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In Darkest London: The Manuscript Journal of Joseph Oppenheimer, City Missionary

In Darkest London: The Manuscript Journal of Joseph Oppenheimer, City Missionary

Lewis, Donald M.

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Religious Biographies

Publisher Price: $24.95

ISBN10: 1573835641
ISBN13: 9781573835640
Publisher: Regent College Pub (Wa)
Published: Jun 1 2018
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.68 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The slums of Victorian London have provided the setting for countless tales of murder, intrigue, and dissipation, an urban landscape where Sherlock Holmes and mythologies of Jack the Ripper have had a field day. Donald Lewis' compelling book documents a person who, through desperately difficult work, sought not sensationalism but salvation. Joseph Oppenheimer, a converted German Jew, left a diary from his work with the London City Mission that is here quoted at illuminating length and also used for an informative account of Christian outreach to London's poor in the years shortly before William Booth's more famous mission launched the Salvation Army. Expert use of the diary and expert provision of historical context makes this a testimony to persistent Christian dedication and also the transforming power of the Gospel. Oppenheimer himself grew discouraged about the lack of results from his patient visiting, counseling, and witnessing, but from his historical distance what he accomplished shines like a beacon of hope. --Mark Noll, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History (Emeritus), University of Notre Dame

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