Amy Carmichael Research Paper
Amy Carmichael was born in Millisle, Ireland, on December 16, 1867, to parents David and Catherine Carmichael.
As a young woman, she felt sympathetic for the factory girls in Belfast and, with the aid of several friends, started a church for them. This work advanced as almost four hundred women and girls attended her daily meetings, but she knew her vocation was even more vast than this.
In 1891, she undertook the process to become a missionary to China at the age of twenty-four, but was turned back due to substandard health. Amy finally decided to go to Japan, but met with many obstructions, as she found the language barrier impossible, the missionary community at odds, and her health was ailing. After only a short stay, she returned home to England. …show more content…
Finally, she set off again: this time, to India.
Amy arrived sick, disheartened, and confused in November of 1895, at the age of twenty-eight. Soon after arriving, she came down with Dengue Fever and was sent to a mission house to recuperate. As she recovered in Bangalore, she was disgusted by the lack of action shown by the missionary populace there. The women drank tea and gossiped, and although the church seemed active, there were no converts to show for it.
Frustrated by the inactivity of the Bangalore missionaries, she traveled to the far south of India to live with a missionary couple, the Walkers. For several years, she along with a daughter of the Walkers and a few other women, traveled widely in southern India, spreading the Gospel. They were dubbed the “starry cluster” by those who heard them, a name that Amy liked.
In 1901, an event took place that Amy would never forget. A older woman brought her a young girl who had run away from a temple. Amy had found her life’s work: rescuing these temple girls and providing them a secure, godly
As a young woman, she felt sympathetic for the factory girls in Belfast and, with the aid of several friends, started a church for them. This work advanced as almost four hundred women and girls attended her daily meetings, but she knew her vocation was even more vast than this.
In 1891, she undertook the process to become a missionary to China at the age of twenty-four, but was turned back due to substandard health. Amy finally decided to go to Japan, but met with many obstructions, as she found the language barrier impossible, the missionary community at odds, and her health was ailing. After only a short stay, she returned home to England. …show more content…
Finally, she set off again: this time, to India.
Amy arrived sick, disheartened, and confused in November of 1895, at the age of twenty-eight. Soon after arriving, she came down with Dengue Fever and was sent to a mission house to recuperate. As she recovered in Bangalore, she was disgusted by the lack of action shown by the missionary populace there. The women drank tea and gossiped, and although the church seemed active, there were no converts to show for it.
Frustrated by the inactivity of the Bangalore missionaries, she traveled to the far south of India to live with a missionary couple, the Walkers. For several years, she along with a daughter of the Walkers and a few other women, traveled widely in southern India, spreading the Gospel. They were dubbed the “starry cluster” by those who heard them, a name that Amy liked.
In 1901, an event took place that Amy would never forget. A older woman brought her a young girl who had run away from a temple. Amy had found her life’s work: rescuing these temple girls and providing them a secure, godly