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George Howes was born in England in 1873 and dedicated his life to the evangelization of Portugal and Brazil.
Before coming to Brazil, he was a preacher and led meetings in Alcântara, Portugal, until he arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1898.
In Rio, he stayed at the residence of his brother Daniel Faria, sharing a room with Mr. McNair, who had arrived in Brazil two years earlier.
Without a fixed salary, supported by contributions from churches and brethren in England, which were often meager, he cooperated in the publication of the third edition of the hymnbook "Hinos e Cânticos" ("Hymns and Spiritual Songs") and in the evangelization of Brazilians together with Mr. McNair until around 1902 when he moved to Lisbon and began publishing "Leituras Cristãs" ("Christian Readings"). He greatly helped the work of the Gospel in Almada, having received threats and being stoned by the local population.
He dedicated himself to printing and distributing evangelistic literature free of charge, having given away more than three million pamphlets. He also did good work among prisoners, which was crucial to the conversion of Alves dos Reis (still considered the greatest swindler in Portuguese history).
From approximately 1914 to 1919, he worked again in Brazil. He returned to Lisbon a few months after the end of the First World War. This time in Lisbon, he was accompanied by his brother Albert Henry Storrie. There are also accounts of his presence and preaching in the 1920s in Carangola-MG, Itaperuna-RJ, and Teresópolis-RJ, which indicates a third visit to Brazil.
In Portugal, he dedicated himself to publications, among which the most notable is "Leituras Cristãs" ("Christian Readings"), which he began in 1903 and continued until 1932, comprising 26 volumes.
The Christian Readings became a "Bible school" that guided the brethren in the knowledge of biblical truths, greatly helping in the edification of believers by giving them solid teaching. The Christian Readings were a source of biblical instruction that is not found in our days. In addition to the Christian Readings, it published pamphlets for evangelization and biblical teaching that circulated widely among believers so that they received sound biblical teaching, thus contributing to the spiritual growth of God's people.
Although he stayed in Brazil for a relatively short time, George Howes remained ever-present through the publications he regularly sent. He was perhaps the brother who contributed most to the instruction of believers in Brazil and Portugal. Through the study of Christian Readings, believers receive instruction in biblical truths as if attending a Bible school.
Mr. Howes died in Lisbon in 1945. His wife, Mrs. Edith Howes, lived for several more years, and in April 1959, then residing in London, granted the Depósito de Literatura Cristã (Christian Literature Depository) all rights to reproduce books and publish Christian Readings. They had no children.
