Poets Who Love God
The authors of this collection of poems came from all around the globe. From the 17th century to the present, they lived and served in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America. Some were born into wealth, while others emerge from lowly estate—but they all possessed a consuming love for Christ!
In Him, they saw One Who was so beautiful, so rich, and so all-sufficient, they willingly and literally spent everything they had—even their lives—for they Lord they so loved. They read the Bible and prayed. They proclaimed Christ to the masses, yet tenderly cared for each one they touched Their lives, and these poems, were forged in the crucible of human sufferings, yet they rise in one joyous, harmonic voice in proclamation of their dear Lord and Savior.
Howard Higashi
1937 - 1998
Howard Higashi-a third-generation Hawaiian of Japanese Buddhist ancestry-was born to a Hawaiian sugar plantation foreman and his wife. Little did these parents imagine that their newborn infant was destined to become a melodious servant of Christ. Growing up enjoying the easygoing environment of the island seemed unlikely to prepare Higashi's heart to be a desperate seeker of God. Nevertheless, paradise seemed to end when the father he adored died at the age of fifty-two. For the first time, Higashi began to question the meaning of life...
Watchman Nee
1903 - 1972
Watchman Nee was born as Nee Shu-tsu in Foochow, China, in 1903, into a third-generation Christian family. His paternal grandfather was the first Congregationalist pastor in northern Fukien province. His father studied in the American Methodist College in Foochow, and his mother was educated in the Chinese Western Girls' School in Shanghai.Nee excelled at Anglican Trinity College in Foochow. After being saved in 1920, he adopted the English name Watchman Nee and the Chinese name To-sheng, meaning "the sound of a watchman's rattle...
Albert Benjamin Simpson
1843 - 1919
Albert Benjamin Simpson was born to James and Jane Simpson on Prince Edward Island on a cold December day in 1843. As a young boy, Simpson had to overcome serious health problems to obtain an education; nevertheless, he eventually graduated from Knox College, Toronto, in 1865. He became a Presbyterian minister and served congregations in Ontario, Kentucky, and New York. He and his wife, Margaret, had six children...
