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The Christian Herald 1901. Cover illustration of Oriental Womanhood, Algiers

The Christian Herald 1901. Cover illustration of Oriental Womanhood, Algiers

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Talmage, T. De Witt [editor]. The Christian Herald, January 30th, 1901. Cover illustration of Oriental Womanhood, Moorish Ladies, Algiers. New York: Louis Klopsch, 1901. First Edition. [9790]

Complete 20 pp. issue, 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches. Removed from a bound volume. Faint horizontal crease at center cover wrapper separated from the contents, last leaf detached. Good. Original wraps.

Cover illustration in color of "Oriental Womanhood - Moorish Ladies at the Sacred Fountain of Adb-El-Rhaman, Algiers."

Other matter in this issue includes Our Grain and Blankets in India; Training Armenia's Orphans to Self-Support; A Town Taken for Christ - The Great Revival in the Town of Tarkio, Mo.; Strange Rites of the Wichita Indians; The Bowery Missions' 20th Anniversary; Queen Victoria's Last Hours.

The Christian Herald (1878-1992) was he American edition of the London Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times, founded by Joseph Spurgeon, a cousin of Charles H. Spurgeon. It was issued weekly and offered a combination of inspirational material and serious doctrinal and theological pieces. Thomas De. Witt Talmage was editor from 1890 to 1902. The Herald championed missionary work, both at home and abroad, and the publication made a significant positive impact on The Bowery Mission in New York City. Each issue contains a sermon by Talmage and an item by Margaret E. Sangster.