From the description of the first moderator pro tem of the state convention of Baptists in 1865 as having a slight lisp, and a gawky appearance that made people laugh at him, to a contemporary female missionary in the southern portion of the state of whom it is said, her ministry is to the poor, the hurt, and the downtrodden, this is a book about Baptist work from the viewpoint of people. There is much information here about the progress of Baptist work, but there is even more about the people who made the work successful.