Streams in the Desert

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About this app

Experience God's refreshing touch as you read Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles Cowman updated with digital features for your Android phone or tablet.

Mrs. Charles E. Cowman, the wife of Rev. Charles Cowman, founder of the Oriental Missionary Society, were missionaries in Japan from 1901 to 1918. She compiled Streams in the Desert from various sermons, readings, writings, and poetry she had read over the years.

The immense popularity of this book has allowed at least 19 editions of the book to be printed. The widespread appeal grows daily as new readers discover the joy, challenge, and inspiration found in Streams in the Desert.

Features:
• Classic and timeless devotional content.
• Daily reminders to read your daily devotion.
• Listen to devotional content read by built-in voice synthesizer.
• Bookmark your favorites and add your own notes.
• Share devotional content or image through messaging or social media.
• Choose your reading font and reading mode; white, sepia, gray or black.

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Updated on
Jan 28, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, App activity and 2 others
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.6
4.15K reviews
Monica Gott
March 20, 2024
I have the book and love it! This app makes it possible to read the daily devotions and share them anytime. You can make notes on each devotion, which is nice. Update: I see that others are having trouble with what I call the "click view." I did find out how to get the original view of the devotion and how to rearrange it to my liking. Thanks for a great app. 03/20/2024 I do enjoy both the Spurgeon portion and the Streams in the Desert portion. It's nice to be able to share both portions.
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RRozsa
February 20, 2021
I have the old edition (in hardback), which my friend and I use for our devotionals. In my opinion, the new writing style of this version just doesn't speak to us as clearly as the older version. The language is more "flowery" now, but is no longer in the every-day speaking style, which we both feel has more impact.
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A Google user
December 22, 2018
I have this devotional book in my library and have read it in previous years but having it in an app is very convenient. It always seems to have a fresh word for my current circumstances. However it does have one problem which needs to be corrected. It truncates longer entries by overlaying a Note section at the bottom. If you share the entry, it provides the entire text in the message, however.
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What’s new

Minor fixes and performance improvement.