Lettie Burd Cowman worked as a pioneer missionary with her husband, Charles E. Cowman, in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which time they, along with Ernest A. Kilbourne and Juji Nakada, founded The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society). When Mr. Cowman's poor health forced the couple to return to the United States, Mrs. Cowman turned her attention to caring for her husband until his death six years later. Out of Mrs. Cowman's experiences and heartbreak came her first book, Streams in the Desert, followed by its companion Springs in the Valley. During the next 25 years, Mrs. Cowman inspired several nationwide Scripture distribution campaigns around the world, served as president of The Oriental Missionary Society, and wrote seven more books. Finally, on Easter Sunday in 1960, at the age of 90, Mrs. Cowman met face-to-face the God she had served so faithfully for so many years. Streams in the Desert remains one of the best-selling devotionals of all time.
Lettie Burd Cowman worked as a pioneer missionary with her husband, Charles E. Cowman, in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which time they, along with Ernest A. Kilbourne and Juji Nakada, founded The Oriental Missionary Society (now One Mission Society). When Mr. Cowman's poor health forced the couple to return to the United States, Mrs. Cowman turned her attention to caring for her husband until his death six years later. Out of Mrs. Cowman's experiences and heartbreak came her first book, Streams in the Desert, followed by its companion Springs in the Valley. During the next 25 years, Mrs. Cowman inspired several nationwide Scripture distribution campaigns around the world, served as president of The Oriental Missionary Society, and wrote seven more books. Finally, on Easter Sunday in 1960, at the age of 90, Mrs. Cowman met face-to-face the God she had served so faithfully for so many years. Streams in the Desert remains one of the best-selling devotionals of all time.
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