Streams in the desert 荒漠甘泉 / 袋裝 簡體 / 考門夫人 Mrs. Lettie Cowman / Chinese simplified pocket size / 出版社：基督徒出版社

Author: L.B. Cowman

Publisher:  Tien Dao Publishing House Ltd.

Code: SA1508S

PUBLISHED AND PRINTED IN HONG KONG!

《荒漠甘泉》收集了三百多篇靈修小品。書中的作者，有偉大的佈道家，有著名的傳道者，也有寂寂無名的天路客。相同的是，他們都在信仰的路上經歷過，愛過，活過，他們透過這些篇章，分享了對神恩眷的體會。

《荒漠甘泉》的作者是美國傳道人考門夫人，她與她丈夫除了於美國服過神職外，也曾壹起在東亞傳教達二十年之久。這本書是她在其丈夫重病時開始提筆所著，記錄了她的靈修生活，以及如何在苦難當中如何藉禱告來獲得「盼望、忍耐與喜樂」。該書以日記形式書寫，其內文引言主要以《聖經》為依據，也引入了其他神學著作中的段句，並結合夫妻二人的見證和靈修生活，對《聖經》中某些經文展開了非常深入的闡釋。教導人們如何通過閱讀聖經聆聽「神」的話語並明白神的旨意。荒漠甘泉全書雖宗教味濃厚，但因為該書內文流暢且不落俗套，因此1920年發行後，不但在美國發行量很高，更曾被譯為數十種文字，通行於全世界。比較特殊的是，該書閱讀者不盡然全是基督徒。

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

After the Cowmans returned to the United States in January 1918, Charles' health continued to decline. As he suffered in pain, Lettie suffered, watching her husband slowly fade away. During this time, her best-selling devotional book, Streams in the Desert, was conceived. Lettie wrote a daily devotional based on her hardships and her experiences of fellowship with God. Each daily section contains a Bible passage and a quote from another author. The title of the book comes from Isaiah 35:6, "Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert."  No one expected Streams to be as successful as it was. Cowman was not seeking success during the time she wrote it. When the book was being printed, her publisher was certain they would never publish more than the original printing of 3,000. Yet, many readers found they could connect with Streams because it "spoke to those who had difficulty relating their own sufferings to the noble and eternal purposes of a loving and all-wise God." Cowman often stated, "I did not write Streams. God gave me Streams."