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A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo

A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo

by Daniel McGilvary

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Author
McGilvary, Daniel, 1828-1911
Title
A Half Century Among the Siamese and the Lāo: An Autobiography
Credits
E-text prepared by Brian Wilson, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship
Subject
Lao (Tai people)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63818
Release Date
November 20, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A HALF CENTURY AMONG THE SIAMESE AND THE LĀO
  2. 2.AN APPRECIATION
  3. 3.PREFACE
  4. 4.NOTE BY THE EDITOR
  5. 5.CONTENTS
  6. 6.ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. 7.I CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
  8. 8.II MINISTERIAL TRAINING
  9. 9.III BANGKOK
  10. 10.IV PECHABURĪ—THE CALL OF THE NORTH
  11. 11.V THE CHARTER OF THE LĀO MISSION
  12. 12.VI CHIENGMAI
  13. 13.VII PIONEER WORK
  14. 14.VIII FIRST-FRUITS
  15. 15.IX MARTYRDOM
  16. 16.X THE ROYAL COMMISSION
  17. 17.XI DEATH OF KĀWILŌROT
  18. 18.XII THE NEW RÉGIME
  19. 19.XIII EXPLORATION
  20. 20.XIV THE FIRST FURLOUGH
  21. 21.XV MÛANG KÊN AND CHIENG DĀO
  22. 22.XVI SEEKERS AFTER GOD
  23. 23.XVII THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER
  24. 24.XVIII WITCHCRAFT
  25. 25.XIX THE EDICT OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION
  26. 26.XX SCHOOLS—THE NINE YEARS’ WANDERER
  27. 27.XXI SECOND FURLOUGH
  28. 28.XXII A SURVEYING EXPEDITION
  29. 29.XXIII EVANGELISTIC TRAINING
  30. 30.XXIV STRUGGLE WITH THE POWERS OF DARKNESS
  31. 31.XXV CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES PLANTED
  32. 32.XXVI A FOOTHOLD IN LAMPŪN
  33. 33.XXVII A PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST
  34. 34.XXVIII CIRCUIT TOUR WITH MY DAUGHTER, 1890
  35. 35.XXIX LENGTHENING THE CORDS AND STRENGTHENING THE STAKES
  36. 36.XXX AMONG THE MŪSÔ VILLAGES—FAMINE
  37. 37.XXXI CHIENG RUNG AND THE SIPSAWNG PANNĀ
  38. 38.XXXII THIRD FURLOUGH—STATION AT CHIENG RĀI
  39. 39.XXXIII THE REGIONS BEYOND
  40. 40.XXXIV THE CLOSED DOOR
  41. 41.XXXV CONCLUSION
  42. 42.INDEX
  43. 43.BIOGRAPHY
  44. 44.FOREIGN MISSIONS
  45. 45.Children’s Missionary Series

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