The Call Back Series—Loneliness

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Florence Allshorn was an Anglican missionary to Uganda. Orphaned at age three, she was brought up in Sheffield England by her mother’s governess. As an orphan, Florence must have experienced much loneliness throughout her life. In Loneliness, the second book in the “Call Back Series,” the authors, Edwin and Lillian Harvey, tell her story. It seems that, on the mission-field and surrounded by fellow-missionaries, Florence found herself under a senior missionary who proved extremely difficult to live with and caused her to feel isolated and very alone.

She discovered that she was the eighth young missionary who had been sent to this station. None of her predecessors had lasted more than two years. She lost weight rapidly and at only 98 lbs, she was a total wreck both spiritually and physically.
One day, an elderly African lady found Florence in tears. “I have been on this station for fifteen years,” she told the weeping missionary, “and I have seen all of you come out saying you have brought to us a Savior, but I have never seen the situation saved yet.” These words brought Florence to her senses and, in the end, after reading 1 Corinthians 13 daily for one year, the situation was saved.
Read more of this brave young woman in Loneliness. It is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and available in their Online Christian Bookstore.

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