The Light of the Nations - J. Edwin Orr

Cover of the book "The Light of the Nations" by J. Edwin Orr

Progress and Achievement in the Nineteenth Century

First published in September 1965 by Paternoster - Hardcover, 302 pages

This is Volume 8 in the Paternoster Church History series edited by F.F. Bruce. In 30 chapters, Dr. Orr charts the progress of Christianity through the 19th Century.

In the Editor's Preface, F.F. Bruce has a wonderful and accurate statement about J. Edwin Orr:

"Some men read history, some write it, and others make it. So far as the history of religious revivals is concerned, J. Edwin Orr belongs to all three categories."