A Thirsty Land
A Quarterly Magazine of the Algiers Mission Band
Vols. 21-40 (1932-1937)
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Algiers Mission Band
A Thirsty Land was the quarterly magazine of the Algiers Mission Band, founded by Lilias Trotter in 1888. The magazine ran from 1927 until the agency joined with the North Africa Mission (currently AWM-Pioneers) in 1964.
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A Retrospect. The following is an extract from Miss Trotter's Journal, written twenty-five years after her arrival in Algiers. In giving the Report of the past year's work it seems appropriate to reprint this retrospect and show from what small beginnings the work has sprung.
The Rev Percy Smith: A Tribute—E.B. Browning
Editorial—F.H.F.
Literature Report, 1932—M.H. Roche (Sec. Literature Committee)
Reports for 1931-1932: Algiers—I.K. Nash & L.E. Theobald; Blida—M.H. Roche; Bou Saada—M. Alice McIlroy & A. Butticaz; Clemcen—J.H. Butler & D. Graham; Dellys—A.H. Farmer & I. Sheach; Tolga—S.E. Perkin; Miliana—M.D. Grautoff; Colea—H.W. Buckenham; Tozeur—V. Wood; Relizane—E.K.M. Ridley
Home Notes
Literature
Requests for Praise and Prayer
Statement of Accounts for the Year ending June 30th, 1932
Reports fro 1935-1936: Algiers City—I.K.N.; Bou Saada—Miss A. McIlroy & Mlle. A. Butticaz; Blida (Dar el Aine)—Mr & Mrs Buckenham—H.W.B.; Blida (Dar er Aib)—E.K.M. Ridley; Headquarters. Dar Naama, El Biar—S. Perkin; Dellys—I. Sheach; Holding Forth the Word of Life—W.G. Stalley; Miliana—Miss. M.D> Grautoff & Miss P. Russell; In the Desert Station of Ghardhaia—M.D.C.; Tlemcan "Precious Seed"—J.K. Butler