John Black, the Apostle of the Red River

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Author

Bryce, George, 1844-1931

Title

John Black, the Apostle of the Red River Or, How the Blue Banner Was Unfurled on Manitoba Prairies

Credits

E-text prepared by Larry B. Harrison, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Missionaries -- Manitoba -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53576

Release Date

November 22, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JOHN BLACK THE APOSTLE OF THE RED RIVER
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. His Early Days. — BIRTHPLACE AND CHILDHOOD. — REMOVAL TO HIGHMOOR. — SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS. — TO AMERICA.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. Student and Missionary. — CHURCH LIFE. — COLLEGE LIFE. — A MISSIONARY. — FRENCH MISSIONS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. Montreal to Fort Garry. — ON TO RED RIVER. — A FRIEND IN NEED. — EN ROUTE. — DOWN THE RED RIVER. — A NIGHT SCENE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. A Highland Welcome.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. The Early Settlers on Red River. — THE HIGHLANDERS. — THE SWISS. — THE METIS. — ENGLISH HALF-BREEDS. — HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY OFFICERS. — THE PENSIONERS. — THE CENSUS. — THE PARISHES.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. Sowing and Weeping. — NO INFANCY OR CHILDHOOD. — THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE. — A HIGHLAND COMMUNION. — ARISE AND BUILD! — THE FLOODS OPPOSE. — SCATTERING OF THE PEOPLE. — A SEA OF WATERS. — HOME AGAIN.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. Pastor and Parish. — SIR GEORGE SIMPSON WON OVER. — THE PIONEER RETURNS. — THE CURE OF SOULS. — THE PARISH SCHOOL. — THE PREACHER. — HABITS OF STUDY. — DOMESTIC LIFE. — PUBLIC DUTIES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. A Kindred Spirit. — A SELECTION MADE. — HEATHEN INDIANS. — THE TASK BEGUN. — FOR CHRIST AND COUNTRY. — INTO THE WILDERNESS. — PRINCE ALBERT FOUNDED. — MISSION WORK BEGUN. — A NEW DEPARTURE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. Red River Becomes Canadian. — BUT WE SHALL BE FREE. — CANADIAN SETTLERS. — THE GRASSHOPPERS. — JUDICIOUS CHARITY. — THE FLAME BURSTS OUT. — DIVIDED COUNSELS. — TOO LATE. — THE COLLAPSE. — RESTORING PEACE.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. The New Settlements. — SOUND THE GOSPEL CLARION. — CHURCH STATESMANSHIP. — HARD WORK. — THE HONOR ROLL. — SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES. — EARLY WINNIPEG. — KNOX CHURCH ORGANIZED.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. College and Schools. — AN EDUCATIONIST. — THE COLLEGE PLANNED. — THE ASSEMBLY DECIDES. — MANITOBA COLLEGE BEGUN. — REMOVAL TO WINNIPEG. — DEPUTATION SENT. — THE UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED. — PUBLIC SCHOOLS. — ACTION TAKEN. — THE GOVERNMENT INTERFERES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. Memorials. — REVIVALS, — SOME DROPS DESCEND. — A HIGH ESTIMATE. — "FROM TRIBULATION TO GLORY." — "IN ROBES OF WHITE." — THE WHITE ROBE IS THE EMBLEM OF PURITY. — THE WHITE ROBE IS ALSO AN EMBLEM OF JOY. — THE WHITE ROBE IS THE EMBLEM OF VICTORY. — OUT OF AFFLICTION. — A BELOVED ELDER. — LIFE DECLINING. — TRIBUTES. — LAST SAD RITES. — RETROSPECT.
17. 17.ADVERTISEMENTS

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