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Amy Beatrice Carmichael

Missionary to India & author Amy Wilson Carmichael

Born

December 16, 1867
Millisle, County Down, Northern Ireland

Died

January 18, 1951
Dohnavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Amy Beatrice (a.k.a. Wilson) Carmichael (December 16, 1867–January 18, 1951) was a Protestant Christian missionary in India, who opened an orphanage and founded a mission in Dohnavur. She served in India for fifty-five years without furlough and authored many books about the missionary work there. Image File history File linksMetadata AmyWilsonCarmichael. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... An orphanage (historically an orphans asylum before the latter word took on its modern insane asylum connotation) is an institution dedicated to caring for orphans (children who have lost their parents) and abused, abandoned, and neglected children. ... Look up Furlough in Wiktionary, the free dictionary A furlough (IPA: ) is temporary leave of absence, especially from duty in the armed services or from a prison term. ...

Early life

Amy Carmichael was born in the small village of Millisle in Northern Ireland to David and Catherine Carmichael. Her parents were devout Presbyterians; she was the oldest of seven children. She was adopted and tutored by Robert Wilson, cofounder of the Keswick Convention. Her father died when she was eighteen. In many ways she was an unlikely candidate for missionary work. She suffered neuralgia, a disease of the nerves that made her whole body weak and achy and often put her in bed for weeks on end. It was at the Keswick Convention of 1887 that she heard Hudson Taylor speak about missionary life. Soon afterward, she became convinced of her calling to missionary work. Millisle is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, lying on the Ards Peninsula, about 3 miles south of Donaghadee. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 kmÂ², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... The Keswick Convention is an important gathering of evangelical Christians in Keswick, in the English county of Cumbria. ... Neuralgia is a painful disorder of the nerves. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Hudson & Maria Taylor in 1865 James Hudson Taylor æˆ´å¾·ç”Ÿ (May 21, 1832 â€“ June 3, 1905), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM) (now OMF International) who served there for 51 years, bringing over 800 missionaries to the country and directly resulting in...

One story of Amy Carmichael's early life tells that as a child, Amy wished that she had blue eyes rather than brown. She often prayed that God would change her eye colour and was disappointed when it never happened. As an adult, however, Amy realized that, because Indians have brown eyes, she would have had a much more difficult time gaining their acceptance if her eyes had been blue. She then started working for the Lord Almighty

Work in India

Initially Amy travelled to Japan for fifteen months, but she later found her lifelong vocation in India. She was commissioned by the Church of England Zenana Mission. Much of her work was with young ladies, some of whom were saved from forced prostitution. The organization she founded was known as the Dohnavur Fellowship. Dohnavur is situated in Tamil Nadu, thirty miles from the southern tip of India. The fellowship would become a sanctuary for over one thousand children who would otherwise have faced a bleak future. In an effort to respect Indian culture, members of the organisation wore Indian dress and the children were given Indian names. She herself dressed in Indian clothes, dyed her skin with coffee, and often travelled long distances on India's hot, dusty roads to save just one child from suffering.

Amy Carmichael's work also extended to the printed page. She was a prolific writer, producing thirty-five published books including His Thoughts Said . . . His Father Said (1951), If (1953), Edges of His Ways (1955) and God's Missionary (1957). Best known, perhaps, is an early historical account, Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India (1903).

Final days and legacy

In 1931, Carmichael was badly injured in a fall, which left her bedridden much of the time until her death. Amy Carmichael died in India in 1951 at the age of 83. She asked that no stone be put over her grave; instead, the children she had cared for put a bird bath over it with the single inscription "Amma", which means mother in the Tamil. A bird bath is essentially a man-made puddle on a pedestal with a shallow basin filled with water for bathing and drinking. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ...

Her example as a missionary inspired others to pursue a similar vocation. Noteworthy examples are: Jim Elliot, and Elisabeth Elliot. Philip James Elliot (October 8, 1927 â€“ January 8, 1956) was a Christian missionary to Ecuador, where he was killed by Huaorani Indians. ... Elisabeth Elliot is a missionary who spent some years among the Waorani people in Ecuador. ...

Quotes

While serving in India, Amy received a letter from a young lady who was considering life as a missionary, She asked Amy, "What is missionary life like?" Amy wrote back saying simply,

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NAME

Carmichael, Amy Beatrice

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

Carmichael, Amy Wilson

SHORT DESCRIPTION

missionary in India

DATE OF BIRTH

December 16, 1867

PLACE OF BIRTH

Millisle, Northern Ireland

DATE OF DEATH

January 18, 1951

PLACE OF DEATH

Dohnavur,Tamil Nadu,India

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