Streams in the Desert - volume 1 Author:Mrs. Charles E. Cowman Mrs. Charles E. Cowman worked as a pioneer missionary with her husband in Japan and China from 1907-1917, during which time they were instrumental in founding the Oriental Missionary Society. When Mr. Cowman's poor health forced the couple to return to the US, she turned her attention to caring for her husband and nursed him until his death 6 y... more »ears later. Out of these experiences and heartbreaks came the first volume of Streams in the Desert, a daily devotional book giving spiritual counsel from her own thoughts and others'. During the next 25 years Mrs. Cowman inspired several nationwide Scripture distribution campaigns and wrote 7 books. She died on Easter Sunday in 1960 at the age of 90.« less