THROUGH GATES OF SPLENDOUR
The five missionary martyrs of Ecuador
In 1956 the world was stunned by a shocking event.
′Marj was standing with her head against the radio, her eyes closed. After a while she spoke: ″They found one body.″′
Missionary history will never let us forget the five young American men savagely martyred by Auca Indians in the jungles of Ecuador as they attempted to reach them with the Word of God.
Elisabeth Elliot, the widow of one of these men, records here the story of their courage and devotion to Christ in the face of danger and difficulty.
The challenge of their expendability for God continues as strong today as it was at the time of their death.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Map: The Territory of ′Operation Auca′
Glossary
1. ′I Dare Not Stay Home′
2. Destination: Shandia
3. ′All Things to All Men′
4. Infinite Adaptability
5. ′Expendable for God′
6. Missionary to the Head-shrinking Jivaros
7. Breaking Jungle Barriers
8. The Aucas
9. September, 1955
10. Operation Auca Begins
11. A Line from Plane to Ground
12. The Savages Respond
13. The Search for ′Palm Beach′
14. An Auca on the Path
15. Why Did the Men Go?
16. ′We Go Not Forth Alone′
17. Success on Friday
18. Silence
19. ′Yet Have We Not Forgotten Thee′