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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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A Devoted Life. Fragmentary testimonies of Mlle. Augusta Butticaz's 38 years of service in the Algiers Mission Band—H.W. Buckenham
In Remenbrance—November 16—M.D. Grautoff
The "Saida" of Bou-Saada
A War-time Memory—T.H. Hook
How the Year Ended at Touggourt—I.K. Nash
Relizane—Nothing Too Hard—Edith Clark & A.E. Powell
Abassia: Not Dead But Living Unto God—A. Porteous
Algeria's Needs: A Call to Prayer
"Fire Upwards"
Home Office Notes
Resignation of Miss E. Ahier
"A Thirsty Land"
"Horizons of Hope"
Statement of Accounts
Editorial—V.W.
A Thirsty Land and God's Channels
A Flying Visit to the Mission Station at Touggourt—M.D. Grautoff
Touggourt 63 years ago
Relizane—A.E. Powell & E. Clarke
Thursday Afternoon
Almsgiving in Islam—V. Wood
Tolga
The Land of the Vanished Church
Editorial—V. Wood
The Sheikh. An Address to Seekers after God among the Muslms—Miss I. Lilias Trotter
Literature in Algeria. A Short Paper on the Literature Production of the Algiers Mission Band—P.M. Russell
A Sketch of a Young Muslim Couple—M.D. Grautoff
New Horizons—I.K. Nash
Fleeing to Tarshish (Jonah 4:2)—M.D. Grautoff
The Wordless Book—M.H.R.
Home Office Notes. Appointments of Secretary-Treasurer for Gt. Britain
Editorial
"I Should Like to Be a Missionary"
Isaiah 30:21—Augusta M. Farmer
The Sheikh (continued)—I.Lilias Trotter
Mostaganem. November, 1958—A.E. Powell & E. Clark
Our Family—Miliana: M.D. Grautoff & E.Collins
Gleanings from Dar-Naama Letter Box—V.W.
A Year Ago—G. Chollet
Book Review: "THe Love That Was Stronger" by Mrs. I.R. Govan-Stewart
Home Office Notes—D.B.E.
A Desert Christmas—Touggourt, 1958—I.K. Nash
A.M.B. Literature—V. Wood
Helpful Gifts and Those Who Enjoy Them—M.D. Grautoff
A Women's Meeting in Relizane—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
A Year Ago—And Now—R.J. Waine
Christmas at Tolga—M. Lull
Home Office Notes—D.B.E.
A Easter Thought [Poem]
Statement of Accounts
Editorial—V. Wood
One More in the Mzab District—M.D. Grautoff
"...The Lord Led.."—P.M. Russell
Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for our God—R.J. Waine
There were Twelve Little Girls...
News of the Stations, Spring, 1959
Used Postage Stamps—D.B. Edge
Changes and Calls for Prayer Seen From Headquarters—V. Wood
George Herbert's teaching on the Love of Christ to sinners [poem]
A Difference of Belief and What It Can Mean—V. Wood
Lamb of God taketh away the Sin of the World. Quoted from "The Glory of the Cross" by Samuel M. Zwemer
Labourers Together with God—P.G. Longley (treasurer)
Mostaganem—A Town in a Thirsty Land—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
The Things Which Cannot Be Shaken—P.G. Longley
Tlemcen Holiday Bible School. June, 1959—M.R. Waine
A New Worker's Testimony to God's Leading: August, 1959—Bella Gow
News from "Algiers House"—D.B. Edge
Make Straight in the Desert a Highway for Our God. Isaiah 40:3. A Photographic Record of a Missionary Trek in the Sahara
The Lord's Promise For His Vineyard—I.K. Nash
Dreaming and Digging in Tolga
Items of News: From Tlemcen—R.J. & M. Waine;News of Touggourt; News from Setif; About Miliana; At Tolga; Relizane and Mostaganem; At Blida
Home Office Notes
An unknown writer thinks about Christmas Day [poem]
"These Forty Years"—H.W. Buckenham & V. Wood
"Ordered Steps—Open Doors"—I.B. Gow
News and Views from the Stations—M. Daniel
"Cast Thy Bread upon the Waters for Thou Shalt find it after Many Days" (Eccles. 11.1)—G. Chollet
D.V.B.S.
Editorial—V. Wood
A Flying Visit to Algeria. Leaves from my dary—D.B. Edge
Thoughts from the Kitchen or "Workers Together". Mrs. Missionary talks with a Friend from the homeland—M.R.Waine
Relizane—Edith Clark & Annie E. Powell
Miliana Revisited—P.M. Russell
"Have You Brought the Jewels?"—I.K. Nash
From the Sheep to the Baby, by Way of the D.V.B.S. April, 1960—J. Guibé
Stations at Work
Come to the Fair—R.J. Waine
Editorial—V. Wood
Seen and Heard in Algiers. Comments from the Secretary's Desk
Annual Conference For North Africans; At Dar Naama; God's Provision—P.G. Longley
Above all—Read the Bible—R.J. Waine
A Quarterly Report of the Work at Touggourt — in April and May, 1960—I.K. Nash
Joseph's Brothers and the Others—M.R. Waine
Praying for Converts—V. Wood
From "The Cry of the Lost Answered" [Poetry]—F.W. Faber
London Office Notes
Christmas Orders
Editorial: In Loving Remembrance of Grace Kaye—M.D. Grautoff
Mrs S.A. Sutton Kaye—P.M. Russell
Algiers—A Port of Call—P.G. Longley
"Of Such is the Kingdom"—I.B. Gow
A Message from Setif—Germaine Chollet
Autumn Term at Miliana—M.D. Grautoff
Missionary Work: Is It Dull?—V. Woods
October 20th at the Caxton Hall, Westminster—D.B. Edge
Editorial—V. Woods
"We Shall Not in the Desert Stray" (Charles Wesley) — Meditations after a desert journey—R.J. Waine
Report from Algiers—Peter G. Longley
Good Friday and Easter Day [poetry]—H.W. Baker & G. Ter Steegen
Miliana Mission Station—M.D. Grautoff
Young Women in North Africa—V. Wood
Fruit—A.E. Powell
Home Office Notes: Prayer Meeting; Postage Stamps—D.B. Edge
Statement of Accounts
March to May—V. Wood
Visit to Bou Saada—A.P. Mee
Re-Visiting Bou-Saada—G. Chollet
Distribution of Gifts at Miliana—M.D. Grautoff
Relizane—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
A Fresh Contact—P.M. Russell
Helpful Words About Prayer
Choosing or Being Chosen
Summer Activities
Changing and Progress—V. Wood
Pesseimism and Christianity...
Home Office Notes
Volume 136 ()
Editorial
Notes from the Secretary's Desk. Algiers, January 1962
News and Praye Items: Sowing the Seed at Relizane—A.E.Powel & E.Clark; An Opportunity Happening at Setif; Dar Naama. October-December 1961—V. Wood, P.G. Longley & E.E. Longley
The Close of 1961 at Miliana. January 2nd, 1962—M.D. Grautoff, with the help of Miss. E. Chantler; Blida. October-December1961—P.M. Russell & J. Guibe; Tolga. October-December 1961—M. Lull; A 'Te Deum' Tapestry—D.B. Edge
Jottings for your Diary
Ediorial—D.B.E.
Notes from the Secretary's Desk. Algiers, 19th March, 1962—Peter G. Longley
In Memoriam:Miss E.K.M. Ridley, Died February 9, 1962
What About the Future?—M.D. Grautoff
Further News of Setif. Given by Miss. I.B.Gow
Relizane. March, 1962—R. Clark & A.E. Powell
Fatma of Relizane
A Te Deum Tapestry
Statement of Accounts—Peter G. Longley, Treasurer
Editorial—D.B.E.
Special Items for Praise and Prayer: Setif; Dar Naama
Station News: Setif—Germaine Chollet; Tolga—M. Lull; Blida—P.M. Russell & J. Guibé; El Aid & El-Kebir—M.D. Grautoff; Miliana To-day—Rev. & Mrs, H. Isaacs
On Trial—R.J. Waine
A Te Deum Tapestry—D.E. Edge
Editorial
A Date to Remember
Notes from the Secretary's Desk—Peter G. Longley
Six Changing Months. A Report from Algiers—Peter & Eva Longley
Relizane (April-June 1962)—E. Clark & A.E. Powell
Challenge to Prayer—M.D. Grautoff
A Te Deum Tapestry—D.B. Edge