Hannah Hurnard (1905–90) was a 20th-century Christian author, best known for her

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Biography

Hurnard was born in 1905 in

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, England, to

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parents. She graduated from Ridgelands Bible College in 1926. In 1932 she became an independent

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, moving to

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, Palestine. Her work in Palestine and later Israel lasted 50 years, although she would later maintain a home in England as well. '' Eagles' Wings to the Higher Places'' has been said to support beliefs in

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, and

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. ''Unveiled Glory'' tells of how she came to believe in

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.Hannah Hurnard: Unveiled Glory
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Selected bibliography

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'' *'' Mountains of Spices'' published 1977 (Wheaton,Ill:Tyndale). *'' God's Transmitters'' *'' Hearing Heart'' *'' Fruitarianism: Compassionate Way To Transform Health'' *'' Garden of the Lord'' *''

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'' *'' Walking Among the Unseen'' *'' Eagles' Wings to the Higher Places'' *''

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'' *'' Thou Shalt Remember: Lessons of a Lifetime'' *''

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References

English Christian universalists Christian writers 1905 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Christian universalists English Quakers English Protestant missionaries Quaker universalists Protestant missionaries in Palestine (region) British emigrants to Mandatory Palestine 20th-century Quakers {{Universalism-bio-stub