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Algiers Mission Band
A Thirsty Land was the quarterly magazine of the Algiers Mission Band, founded by Lilias Trotter in 1888. The magazine ran from 1927 until the agency joined with the North Africa Mission (currently AWM-Pioneers) in 1964.
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Volume 101 ()
A Year of Joys and Sorrows in the Work—A. Porteous
Miss Isabella Sheach. Missionary among the Muslims of Algeria from 1922 to 1939—A.M. Farmer
The fight fought, the course finished, the kept—H.W. & A. Buckenham
A Bit About the Babies—M.D. Grautoff
The Little Ones Jesus Wants—Grethe Arenholt
A.M.B. Literature and Where it Goes—V. Wood
The Everet Magnet
Everest—A.P.
A Besetting Sin—V. Wood
Jottings from Relizane—Edith Clark & Annie E. Powell
Bousaada Re-visited—A. Butticaz & G. Chollet
The Wind and the Spirit—J.W.Fletcher
The Town of the Thursday Market—P.M. Russell
Editorial—V. Wood
Monsiour Pierre Nicoud
Who Will Go?—R. Waine
Volume 104 ()
Editorial—V. Wood
F.K.C.—P.M. Russell & V. Wood
At Relizane–Autumn, 1953—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
Those Others. Has no one given them the Good News?—M.D. Grautoff
Three Diverse Visits—M.D. Grautoff
Why Am I a Christian?—V. Wood
Stir Me—A. Porteous
Home Secretary's Notes—R.J. Waine
C. Neville Russell
London Annual. September 1953
Scotland—1953. Is Your Journey Really Necessary?—R.J. Waine
Local Auxiliaries—R.J. Waine
Introducing–Mr. Peter G. Longley, B.D.—P.G.L.
Make Do and Mend—M.R.W.
Statement of Accounts
Volume 106 ()
Editorial
Bread on the Waters at Relizane—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
Feasting and Fasting. Miliana: June, 1954—M.D> Grautoff
Patron Saints
Annual Meetings
The Wave and the Tide
Sunny Africa can be cold
Reinforcements—Gladys Dowling
"From Whence Cometh Our Help"—A. Porteous
Notes on the Rally
Womanhood and Islam—I.W. Fletcher
Relizane in the Summer
Food and Prayer
The Christ of Christmas, The Hope of the World
Can these Bones Live?—John Dowling
"Out of the Mouths..."—M.R. Waine
Jesus Shall Reign [Poem]
Orleansville - September 1954—R.J. Waine
Reactions to Earthquakes—M.D. Grautoff
Thank You—R.J. & M.R. Waine
Overheard (during deputation work)—Anonymous
Tolga Mission School Re-opened
News from the London Office—P.G. Longley
Latest News
Volume 109 ()
Editorial—V.Wood
Thirsty Souls—H.W.B.
Giving the "Milk of the Word"
Thirst Quenched
Still Unsatisfied
Seven Days in the Sahara—M.D. Grautoff
Missionary Convention
Deputation
DIstrict Representatives in Great Britain
The M'Zab is Different
How's Busines (Another View of the Situation)—R,J, Waine
Missionary Boxes
Pillars of Religion: "Prayer"—V. Wood
Death—A & J. Porteous
Editorial
Killing Two Birds With One Stone—J.G. & P.M.R.
Trial By Ordeal—P.M. Russell
The People of the Secret Way—M.D. Grautoff
Concerning Sidi Ali Gayyour of Blida—J.G. & P.M.R.
A Summer Break—A & J. Porteous
London Office Notes
Stations and Missionaries
Challenging Thoughts from the Rev. Duncan Campbell
The Arab Travelling Doctor—M.D. Grautoff
A Little Pot of Oil. 2 Kings 4:1-7—Rev. Duncan Campbell
Relizane: A Dry and Thirsty Town—E.C. & A.E.P.
Autumn at Ain-Arnat—Germaine Cholley
Extracts from the Treasurer's Diary—R.J. Waine
London Office Notes
Statement of Accounts
"Is anything too hard for the Lord?"—I.K. Nash
Editorial—V. Wood
Wedding Bells
"The Captains and the Kings Depart"—R.J. Waine
Who Likes Honey?—M. Waine
Curfew—A. Porteous
The Unfinished Story of Two Zs.—M.D Grautoff
God's Leading in Relizane—Edith Clark & A.E. Powell
Without God... Without Hope—Gladys Dowling
Our Missionaries
Stations and Missionaries
Pillars of Religion. The Third Pillar of Islam: The Fast
Annual and Valedictory Meeting, 1956
Abassia—A. Porteous
Miliana, 1956—M.D. Grautoff
News from the Field. Further Visit to the M'Zab
Ain-Arnat—A. Butticaz
News from the London Office
Three Months in the U.S.A.—Annie Buckenham
Editorial
Abassia—(continued)
Visiting the M'Zab—P.M. Russell
Meetings for Women in Miliana—M.D. Grautoff
"Mujehaddine"—R.J. Waine
Reinforcements for the Field:Testimonies of Mr & Mrs P.G. Longley—Peter G; Longley & Eva E. Longley
Extracts from Station Reports
Stations and Missionaries
Quotations (Gathered from the Addresses of the Rev. Peter Hassam at the A.M.B, Rally held in September, 1956)
A Sketch of Miss Trotter's Life in North Africa
Mostageanem—Past and Present
Abassia (continued)
First Impressions—E. Collins
A New Year Meditation
More About Mostaganem—I.K. Nash
Keeping the Christmas Feast at Tolga—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
To-day at Miliana—M.D. Grautoff
Abassia (continued)—A. Porteous
Ain-Arnat and Bousaada—G. Chollet
A Visit to Tolga in 1957—Annie Buckenham
"The Entrance Of Thy Words Giveth Light" (Psalm 119:130)—Edith Clark & Annie E. Powell
Life in a Land of Unrest—M.D. Graudtoff
In the Easter Holidays—M.R. Waine
Blida D.V.B.S.—J. Guibe
Impressions of a Visit to Touggourt
Abassia
A.M.B. London Annual Meeting
An Afternoon's Visiting—Annie Buckenham
North Africa in France—V. Wood
More About Abrassia—A. Porteous
The Hajj—or Pilgrimage to Mecca—V. Wood
Weddings Up-to-Date—P.M. Russell
Mostaganem:Witnessing to Natives; Work Among Europeans; "Ripe Already to Harvest"—Edith Clark & Annie E.Powell
A Story That Led to a Christian Wedding:The Bride; The Bridegroom; What of the Future?—M.D.G.
Summer Wanderings in France: Algerians in France—A. Butticaz
Back Again in Tolga—M. Lull
Obituary [Madamoiselle Butticaz]
October in Miliana—E.F. Collins
Bridewell Hall—The Annual Meetings
Changing Times and Changing Ways—V. Wood
Literature