Pictorial Book of Chinese Evangelist John Sung
Herb Ireland
- Do
- you
- know
- who
- led
- more
- Chinese
- people
- to
- faith
- in
- Christ
- than
- any
- other
- person
- in
- history?
- Are
- you
- aware
- that
- he
- was
- trained
- in
- American
- universities
- to
- be
- a
- scientist?
- Did
- you
- know
- that
- before
- he
- returned
- to
- China
- he
- spent
- time
- in
- an
- insane
- asylum?
- This
- pictorial
- book
- will
- introduce
- you
- to
- John
- Sung,
- the
- "flame
- of
- God,"
- who
- preached
- across
- China
- and
- in
- Chinese
- settlements
- throughout
- Southeast
- Asia.
- The
- man
- preached
- with
- passion,
- led
- massive
- revivals,
- spurred
- social
- reforms,
- and
- was
- an
- organizational
- genius.
- He
- draws
- comparisons
- with
- John
- Wesley.
- The
- pictures
- and
- text
- start
- with
- his
- birthplace,
- reveal
- where
- he
- was
- educated
- in
- America,
- cover
- his
- time
- spent
- in
- a
- mental
- institution
- in
- New
- York
- City,
- reveal
- his
- return
- to
- China
- and
- his
- super-charged
- twelve
- years
- of
- ministry.
- It
- includes
- his
- ministry
- outside
- of
- China
- and
- his
- organization
- of
- women
- to
- spread
- the
- good
- news
- of
- Jesus
- Christ,
- and
- it
- ends
- with
- his
- death
- and
- burial
- in
- 1944.
- The
- book
- is
- the
- culmination
- of
- research
- performed
- on
- three
- continents
- as
- I
- traveled
- in
- the
- footsteps
- of
- this
- famous
- evangelist.
- Following
- Sung
- gave
- me
- the
- opportunity
- to
- capture
- his
- life
- in
- photographs,
- read
- deeper
- in
- archives
- about
- his
- ministry,
- and
- interview
- people
- who
- attended
- his
- evangelistic
- campaigns.
- Purchase
- this
- pictorial
- book
- and
- expand
- your
- knowledge
- about
- what
- the
- Living
- Lord
- was
- up
- to
- before
- the
- Communist
- Revolution
- led
- by
- Mao
- Zedong.
- New
- revelations
- will
- come
- to
- your
- attention
- that
- will
- excite
- and
- encourage
- you
- on
- your
- own
- spiritual
- journey."With
- an
- ingenious
- mixture
- of
- historical
- images
- and
- contemporary
- photographs,
- this
- book
- brings
- to
- life
- one
- of
- the
- most
- important
- Christian
- evangelists
- of
- the
- last
- century.
- John
- Sung
- deserves
- to
- be
- much
- better
- known
- and
- this
- book
- can
- make
- that
- happen."Mark
- Noll,
- author
- of
- Clouds
- of
- Witnesses:
- Christian
- Voices
- from
- Africa
- and
- Asia
- and
- former
- Francis
- McAnaney
- Professor
- of
- History
- at
- the
- University
- of
- Notre Dame.
