Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1958.

Portland, Oregon, 1927-1945 -- Strong roots -- Orator and garbage collector -- Wheaton, Illinois, 1945-1949 -- Degree of A.U.G. -- Straight for the goal -- Flame of fire -- Behold obscurity -- Wine of bewilderment -- Sheep-destined for the altar -- Goaded by God -- The Renaissance -- Portland-Oklahoma-Wisconsin-Indiana-Illinois-Portland, 1949-1952 -- The test of free time -- The test of service -- Impelled by these voices -- The pattern tested -- Hemmed in to nothing -- Exactly timed for good -- The hand is on the plough -- Ecuador, 1952-1956 -- Under way -- Dreams are tawdry -- The realized will -- Three challenges to faith -- Lo, this is our God -- The pattern at work -- Mission accomplished.

A republication of the 1958 text in which Elisabeth Elliot reconstructs the life of her husband Jim, a Christian missionary who was killed along with four other men by the Auca Indians in Ecuador in 1956, based on the memories of family members and friends, as well as Jim's own writings.