Streams in the Desert I Author:Mrs. Charles E. Cowman Mrs. Cowman worked as a pioneer missionary with her husband in Japan and China from 1901 to 1917, during which time he were instrumenal in founding the Oriental Missionary Society. When Mr. Cowman's poor health forced the couple to return to the U.S., Mrs. Cowman turned her attention to caring for her husband and nursed him until his death six ... more »years later. Out of these experience and heartbreak came the first volume of "Streams in the Desert." (first published in 1925).« less