The book cover back page speaks directly about the author, Sterling H. Whitener, who was born in China, and graduated from Shanghai American School and secured a college education in North Carolina. His graduate study at Yale Divinity School prepared him for service in China to assist the Chinese Church rebuild after extensive destruction by the Japanese army. Married to Barbara Brown in 1944, they were able to serve as missionaries approximately five years before returning to the US for further study and subsequently sent to HongKong for 15 years. With a family of five children they returned