Henry Martyn was a brilliant Cambridge graduate who willingly
sacrificed all in the dedicated service of his Saviour and Lord.Inspired by Jonathan Edwards’ account of the life and
work of David Brainerd, Martyn felt an irresistible call to take the Gospel to a new mission field - in his case, India.There at the same time as Carey,
he was able to translate the New Testament into Hindustani, before moving on to the Middle East to complete his Arabic and Persian translation.The journals he kept often reveal his own sense of
unworthiness and his spiritual failings, as well as the joys he knew from the Lord, and this book is enriched by frequent quotes from those journals and his letters.Originally published a hundred years ago,
the book does use some quaint terms from time to time, but for most that will not hinder the benefit that comes from reading this helpful account of such a godly man.