Christian Portrait Sources
compiled by Stephen Ross
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Alexander to Grenfell
- Charles M. Alexander
Charles M. Alexander: A Romance of Song and Soul-Winning by His Wife. London: Marshall Bros., [1921]. Frontispiece.
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns.. by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 357.
- Philip P. Bliss
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns.. by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 171.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 176.
Memoirs of Philip P. Bliss edited by D. W. Whittle. New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1877. Frontispiece; p. 90 (Mrs. Bliss).
"The Gospel Awakening"... edited by L. T. Remlap [pseud.]. Chicago: Fairbanks and Palmer, 1885. p. 40.
The Lives of the Eminent American Evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira David Sankey... Boston: B. B. Russell, 1877. p. 266 (also Mrs. Bliss).
The American Evangelists, Dwight L. Moody and Ira D.
Sankey... by Elias Nason. Boston: D. Lothhrop & Co., 1877. p. 263. (also Mrs. Bliss).
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H., 1914. p. 176.
A Full History of the Wonderful Career of Moody
and Sankey... Ashland, Ohio: C. C. Wick & Co., c1877. p. 696.
- Horatius Bonar
Hymns Historically Famous by Nicholas Smith. Chicago: Advance Publishing Co., 1914. p. 22.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 26.
Who Wrote Our Hymns. by Christopher Knapp. New York: Loizeaux Brothers, 1925? p. 182.
- William B. Bradbury
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H., 1914. p. 23.
- John Bunyan
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians by J. Gilchrist Lawson. Anderson, Indians: Warner Press, 1911. p. 36.
A History of the Baptists...to the year 1886 by Thomas Armitage. New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., p. 474.
- Cambridge Seven
The Evangelisation of the World, A Missionary Band... by B. Broomhall. London: Morgan & Scott, [1885?]. Frontispiece, p. 23.
- William Carey
The Life of William Carey: Shoemaker and Missionary by George Smith. London: John Murray, 1885. Frontispiece.
Memoir of William Cary by Eustace Carey. Hartford: Canfield and Robins, 1837. Frontispiece.
Twelve Pioneer Missionaries by George Smith. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1900. p. 38.
Christian Heroism in Heathen Lands by Galen B Royer. Elgin, Ill.: General Mission Board of Church of the Brethren, 1914. p. 8.
The Story of Baptist Missions in Foreign Lands.... by A. H. Burlingham. St. Louis: Chancy R. Barns, 1884. p. 3.
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 45.
A History of the Baptists...to the year 1886 by Thomas Armitage. New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., p. 579.
The Baptist Encyclopædia... edited by William Cathcart. Rev. ed. Philadephia: Louis H. Everts, 1883. p. 182.
- James Chalmers
James Chalmers of New Guinea: Missionary, Pioneer, Martyr by Cuthbert Lennox. London: Andrew Melrose, 1902. Frontispiece.
James Chalmers: His Autobiography and Letters by Richard Lovett. [London]: The Religious Tract Society, 1902. Frontispiece, p. 48, 270, 288, 416.
Christian Heroism in Heathen Lands. by Galen B Royer. Elgin, Ill.: General Mission Board of Church of the Brethren, 1914. p. 88.
- J. Wilbur Chapman
The Secret of a Happy Day: Quiet Hour Meditations by J. Wilbur Chapman. Boston: United Societies of Christian Endeavor, 1899. Frontispiece.
The Ivory Palaces of the King by J. Wilbur Chapman. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1897. Frontispiece.
Evangelistic Sermons by J. Wilbur Chapman compiled and edited by Edgar Whitaker Work. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1922. Frontispiece.
J. Wilbur Chapman: A Biography by Ford C. Ottman. Garden City: Double Day, Page & Co., 1920. Frontispiece.
- William Cowper
Who Wrote Our Hymns. by Christopher Knapp. New York: Loizeaux Brothers, [1925?]. p. 90.
- Fanny Crosby
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns.... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 253.
Memories of Eighty Years. by Fanny J. Crosby. Boston: James H. Earle & Co., 1906. Frontispiece; p. 126, 152.
Heroines of Modern Religion edited by Warren Dunham Foster. New York: Sturgis & Walton Co., 1913. p. 116.
- William O. Cushing
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 50.
- William H. Doane
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 265.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 76.
- Christmas Evans
Memoirs of the Late Christmas Evans, of Wales by David Rhys Stephen. London: Aylott and Jones, 1847. Frontispiece.
Sermons of Christmas Evans: a New Translation from the Welsh... by Joseph Cross. Philadelphia: Leary & Getz, 1854 and 1859. Frontispiece.
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians by J. Gilchrist Lawson. Anderson, Indians: Warner Press, 1911. p. 202.
A History of the Baptists...to the year 1886 by Thomas Armitage. New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., p. 610.
The Baptist Encyclopædia... edited by William Cathcart. Rev. ed. Philadephia: Louis H. Everts, 1883. p. 382.
- Edwin O. Excell
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 298.
- John Geddie
Missionary Life Among the Cannibals being the Life of John Geddie... by George Patterson. Toronto: James Campbell & Son, 1882. Frontispiece.
- James Gilmour
James Gilmour of Mongolia... edited and arranged by Richard Lovett. Chicago: Revell, 1892. Frontispiece, p. 32.
James Gilmour and His Boys by Richard Lovett. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1894. Frontispiece, p. 183; p. 71 (Mrs. Gilmour).
Love Stories of Great Missionaries. by Belle M. Brain. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1913. p. 48.
- Solomon L. Ginsburg
Wandering Jew in Brazil: An [A]utobiography by Solomon L. Ginsburg. Nashville: Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1922. p. 170.
- George Grenfell
The Life of George Grenfell: Congo Missionary and Explorer by George Hawker. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1909. Frontispiece.
George Grenfell and the Congo by Harry Johnston. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1908. Vol. 1. Frontispiece.
Havergal to Paton
- Frances R. Havergal
Poems by Frances Ridley Havergal... New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.,, 1883. Frontispiece.
Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal by M. V. G. H. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1887. Frontispiece.
Women Who Have Worked and Won... by Jennie Chappell. London: S. W. Partridge & Co., [1904?]. p. 117.
Heroines of Modern Religion edited by Warren Dunham Foster. New York: Sturgis & Walton Co.,1913. p. 180.
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians by J. Gilchrist Lawson. Anderson, Indiana: Warner Press, 1911. p. 312.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 138.
- Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry and His Chapel, 1662-1900 [by] H. D. Roberts. Liverpool: The Liverpool Booksellers' Co., [1901]. Frontispiece.
Memoirs of The Life, Character, and Writings of the Rev. Matthew Henry by J. B. Williams. 3rd ed. London: Joseph Ogle Robinson, 1829. Frontispiece.
- Elisha Hoffman
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 162.
- Sam P. Jones
The Life and Sayings of Sam P. Jones... by His Wife. 2nd rev ed. Atlanta, GA: A. N. Jenkins & Scott Co., 1907. p. Frontipiece.
- Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson: His Life and Labours by His Son, Edward Judson. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1883. Frontispiece, p. 21.
Memoir of Adoniram Judson... by C. Clement. Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. Frontispiece.
Christian Heroism in Heathen Lands by Galen B Royer. Elgin, Ill.: General Mission Board of Church of the Brethren, 1914. p. 56.
The Story of Baptist Missions in Foreign Lands.... by A. H. Burlingham. St. Louis: Chancy R. Barns, 1884. p. 109.
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 235.
Love Stories of Great Missionaries by Belle M. Brain. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1913. p. 11 (also Mrs. Ann Judson).
Judson the Pioneer by J. Mervin Hall Philadelphia, Boston: American Baptist Publication Society, 1913. p. 26; p. 30 (Mrs. Ann Judson).
The Baptist Encyclopædia... edited by William Cathcart. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883. p. 626.
- Ann H. Judson
Adoniram Judson: His Life and Labours by His Son, Edward Judson. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1883. p. 290.
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons... by Arabella W. Stuart. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1872. Frontispiece.
Judson the Pioneer by J. Mervin Hall Philadelphia, Boston: American Baptist Publication Society, 1913. p. 30
The Baptist Encyclopædia... edited by William Cathcart. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883. p. 628.
- Emily C. Judson
Adoniram Judson: His Life and Labours by His Son, Edward Judson. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1883. p. 475.
Lives of the Three Mrs. Judsons... by Arabella W. Stuart. Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1872. Frontispiece.
The Story of Baptist Missions in Foreign Lands.... by A. H. Burlingham. St. Louis: Chancy R. Barns, 1884. p. 305.
- William J. Kirkpatrick
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 367.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 154.
- David Livingstone
David Livingstone. by Robert Smiles. (The World's Workers) London: Cassell & Company, 1885. Frontispiece.
David Livingstone by Thomas Hughes. London: Macmillan and Co., 1901. Frontispiece.
Christian Heroism in Heathen Lands. by Galen B Royer. Elgin, Ill.: General Mission Board of Church of the Brethren, 1914. p. 40.
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 386.
- Robert Lowry
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 70.
- Robert Murray McCheyne
The Life and Remains, Letters, Lectures, and Poems of Robert Murray McCheyne by Andrew A. Bonar. New York: Robert Carter & Bros., 1847. Frontispiece.
- James McGranahan
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 127.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 190.
- Alexander Mackay
A. M. Mackay, Pioneer Missionary... by His Sister. Author's ed. New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1890. Frontispiece.
The Story of the Life of Mackay of Uganda: Pioneer Missionary by His Sister. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. Frontispiece.
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 274.
- Samuel Marsden
Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Samuel Marsden... edited J. B. Marsden. London: The Religious Tract Society, [1858?]. Frontispiece.
- Mary Moffat
Robert Moffat, African Missionary by Jabez Marrat. London: T. Woolmer, 1884. p. 92.
The Evangelisation of the World, A Missionary Band... by B. Broomhall. London: Morgan & Scott, [1885?]. p. 154.
Women in the Mission Field... by John Telford. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1895. p. 8.
Heroines of the Mission Field. by Mrs. Emma Raymond Pitman. London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., [1880]. Frontispiece.
- Robert Moffat
Robert Moffat, African Missionary by Jabez Marrat. London: T. Woolmer, 1884. Frontispiece.
The Evangelisation of the World, A Missionary Band... by B. Broomhall. London: Morgan & Scott, [1885?]. p. 94.
Love Stories of Great Missionaries. by Belle M. Brain. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1913. p. 30 (also Mary Moffat).
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 306.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 238 (also Mary Moffat).
- Dwight L. Moody
The Life of Dwight L. Moody by His Son William R. Moody. Authorized ed. [S.l.]: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. Frontispiece, p. 69, 70, 105, 142, 160, 388,
D. L. Moody: A Worker in Souls by Gamaliel Bradford. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. Frontispiece.
Dwight L. Moody: The Man and His Mission George T. B. Davis, et al. [Chicago: Monarch], 1900. Frontispiece, p. 43, 145; Mrs. Emma Moody p. 31.
The Lives of the Eminent American Evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira David Sankey... Boston: B. B. Russell, 1877. Frontispiece.
The American Evangelists, Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey... by Elias Nason. Boston: D. Lothhrop & Co., 1877. Frontispiece.
Deeper Experiences of Famous Christians by J. Gilchrist Lawson. Anderson, Indians: Warner Press, 1911. p. 338.
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. Frontispiece, p. 19.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan
and Scott, [1900?]. p. 246.
- George Müller
The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller... written by Himself. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1898. Frontispiece.
George Müller and Andrew Reed by Mrs. E. R. Pitman. London: Cassell & Co., 1885. Frontispiece.
George Müller of Bristol by Arthur T. Pierson. London: James Nisbet & Co., 1899. Frontispiece.
George Müller: The Modern Apostle of Faith by Frederick G. Warne. New York: Fleming H. Revell, [1898]. Frontispiece.
Preaching Tours and Missionary Labours of George Müller of Bristol by Mrs. Müller. London: J. Nisbet & Co., 1883. Frontispiece.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 266.
- John Newton
Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton...with selections from his correspondence. London: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1835. Frontispiece.
John Newton of Olney and St. Mary Woolnoth... by Josiah Bull. London: The Religious Tract Society, 1868. Frontispiece.
Who Wrote Our Hymns. by Christopher Knapp. New York: Loizeaux Brothers, 1925? p. 72.
- John G. Paton
John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides.... New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1898. Frontispiece.
Great Missionaries of the Church by Charles C. Creegan, et al. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1895. p. 253.
Pierson to Wycliffe
- Arthur T. Pierson
Dr. Pierson and His Message.... edited by J. Kennedy Maclean. London: Marshall Bros., [1911]. Frontispiece.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 290.
- Ira D. Sankey
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. Frontispiece, p. 51.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 196.
The Life of Dwight L. Moody by His Son William R. Moody. Authorized ed. [S.l.]: Fleming H. Revell, 1900. p. 124
"The Gospel Awakening"... edited by L. T. Remlap [pseud.]. Chicago: Fairbanks and Palmer, 1885. p. 19.
D. L. Moody: A Worker in Souls by Gamaliel Bradford. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1928. p. 149.
Dwight L. Moody: The Man and His Mission by George T. B. Davis, et al. [Chicago: Monarch], 1900. p. 22, 83.
The Lives of the Eminent American Evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira David Sankey... Boston: B. B. Russell, 1877. p. 233.
Echoes from the Pulpit and Platform... Dwight L. Moody. Hartford, Conn.: A. D. Worthington & Co., 1900. Frontispiece.
Memories of Eighty Years by Fanny J. Crosby. Boston: James H. Earle & Co., 1906. p. 126.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 322.
The American Evangelists, Dwight L. Moody and Ira D.
Sankey... by Elias Nason. Boston: D. Lothhrop & Co., 1877. p. 233.
A Full History of the Wonderful Career of Moody
and Sankey... Ashland, Ohio: C. C. Wick & Co., c1877. p. 44.
- Cyrus I. Scofield
In Many Pulpits with Dr. C. I. Scofield. New York: Oxford University Press, 1922. Frontispiece.
- Mary Slessor
Heroines of Service... by Mary R. Parkman. New York: The Century Co., 1917. p. 253 .
Mary Slessor of Calabar by W. P. Livingstone. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1916. Frontispiece.
Mary Slessor: the Dundee Factory Girl for God who Became
a Devoted African Missionary by J. J. Ellis. Kilmarnock, Scotland: John
Ritchie, [192-]. Frontispiece.
- Gipsy Smith
As Jesus Passed By and Other Addresses by Gipsy Smith. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1905. Frontispiece.
Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work by Himself. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1906. Frontispiece, p. 184 (Mrs. Smith)
Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work by Himself. London: National Council of The Evangelical Free Churches, 1905. Frontispiece, p. 193 (Mrs. Smith)
Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work by Himself. [4th ed.] New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1906. Frontispiece.
Gipsy Smith: His Life and Work by Himself. London: National Council of The Evangelical Free Churches, 1902. Frontispiece, p. 193 (Mrs. Smith)
- Charles H. Spurgeon
The Life and Labors of Charles H. Spurgeon... complied and edited by Geo. C. Needham. Boston: D. L. Guernsey, 1883. Frontispiece.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 345.
The Baptist Encyclopædia... edited by William Cathcart. Rev. ed. Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883. p. 1093.
- Susannah T. Spurgeon
The Life and Labors of Charles H. Spurgeon... complied and edited by Geo. C. Needham. Boston: D. L. Guernsey, 1883. p. 517.
The Christian Portrait Gallery... London: Morgan and Scott, [1900?]. p. 345.
Women Who Have Worked and Won... by Jennie Chappell. London: S. W. Partridge & Co., [1904?]. p. 53.
Heroines of Modern Religion edited by Warren Dunham Foster. New York: Sturgis & Walton Co.,1913. p. 180.
- George C. Stebbins
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 157.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 202.
- Billy Sunday
"Billy" Sunday: The Man and His Message by William T. Ellis. Auth. ed. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co., 1917. Frontispiece, p. 68 (also Mrs. Sunday), p. 76 (Family).
Billy Sunday: His Tabernacles and Sawdust Trails by Theodore Thomas Frankenberg. Columbus, Ohio: F. J Heer, 1917. Frontispiece.
The Real Billy Sunday... by Elijah P. Brown. Dayton, Ohio: Otterbein Press, 1914. Frontispiece, p. 54, 134; p. 77 (Mrs. Sunday); p. 138 (Family).
- Hudson Taylor
The Evangelisation of the World, A Missionary Band... by B. Broomhall. London: Morgan & Scott, [1885?]. p. 78.
Hudson Taylor and the China Inland Mission... by Dr. and Mrs. Howard Taylor. 5th impression. Philadelphia: China Inland Mission, 1921. Frontispiece; p. 144 (Mrs. Maria Taylor).
The Story of the China Inland Mission by M. Geraldine Guinness. vol 1. London: Morgan & Scott, 1894. p. Frontispiece, p. 231; p. 446 (Miss Faulding).
- Reuben A. Torrey
Twice Around the World With Alexander... by George T. B. Davis. New York: Christian Herald, 1907. p. 43.
Torrey and Alexander: the Story of World-wide Revival by George T. B. Davis. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1905. Opposite t.p.
Dwight L. Moody: The Man and His Mission [by] George T. B. Davis, et al. [Chicago: Monarch], 1900. p. 66.
Anecdotes and Illustrations by R. A. Torrey. London: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1907. Frontispiece.
- Daniel B. Towner
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 327.
- William Tyndale
William Tyndale: A Biography by R. Demaus, revised by Richard Lovett. London: Religious Tract Society, [1900?]. p. 345.
- Isaac Watts
Memoirs of the Rev. Isaac Watts by Thomas Gibbons. London: Printed for James Buckland..., 1780. Frontispiece.
Who Wrote Our Hymns. by Christopher Knapp. New York: Loizeaux Brothers, 1925? p. 7.
- Charles Wesley
The Life of the Rev. Charles Wesley by Thomas Jackson. New York: Published by G. Lane & P. P. Sandford, 1844. Frontispiece.
- Daniel W. Whittle
My Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns... by Ira D. Sankey. Philadelphia: The Sunday School Times Company, 1907. p. 213.
Biography of Gospel Songs and Hymn Writers by J. H. Hall. New York: Fleming H. Revell, 1914. p. 184.
"The Gospel Awakening"... edited by L. T. Remlap [pseud.]. Chicago: Fairbanks and Palmer, 1885. p. 34.
- John Wycliffe
John Wicliffe, the Morning Star of the Reformation by David J. Deane. Two Nobel Lives ed. London: S. W. Partridge & Co., [1896?]. Frontispiece.
John Wycliffe: Patriot and Reformer... by John Laird Wilson. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1884. Frontispiece.
John Wycliffe and His English Precursors by Professor Lechler. Popular ed. London: Religious Tract Society, 1904. Frontispiece.
Cyclopedia of Eminent Christians... by John Frost. New York: World Publishing House, 1875. p. 8.