ArticlescompiledbyLettieCowman.ShewasaWesleyanmissionarytoJapanwho,withherhusbandCharlesE.Cowman,co-foundedtheOrientalMissionarySocietyin1901forchurchplantinginmostoftheworldoutsideNorthAmerica.
Herbooksaredevotionalsshecompiledfromsermons,readings,writings,andpoetrythatshehadencountered\
Mrs.CharlesE.CowmanwasthewifeofRev.CharlesCowman,founderoftheOrientalMissionarySociety.ThisorganizationwasfoundedbyRev.CowmanwiththepurposeofevangelizingandsettingupnativeministriesinJapan,Korea,China,andFormosa.Rev.andMrs.Cowmanservedfor20yearsuntilRev.Cowman'sfailinghealthforcedthemtoreturntotheirhomeinCalifornia.
Thewidespreadappealherarticlesgrowsdailyasnewreadersdiscoverthejoy,challenge,andinspirationfoundinStreamsintheDesertandMrs.Cowman'sothercompilations.