AMANDA BERRY SMITH - STRONG WOMAN IN GOD

History gives us many examples of Strong Women... such as Amanda Berry Smith.

  An Autobiography.
The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith the Colored Evangelist;
Containing an Account of Her Life Work of Faith, and Her Travels in America, England, Ireland, Scotland, India, and Africa, as an Independent Missionary

The introduction to this work, it is stated by -
J. M. THOBURN. CALCUTTA, October 22, 1891

               The novelty of a colored woman from America, who had in her childhood

               been a slave, appearing before an audience in Calcutta, was sufficient to

               attract attention, but this alone would not account for the popularity which

               she enjoyed throughout her whole stay in our city.

              She was fiercely attacked by narrow minded persons in the daily papers,

              and elsewhere, but opposition only seemed to add to her power.

        

             During the seventeen years that I have lived in Calcutta, I have known many

            famous strangers to visit the city, some of whom attracted large audiences,

            but I have never known anyone who could draw and hold so large an audience

            as Mrs. Smith.

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