi, a Confucian scholar from Shanxi province in Northern China who became a Chri…

Jerry McAuley

by Jerry Mcauley Read by KHand 5
Jerry McAuley was a missionary and founder of the Water Street Mission (later the New York City Rescue Mission), the first rescue mission in…

A Token for Children

by James Janeway Read by InTheDesert 4.7
Some of you have had the privilege to carry in your bosoms some of those . . . unfledged angels sent here but for a little while and then ca…

Jabez

by Bob Rench Read by Bob Rench 4.6
The Old Testament of the Bible contains many mysterious passages. In 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, we find a short prayer uttered by an obscure man: …

Down In Water Street

by Samuel Hopkins Hadley Read by KHand
Written by the Superintendent of the Jerry McAuley Water Street Mission, "Down in Water Street" is intended to share some of the e…

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints

by John Gilmary Shea Read by KevinS 4.6
Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints : with reflections for every day in the year : compiled from "Butler's Lives" and other appro…

The King's Son

by Frederick William Bourne Read by Alan Chant 5
Billy Bray, was an unconventional Cornish preacher. He was born in 1794 in the village of Twelveheads, Cornwall, England. After leaving sch…

Two Short Catechisms

by John Owen Read by InTheDesert 5
The first edition of these Catechisms issued from the press in 1645. Dr Owen had at that time the charge of the parish of Fordham in Essex, …

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