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PREFACE. |
INTRODUCTION. |
CONTENTS. |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- OF -- AMANDA SMITH. -- CHAPTER I. -- BIRTH, PARENTAGE AND DELIVERANCE FROM SLAVERY THROUGH THE CONVERSION -- OF MY MOTHER'S YOUNG MISTRESS--MY PIOUS GRANDMOTHER. |
CHAPTER II. -- REMOVAL TO PENNSYLVANIA--GOING TO SCHOOL--FIRST RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES--PERNICIOUS READING. |
CHAPTER III. -- SOME OF THE REMEMBRANCES OF MY GIRLHOOD DAYS--HELPING RUNAWAYS--MY MOTHER AROUSED--A NARROW ESCAPE--A TOUCHING STORY. |
CHAPTER IV. -- MOVING FROM LOWE'S FARM.--MARRIAGE.--CONVERSION. |
CHAPTER V. -- HOW I BOUGHT MY SISTER FRANCES AND HOW THE LORD PAID THE DEBT. |
![]() | CHAPTER VI. -- MARRIAGE AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES--RETURN TO PHILADELPHIA -- --A STRANGER IN NEW YORK--MOTHER JONES' HELP--DEATH -- OF MY FATHER. |
CHAPTER VII. -- THE BLESSING--ABOUT SEEKING SANCTIFICATION BY WORKS. |
CHAPTER VIII. -- MY FIRST TEMPTATION, AND OTHER EXPERIENCES--I GO TO NEW UTRECHT TO SEE MY HUSBAND--A LITTLE EXPERIENCE AT BEDFORD STREET CHURCH, NEW YORK--FAITH HEALING. |
CHAPTER IX. -- VARIOUS EXPERIENCES--HIS PRESENCE--OBEDIENCE--MY TEMPTATION TO LEAVE THE CHURCH--WHAT PEOPLE THINK--SATISFIED. |
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CHAPTER XI. -- MY CALL TO GO OUT--AN ATTACK FROM SATAN--HIS SNARE -- BROKEN--MY PERPLEXITY IN REGARD TO THE TRINITY-- -- MANIFESTATION OF JESUS--WAS IT A DREAM? |
CHAPTER XII. -- MY LAST CALL--HOW I OBEYED IT, AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT. |
CHAPTER XIII. -- MY REMEMBRANCES OF CAMP MEETING--SECOND CAMP MEETING--SINGING--OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE. |
CHAPTER XIV. -- KENNEBUNK CAMP MEETING--HOW I GOT THERE, AND WAS ENTERTAINED--A GAZING STOCK--HAMILTON CAMP MEETING--A TRIP TO VERMONT--THE LOST TRUNK, AND HOW IT WAS FOUND. |
CHAPTER XV. -- MY EXPERIENCE AT DR. TAYLOR'S CHURCH, NEW YORK, AND ELSEWHERE--THE GENERAL CONFERENCE AT NASHVILLE--HOW I WAS TREATED AND HOW IT ALL CAME OUT--HOW THINGS CHANGE. |
CHAPTER XVI. -- HOW I GOT TO KNOXVILLE, TENN., TO THE NATIONAL CAMP MEETING AND WHAT FOLLOWED. |
CHAPTER XVII. -- SEA CLIFF CAMP MEETING, JULY, 1872--FIRST THOUGHTS OF AFRICA--MAZIE'S EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE--MY EXPERIENCE AT YARMOUTH. |
CHAPTER XVIII. -- PITTMAN CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA--HOW I BECAME THE OWNER OF A HOUSE, AND WHAT BECAME OF IT--THE MAYFLOWER MISSION, BROOKLYN--AT DR. CUYLER'S. |
CHAPTER XIX. -- BROOKLYN--CALL TO GO TO ENGLAND--BALTIMORE--VOYAGE OVER. |
CHAPTER XX. -- LIME STREET STATION, LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, AND THE RECEPTION I MET WITH THERE--PAGES FROM MY DIARY. |
CHAPTER XXI. -- VISIT TO SCOTLAND, LONDON, AND OTHER PLACES--CONVERSATION WITH A CURATE--GREAT MEETING AT PERTH--HOW -- I CAME TO GO TO INDIA. |
CHAPTER XXII, -- IN PARIS--ON THE WAY TO INDIA--FLORENCE--ROME--NAPLES-- -- EGYPT. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXIII. -- INDIA--NOTES FROM MY DIARY--BASSIM--A BLESSING AT FAMILY PRAYER--NAINI TAL--TERRIBLE FLOODS AND DESTRUCTION OF LIFE. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXIV. -- THE GREAT MEETING AT BANGALORE--THE ORPHANAGE AT COLAR--BURMAH--CALCUTTA--ENGLAND. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXV. -- AFRICA--INCIDENTS OF THE VOYAGE--MONROVIA--FIRST FOURTH -- OF JULY THERE--A SCHOOL FOR BOYS--CAPE PALMAS-- -- BASSA--TEMPERANCE WORK--THOMAS ANDERSON. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXVI. -- FORTSVILLE--TEMPERANCE MEETINGS--EVIL CUSTOMS--THOMAS -- BROWN--BALAAM--JOTTINGS FROM THE JUNK RIVER-- -- BROTHER HARRIS IS SANCTIFIED. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXVII. -- CONFERENCE AT MONROVIA--ENTERTAINING THE BISHOP--SIERRA -- LEONE--GRAND CANARY--A STRANGE DREAM--CONFERENCE -- AT BASSA--BISHOP TAYLOR. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXVIII. -- OLD CALABAR--VICTORIA'S JUBILEE--CAPE MOUNT--CLAY-ASHLAND -- HOLINESS ASSOCIATION--RELIGION OF AFRICA--TRIAL -- FOR WITCHCRAFT--THE WOMEN OF AFRICA. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXIX. -- HOW I CAME TO TAKE LITTLE BOB--TEACHING HIM TO READ-- -- HIS CONVERSION--SOME OF HIS TRIALS, AND HOW HE MET -- THEM--BOB GOES TO SCHOOL. |
CHAPTER XXX. -- NATIVE BABIES--VISIT TO CREEKTOWN--NATIVE SUPERSTITIONS -- --PRODUCTS OF AFRICA--DISAPPOINTED EMIGRANTS. |
![]() | CHAPTER XXXI. -- LIBERIA--BUILDINGS--THE RAINY SEASON--SIERRA LEONE--ITS -- PEOPLE--SCHOOLS--WHITE MISSIONARIES--COMMON SENSE -- NEEDED--BROTHER JOHNSON'S EXPERIENCE--HOW WE GET ON IN AFRICA. |
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![]() | CHAPTER XXXIII. -- EMIGRATION TO LIBERIA--SCHOOLS OF LIBERIA--MISSION SCHOOLS -- --FALSE IMPRESSIONS--IGNORANCE AND HELPLESSNESS OF -- EMIGRANTS--AFRICAN ARISTOCRACY. |
CHAPTER XXXV. -- RETURN TO LIVERPOOL--FAITH HEALING--BISHOP TAYLOR LEAVES -- AGAIN FOR AFRICA--USE OF MEANS--THE STORY OF MY -- BONNET--TOKENS OF GOD's HELP AFTER MY RETURN FROM -- AFRICA. |