It has, however, been a great satisfaction to me to intrust the preparation of the Life to Miss Giberne; and I am glad to have this opportunity of expressing my hearty appreciation of the literary skill, the sympathy, and the fidelity to truth with which she has accomplished her task.

Averse as my Aunt ever was to any fuss being made about her, nothing would have reconciled her to the publication of a Biography, save the hope that its story might be used of God to stimulate others to consecrate their lives to the Service of Christ, whether in the Foreign or Home Mission Field. It is in such hope that it is now sent forth, with the earnest prayer that His blessing may rest upon it.

W. F. TUCKER HAMILTON.

Christ Church, Woking.

Note.—Any profits derived by A. L. O. E.’s relatives from the publication of this volume will be apportioned among those Missionary Societies in which she was especially interested.

CONTENTS

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[PART I]
LIFE IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER I
THE STORY OF HER FATHER[3]
CHAPTER II
CHILDHOOD AND GIRLHOOD[13]
CHAPTER III
EARLY WRITINGS[27]
CHAPTER IV
A ‘FARCE’ OF GIRLISH DAYS[39]
CHAPTER V
HOME LIFE[62]
CHAPTER VI
GRAVITY AND FUN[71]
CHAPTER VII
THE FIRST GREAT SORROW, AND THE FIRST BOOK[83]
CHAPTER VIII
CRIMEA, AND THE INDIAN MUTINY[100]
CHAPTER IX
LIFE’S EARLY AFTERNOON[112]
CHAPTER X
A HEAVY SHADOW[126]
CHAPTER XI
GIVING COMFORT TO OTHERS[137]
CHAPTER XII
THE OLD HOME BROKEN UP[146]
CHAPTER XIII
VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS[159]
CHAPTER XIV
AN UNEXPECTED RESOLVE[173]
CHAPTER XV
BESIDE NIAGARA[184]
[PART II]
LIFE IN INDIA
CHAPTER I
FIRST ARRIVAL IN INDIA[197]
CHAPTER II
A HOME IN AMRITSAR[209]
CHAPTER III
CURIOUS WAYS[224]
CHAPTER IV
A PALACE FOR A HOME[239]
CHAPTER V
DISAPPOINTMENTS AND DELAYS[253]
CHAPTER VI
A BROWN AND WHITE ‘HAPPY FAMILY’[267]
CHAPTER VII
PERSECUTIONS[282]
CHAPTER VIII
EARLY CHRISTIAN DAYS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[299]
CHAPTER IX
THE CHURCH AT BATALA[318]
CHAPTER X
LOYAL AND TRUE[331]
CHAPTER XI
CLOUDS AFTER SUNSHINE[344]
CHAPTER XII
THE FIRST STONE OF BATALA CHURCH[359]
CHAPTER XIII
SOME OF A. L. O. E.’s POSSESSIONS[374]
CHAPTER XIV
ON THE RIVER’S BRINK[395]
CHAPTER XV
IN HARNESS ONCE MORE[410]
CHAPTER XVI
A VISIT FROM BISHOP FRENCH[427]
CHAPTER XVII
THE DAILY ROUND[445]
CHAPTER XVIII
IN OLD AGE[461]
CHAPTER XIX
LIGHT AT EVENTIDE[475]
CHAPTER XX
THE LAST GREAT SORROW[491]
CHAPTER XXI
THE HOME-GOING[503]
LIST OF PRINCIPAL BOOKS BY A. L. O. E.[515]
LIST OF SOME SMALL BOOKLETS BY A. L. O. E.[519]