THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOR the Martyrdom of Five American Missionaries in the Ecuador Jungle

by Elisabeth Elliot

Book Overview

Through Gates of Splendor is the true story of five young missionaries who were savagely killed while trying to establish communication with the Auca Indians of Ecuador. The story is told through the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002UUZX46
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: Harper and Brothers
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.

Customer Reviews

So good!

She tells the experience from each mans own perspective through their writing! Their faith is amazing!

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Couldn’t get into it.

I thought it would be bigger

This book is so small and the print is so small I don't think I will be able to read it. I'm disappointed.

Brimming with Enthusiasm, Inspirational and Poignant

Elisabeth Elliot masterfully journals the account of the 5 young missionaries enthusiastic outreach for Indian tribes in Ecuador, starting with their calling and arrival in Ecuador, working with the Quichas and some more accessible tribes and drawn to the bringing of the Gospel to the Auca, a tribe feared by all of their neighbors as lurking killers whose custom is to spy and ambush all outsiders. The men, with hearts burdened for the Auca, sought to befriend them and give them the Gospel. The account leaves no doubt that these men and their wives were led by the Lord and even though the outcome was not what was hoped for, Mrs. Elliott's book is inspirational in the enthusiasm that these dedicated servants of the Lord went about to reach the Auca, as well as the widows' total reliance on their relationship with Jesus Christ after the men were killed to continue in their ministries to serve and bring the Gospel to the Ecuadorian Indians.Highly recommended for home-schoolers, teenagers and today's youth in need of heroes.