Hearts And Hands
From SPARK
One-sentence summary
A biographical history for children about Christians who lived from 1700-1860 A.D.
Description
For the first 1700 years of the Christian church, God's people established Christian teaching and secured their freedom to worship. This book teaches children how believing in Jesus should change their opinions of other people.
Children learn about those who led the First and Second Great Awakenings in the 18th and 19th centuries. They will learn about the United States preacher who started a national revival in his small church. They will learn about the rich English politician and the former slave woman who helped end slavery in England and the United States. This book contains stories of the missionaries who began Christian communities in China, India and Africa.
From John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards to Elizabeth Fry and Sojourner Truth, God used tender hearts and strong hands of His people to teach about God's mercy.
Some chapters are about social reform, the French and American Revolutions, and the rise of Protestant denominations.
Chapter titles include the following:
- An “Awakening Church” timeline
- What was the “Awakening Church”?
- Jonathan Edwards: An inward sweet sense
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Soli Deo Gloria
- The development of church music
- John Wesley: “My heart was strangely warmed”
- An era of social reform
- William Wilberforce and the abolitionists: Great change
- William Carey: Fruit for eternal life
- Elizabeth Fry: Laudable pursuits
- Revolutions and Rebellions
- Liang Fa: Everyone ought to know
- A new method of missions
- Adoniram and Ann Judson: I bear in my body
- Fidelia Fiske: “Give me your daughters”
- The rise of Protestant denominations
- Sojourner Truth and Harriet Beecher Stowe: “Is God dead?”
- David Livingstone: “I leave it with you”
- Other Christians of the Awakening Church
- The beginnings of a modern world
- Author information
- Where we got our information
- Maps
Considerations
- This material was written for children 12-15 years old.
- This paperback book has 224 pages.
- Evangelical awakenings was a time of social change that resulted when Christians lived out their faith by helping those in need. Children need to learn this so that they too will help others.
Limitations
- Although the biographical stories are based on extensive historical research and include quotes from the character's actual writings, they are fictionalized. In some cultures it may be difficult for children to separate fact from fiction.
- Because many names are used in the stories, children will need to follow complicated story lines.
- Except for the cover illustration, the book has no pictures.
Guidelines for Use
- As an audio book.
- As Christian radio.
- In schools and Sunday Schools as curriculum for church history.
- This book useful for training adults. It could be used to help train national church workers in Bible schools and seminaries.
Where to Obtain
Link to Producer or Source Organization
Christian Focus Publications Ltd (CF4Kids)
Cost
3.99 (GBP) as of June 2008
Producer/Owners
Author/Artist/Producer
Mindy and Brandon Withrow
Current copyright owner
Mindy and Brandon Withrow, 2007
Other Information
If you are interested in translating this fourth volume of history of the Christian church into a minority language, you will need to contact Christian Focus Publications Ltd. Together with them you will need to work out a Creative Commons License agreement.
Reviewed by
Vida, VMS
Date
June 2008
