About the Author

A. T. Pierson (1837 - 1911) was known in his lifetime mainly as a flaming advocate of missions. He challenged Christians to shake off their apathy and evangelize the world in a generation. In a pamphlet written in 1881 he said the job could be done by 1900. But missions was not his only interest. He preached over 13,000 sermons and wrote over fifty books. He succeeded C. H. Spurgeon as pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, was a consulting editor for the original Scofield Reference Bible, and lectured at Moody Bible Institutue in Chicago. He was a friend of D. L. Moody, and wrote the biography of another friend, George Müller of Bristol. Dr. Pierson was also known as a zealous champion of biblical inspiration, a musician, an artist, a devoted father and husband, and an urban pastor who cared passionately for the poor.