“It was our privilege to spend a number of years in the mission fields of the Orient–Japan and Korea, but the trying climate and overstrain of heavy work cause my dear husband’s health to fail, and we were compelled to return to the homeland, where for six years a battle was waged between life and death.

‘Then cometh Satan,’ tempting us to faint under the pressure, but each time when the testings had reached their utmost limit, God would illumine some old and familiar text, or a helpful book or tract would providentially fall into our hands, which contained just the message needed at the moment.

One day, while walking along the seashore, wondering almost of ‘God had forgotton to be gracious,’ a little leaflet lay at our feet. We picked it up and read, ‘God smiles on His children in the eye of the storm,’ and we caught anew a glimpse of His love face.

‘His choicest cordials were kept for our deepest faintings,’ and we have been held in His strong, loving arms these trying years till we have learned to love our desert, because of His wonderful presence with us.

Our own trouble has drawn to us hundreds of troubled hearts and we have tried to ‘comfort them with the same comfort wherewith we have been comforted of God.’ For a period of three years we have passed on these daily messages to the readers of God’s Revivalist, and the numbers of requests that have come for them in book form have led to the publication of Streams in the Desert. The book is sent forth with a prayer that many a weary, way-worn traveler may drink therefrom and be refreshed.” – Lottie B Cowman, Foreword to Streams in the Desert 1925

Her books are devotionals she compiled from sermons, readings, writings, and poetry that she had encountered.

~Mrs Chas Cowman

“Oh, give Thy servant patience to be still,
And bear Thy will;
Courage to venture wholly on the arm
That will not harm;
The wisdom that will never let me stray
Out of my way;
The love that, now afflicting, knoweth best
When I should rest.”

Streams in the Desert by Date (from this website)

Mrs. Cowman’s works from Streams in the Desert, though not in order.

• “Stand Still” – Streams in the Desert 04/19
• A Bar of Steel – Streams in the Desert 10/24
• A Door Opened in Heaven – Streams in the Desert 06/28
• A Simple Prayer – Streams in the Desert 08/17
• A Very Present Help – Streams in the Desert 01/23
• Above the Clouds – Streams in the Desert 05/15
• Abundantly Able – Streams in the Desert 04/21
• According to Our Faith – Streams in the Desert 03/21
• Achieving the Victory – Streams in the Desert 12/09
• Active Faith – Streams in the Desert 02/22
• After The Frost – Streams in the Desert 09/25
• Alone – Streams in the Desert 08/18
• Alone In The Desert – Streams in the Desert 10/02
• Alone With God By Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
• Alone With God – Streams in the Desert 02/27
• An Hour In The Garden – Streams in the Desert 10/26
• Appropriating Faith – Streams in the Desert 12/29
• At Wit’s End – Streams in the Desert 05/23
• Attitude of Trust – Streams in the Desert 05/19
• Be Definite in Prayer – Streams in the Desert 03/24
• Be Still – Streams in the Desert 01/15
• Be Strong – Streams in the Desert 08/03
• Be Sure of His Promises – Streams in the Desert 03/08
• Bearing the Sting – Streams in the Desert 10/06
• Beginning Without Finishing – Streams in the Desert 05/07
• Being Proven – Streams in the Desert 08/28
• Belief, Not Understanding – Streams in the Desert 09/20
• Believe in Order to See – Streams in the Desert 07/24
• Believing Before Seeing – Streams in the Desert 02/17
• Believing Prayer – Streams in the Desert 01/04
• Believing Prayer – Streams in the Desert 12/30
• Bread Corn is Bruised – Streams in the Desert 06/19
• Broken Things – Streams in the Desert 10/15
• By Death We Live – Streams in the Desert 10/11
• By Faith Abraham Obeyed – Streams in the Desert 04/16
• By Thy Spirit – Streams in the Desert 04/20
• Call Back – Streams in the Desert 12/19
• Call Upon the Lord – Streams in the Desert 05/03
• Can Thine Heart Endure – Streams in the Desert 05/13
• Carry Your Cross – Streams in the Desert 09/14
• Cast Down – Streams in the Desert 02/07
• Cast Your Burdens Upon God – Streams in the Desert 03/09
• Challenge Thy Mountain in the Lord – Streams in the Desert 06/24
• Character with Age – Streams in the Desert 05/31
• Christ in the Vessel – Streams in the Desert 06/03
• Christ our Consolation – Streams in the Desert 12/25
• Christ Sometimes Delays His Help – Streams in the Desert 07/10
• Christ’s Business is Supreme – Streams in the Desert 12/14
• Claim Victory – Streams in the Desert 08/08
• Climb Upward – Streams in the Desert 01/02
• Cling to God in Faith – Streams in the Desert 05/28
• Come Close to Him – Streams in the Desert 11/8
• Comfort in the Depths – Streams in the Desert 08/09
• Commit and Rest – Streams in the Desert 04/24
• Contentment – Streams in the Desert 01/07
• Continue in Prayer – Streams in the Desert 12/16
• Costly Glory – Streams in the Desert 04/26
• Counting the Cost – Streams in the Desert 09/21
• Cushion of the Sea – Streams in the Desert 10/20
• Dare to Be Alone – Streams in the Desert 12/20
• Dealing With the Past – Streams in the Desert 11/22
• Deep Faith – Streams in the Desert 08/30
• Deeper – Streams in the Desert 09/09
• Degrees of Faith – Streams in the Desert 07/21
• Delayed – Streams in the Desert 10/18
• Delayed Blessings – Streams in the Desert 07/04
• Deliverance in the Stormy Winds – Streams in the Desert 03/12
• Desperate Days – Streams in the Desert 03/25
• Desperate Situations – Streams in the Desert 10/14
• Devil’s Burden -Streams in the Desert 12/01
• Diamond in the Rough – Streams in the Desert 04/17
• Discovering God’s Graces – Streams in the Desert 04/10
• Do It Now! – Streams in the Desert 07/30
• Do Not Yield to Discouragement – Streams in the Desert 04/02
• Don’t Be Offended – Streams in the Desert 11/18
• Don’t Look at the Waves – Streams in the Desert 06/23
• Don’t Rush – Streams in the Desert 10/07
• Drive a Stake Down – Streams in the Desert 07/14
• Earth’s Broken Things – Streams in the Desert 03/15
• Elijah Watched and Waited – Streams in the Desert 07/11
• Enter Into Your Inheritance – Streams in the Desert 02/25
• Eternal Glory Struggles – Streams in the Desert 05/25
• Evidence of His Love – Streams in the Desert 01/24
• Expectations Beyond Us – Streams in the Desert 11/2
• Expectations Beyond Us – Streams in the Desert 12/04
• Facts vs. Feelings – Streams in the Desert 09/26
• Faith Becomes Sight – Streams in the Desert 02/18
• Faith Can Change Any Situation – Streams in the Desert 06/08
• Faith Grows Amid Storms – Streams in the Desert 07/12
• Faith is a Target – Streams in the Desert 09/22
• Faith Triumphs – Streams in the Desert 11/10
• Fashioned In The Fire – Streams in the Desert 09/02
• Fight the Good Fight – Streams in the Desert 12/12
• Fill the Night With Song – Streams in the Desert 06/07
• Flowers in the Canyon – Streams in the Desert 03/16
• Flowing From Us – Streams in the Desert 08/06
• Fluttering Spirit – Streams in the Desert 06/17
• Free Through Suffering – Streams in the Desert 09/08
• Fresh Touch with God – Streams in the Desert 04/30
• Fret Not – Streams in the Desert 10/10
• Fret Not Over Evil-doers – Streams in the Desert 02/15
• Full Salvation – Streams in the Desert 12/17
• Gentle Leading – Streams in the Desert 01/03
• Gentleness of Spirit – Streams in the Desert 06/11
• Give Out The Blessing – Streams in the Desert 09/23
• Go Forward – Streams in the Desert 02/11
• Go Not Without Prayer – Streams in the Desert 06/06
• God Has Chosen Me – Streams in the Desert 07/09
• God in Everything – Streams in the Desert 09/17
• God is Looking – Streams in the Desert 07/18
• God is Not Unobservant – Streams in the Desert 07/17
• God is Waiting Upon Us – Streams in the Desert 07/22
• God Knows – Streams in the Desert 04/22
• God Meant It Unto Good – Streams in the Desert 06/10
• God Permits Temptation – Streams in the Desert 04/12
• God Works in the Dark – Streams in the Desert 06/04
• God’s Best – Streams in the Desert 11/25
• God’s Mysterious Dealings – Streams in the Desert 04/05
• God’s Refreshment – Streams in the Desert 12/23
• God’s Timing – Streams in the Desert 03/22
• God’s Will – Streams in the Desert 08/14
• God’s Wind – Streams in the Desert 02/04
• Grace in the Morning – Streams in the Desert 09/13
• Greatest Gifts Come Through Travail – Streams in the Desert 06/02
• Grow in His Strength – Streams in the Desert 09/30
• Grow in the Gloom – Streams in the Desert 08/24
• Hard Love – Streams in the Desert 08/10
• Hardship Makes Character – Streams in the Desert 01/13
• He Answered Nothing – Streams in the Desert 03/18
• He Has Overcome the World – Streams in the Desert 01/21
• He Knows Us – Streams in the Desert 11/13
• He Refines Them – Streams in the Desert 10/17
• He Remains – Streams in the Desert 09/06
• He Satisfies Our Soul – Streams in the Desert 05/27
• He Worketh – Streams in the Desert 05/22
• Heart’s Sacrifice – Streams in the Desert 11/7
• Hedged In – Streams in the Desert 01/12
• Hidden Workers – Streams in the Desert 02/24
• Hiding Place – Streams in the Desert 09/16
• Himself – Streams in the Desert 08/21
• Hindrance to Prayer – Streams in the Desert 04/18
• His Billows – Streams in the Desert 10/27
• Hitherto – Streams in the Desert 12/31
• Hold Fast and Trust – Streams in the Desert 04/01
• Hold on Until the End – Streams in the Desert 03/05
• Honour Him in the Trials – Streams in the Desert 04/03
• Hope vs. Fear – Streams in the Desert 02/08
• How To Wait – Streams in the Desert 11/20
• I Heard a Still Voice – Streams in the Desert 06/30
• Impossible Flowers – Streams in the Desert 11/27
• Impressions – Streams in the Desert 10/19
• In Everything – Streams in the Desert 10/13
• In God, Not Out of Trouble – Streams in the Desert 11/30
• In His Name – Streams in the Desert 10/25
• In Me – Streams in the Desert 09/28
• In The Clouds – Streams in the Desert 08/13
• In The Heavenly Places – Streams in the Desert 10/28
• Instant Obedience – Streams in the Desert 05/14
• Into the Deep – Streams in the Desert 02/29
• Inward Stillness – Streams in the Desert 04/07
• Iron Saints – Streams in the Desert 12/27
• Isolation – Streams in the Desert 08/27
• It Is Sufficient – Streams in the Desert 08/05
• It Must Be Bought – Streams in the Desert 11/3
• It Must Be Bought – Streams in the Desert 12/05
• It’s Raining Blessing – Streams in the Desert 06/15
• Joined in God – Streams in the Desert 08/19
• Joy in Prison – Streams in the Desert 10/12
• Keep Praying – Streams in the Desert 04/29
• Keep Trusting – Streams in the Desert 03/06
• Keep Your Hands Off – Streams in the Desert 07/06
• Lawn Care – Streams in the Desert 11/11
• Leanin’ Sides – Streams in the Desert 09/12
• Learning From Suffering – Streams in the Desert 12/10
• Leave It To God – Streams in the Desert 11/21
• Leave it With Him – Streams in the Desert 03/29
• Lessons in the Shadow – Streams in the Desert 02/02
• Lie Still and Trust – Streams in the Desert 05/10
• Like the Cedars of Lebanon – Streams in the Desert 07/25
• Limp Hands and Feeble Knees – Streams in the Desert 06/18
• Listening Hard for God – Streams in the Desert 09/18
• Long Hours – Streams in the Desert 09/29
• Made Perfect Through Suffering – Streams in the Desert 01/09
• Make a Way – Streams in the Desert 08/02
• Making Straight the Crooked – Streams in the Desert 03/01
• March Forward – Streams in the Desert 06/25
• Master Ploughman – Streams of the Desert 07/03
• Meant to be Used – Streams in the Desert 08/12
• Meet Him in the Morning – Streams in the Desert 03/02
• Members of His Body – Streams in the Desert 09/27
• Members of His Body by Mrs. Cowman
• Mind The Checks – Streams in the Desert 10/03
• More Than Conquerors – Streams in the Desert 12/18
• More Than Sufficient – Streams in the Desert 02/26
• Music and the Rest – Streams in the Desert 01/22
• Music of the Storm – Streams in the Desert 11/29
• My Father’s Giving – Streams in the Desert 07/27
• New Year – Streams in the Desert 01/01
• Night of Pure Faith – Streams in the Desert 12/22
• No Active Mission – Streams in the Desert 12/26
• No Miracles – Streams in the Desert 08/22
• No Solution in Sight – Streams in the Desert 08/23
• None to Help But God – Streams in the Desert 01/05
• Not of the Extraordinary – Streams in the Desert 10/22
• Nothing Is Too Hard – Streams in the Desert 11/5
• Nothing Satisfies – Streams in the Desert 08/26
• Obstinate Faith – Streams in the Desert 03/28
• Only Through Death – Streams in the Desert 11/14
• Open My Eyes – Streams in the Desert 04/04
• Open the Trenches – Streams in the Desert 12/07
• Ordering the Stops – Streams in the Desert 08/16
• Our Dependency on Christ – Streams in the Desert 03/07
• Our Great Opportunities – Streams in the Desert 07/29
• Our Helper in Prayer – Streams in the Desert 07/20
• Out of Wounding – Streams in the Desert 08/15
• Patience in the Routine – Streams in the Desert 03/17
• Perfection of Suffering – Streams in the Desert 09/10
• Persistent Prayer – Streams in the Desert 01/19
• Picture of Rest – Streams in the Desert 06/13
• Placed For a Purpose – Streams in the Desert 06/21
• Polish Comes Through Trouble – Streams in the Desert 07/07
• Potent Prayers – Streams in the Desert 06/05
• Praise Changes Things by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
• Praise in Advance – Streams in the Desert 05/26
• Praise in the Midst of Trouble – Streams in the Desert 02/28
• Prayer Will Be Answered – Streams in the Desert 06/16
• Preparation For Praise – Streams in the Desert 03/19
• Preparing His Heroes – Streams in the Desert 04/28
• Pressing Forward – Streams in the Desert 05/18
• Promises Fulfilled – Streams in the Desert 07/01
• Providence of Loss – Streams in the Desert 10/05
• Pruned to Yield Fruit – Streams in the Desert 02/19
• Put Forth – Streams in the Desert 01/14
• Quicken Us – Streams in the Desert 11/19
• Quiet Time with God – Streams in the Desert 12/24
• Quietness – Streams in the Desert 01/31
• Reaching Perfection – Streams in the Desert 12/02
• Ready to Move – Streams in the Desert 10/21
• Receive All He Has For You – Streams in the Desert 03/26
• Receive the Cup of Sorrow – Streams in the Desert 05/20
• Refreshing Dew – Streams in the Desert 01/30
• Rehearse Your Troubles to God Only – Streams in the Desert 06/22
• Rejoice – Streams in the Desert 12/28
• Rejoice Evermore – Streams in the Desert 02/14
• Rejoice in the Flood – Streams in the Desert 02/06
• Rejoice in the Lord – Streams in the Desert 08/11
• Rely on God, Not Self – Streams in the Desert 03/30
• Remember My Song in the Night – Streams in the Desert 05/21
• Rest on the Word of God – Streams in the Desert 04/15
• Resurrection Hope – Streams in the Desert 04/14
• Rock Flowers – Streams in the Desert 11/23
• Run With Patience – Streams in the Desert 10/30
• Sailing Through the Tempest – Streams in the Desert 05/09
• Sailing Through the Tempest – Streams in the Desert 05/11
• Satan’s Tools – Streams in the Desert 10/16
• Scent of the Rose – Streams in the Desert 09/15
• School of Sorrow – Streams in the Desert 05/30
• School of Suffering – Streams in the Desert 07/19
• Season of Waiting – Streams in the Desert 05/17
• Secret Fellowship – Streams in the Desert 06/20
• Secret Prayer – Streams in the Desert 05/29
• Security in Storms – Streams in the Desert 03/31
• Seek Communion – Streams in the Desert 11/9
• Service of Waiting – Streams in the Desert 09/24
• Shaped Stones – Streams in the Desert 09/01
• Shout of Faith – Streams in the Desert 09/04
• Show Love – Streams in the Desert 12/08
• Showers and Sunshine – Streams in the Desert 01/08
• Shut Doors – Streams in the Desert 01/10
• Shut Up To Faith – Streams in the Desert 08/25
• Sin of Worry – Streams in the Desert 10/08
• Sing Praise to the Lord! – Streams in the Desert 05/05
• Sit Still – Streams in the Desert 02/05
• Skilful Guidance – Streams in the Desert 07/31
• Songs of Praise Rise From Affliction – Streams in the Desert 03/13
• Sorrow, God’s Plowshare – Streams in the Desert 01/20
• Sorrowful, Yet Rejoicing – Streams in the Desert 03/20
• Specialize in the Impossible – Streams in the Desert 02/13
• Spirit-Filled – Streams in the Desert 08/07
• Spiritual Force – Streams in the Desert 04/09
• Steady in Our Walk – Streams in the Desert 01/27
• Step Out Boldly – Streams in the Desert 07/02
• Step-By-Step Grace – Streams in the Desert 01/06
• Strength From the Sorrow – Streams in the Desert 03/11
• Strong Composure – Streams in the Desert 02/10
• Strong in Suffering – Streams in the Desert 12/03
• Suddenness of Change – Streams in the Desert 02/03
• Sweetness of the Storm – Streams in the Desert 06/12
• Tempered and Tried – Streams in the Desert 03/04
• Thankful for the Thorns – Streams in the Desert 04/08
• The Answer is God – Streams in the Desert 06/26
• The Blessing of the Lion – Streams in the Desert 02/23
• The Breaking of the Storm – Streams in the Desert 01/16
• The Brightest Colours – Streams in the Desert 10/01
• The Captive – Streams in the Desert 11/04
• The Captive – Streams in the Desert 11/04
• The Discipline of Faith – Streams in the Desert 05/12
• The Eagle That Soars – Streams in the Desert 06/09
• The End Of Our Strength – Streams in the Desert 08/31
• The Father’s Hand – Streams in the Desert 02/12
• The Fiery Furnace – Streams in the Desert 01/18
• The Fruit Comes Afterward – Streams in the Desert 07/28
• The Greatest Pains – Streams in the Desert 11/6
• The Harp – Streams in the Desert 01/28
• The Just Shall Live by Faith – Streams in the Desert 03/10
• The Key to the Wind – Streams in the Desert 05/02
• The Lightest Cross – Streams in the Desert 08/29
• The Living God – Streams in the Desert 01/17
• The Lord is My Strength – Streams in the Desert 06/27
• The Lord’s Times – Streams in the Desert 11/28
• The Mountain After the Quake – Streams in the Desert 05/04
• The Old Refiner – Streams in the Desert 10/29
• The Path to Blessing – Streams in the Desert 12/21
• The Power of Silence – Streams in the Desert 11/24
• The Prayer of Faith – Streams in the Desert 05/01
• The Price of Freedom – Streams in the Desert 03/03
• The Risen Lord – Streams in the Desert 04/27
• The Road Uphill – Streams in the Desert 05/08
• The Second Coming – Streams in the Desert 12/06
• The Secrets of Providence – Streams in the Desert 05/06
• The Summer Will Come – Streams in the Desert 10/09
• There We Saw the Giants – Streams in the Desert 06/29
• This Thing is From Me – Streams in the Desert 02/01
• This Thing is From Me by Mrs C. Cowman
• Thou Wilt Revive Me – Streams in the Desert 04/23
• Through Faith – Streams in the Desert 11/15
• Through the Fire – Streams in the Desert 10/04
• Thy Rod and Thy Staff – Streams in the Desert 01/25
• Trained to Comfort – Streams in the Desert 01/11
• Treasures in the Darkness – Streams in the Desert 03/14
• Trouble is a Messenger – Streams in the Desert 09/19
• Trouble Teaches – Streams in the Desert 09/07
• Trust Amid the Silence – Streams in the Desert 02/09
• Trust and Rest – Streams in the Desert 12/15
• Trust in His Promises – Streams in the Desert 07/13
• Trust in Spite of How it Looks – Streams in the Desert 07/15
• Unadorned Life – Streams in the Desert 11/12
• Unanswered? – Streams in the Desert 11/17
• Unshaken in Christ – Streams in the Desert 01/29
• Upper Springs – Streams in the Desert 11/26
• Victorious Living is Possible – Streams in the Desert 02/20
• Victorious Suffering – Streams in the Desert 03/23
• Vineyards in the Wilderness – Streams in the Desert 07/05
• Wait on God’s Time – Streams in the Desert 05/24
• Wait Quietly – Streams in the Desert 09/11
• Wait With Patience – Streams in the Desert 02/21
• Waiting and Over-Waiting – Streams in the Desert 01/26
• Waiting and Working – Streams in the Desert 04/13
• Waiting For Hope – Streams in the Desert 07/26
• Waiting For Resurrection – Streams in the Desert 04/25
• Waiting is Hard – Streams in the Desert 11/1
• Walk Without Strain – Streams in the Desert 09/03
• Watch For God – Streams in the Desert 04/06
• Watch Well Thy Faith – Streams in the Desert 06/14
• We Need Minor Keys Too – Streams in the Desert 07/23
• We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood – Streams in the Desert 05/16
• Weeping May Last For a Night – Streams in the Desert 02/16
• Weights Become Wings – Streams in the Desert 07/08
• What Cannot Be Uttered – Streams in the Desert 10/31
• What You Have Learned – Streams in the Desert 04/11
• Whatever the Cost – Streams in the Desert 07/16
• When Do We Praise – Streams in the Desert 08/04
• When God Says No – Streams in the Desert 10/23
• When We Are Ready – Streams in the Desert 09/05
• When We See Him Face to Face – Streams in the Desert 03/27
• When We’re in the Dark – Streams in the Desert 12/13
• Why Dost Thou Worry Thyself? – Streams in the Desert 06/01
• Worship in the Night – Streams in the Desert 12/11
• Wrestling With God – Streams in the Desert 08/20
• You Can Trust – Streams in the Desert 08/01
• Your Crown of Glory – Streams in the Desert 11/16