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Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary

Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary

by W. P. Livingstone

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Author
Livingstone, W. P. (William Pringle), 1864-1950
Credits
Produced by Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
BV: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: Practical theology, Worship
Subject
Missionaries -- Scotland -- Biography
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8906
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8906
Release Date
September 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.MARY SLESSOR — PREFATORY NOTE
  2. 2.CONTENTS — SECOND PHASE — THIRD PHASE — FOURTH PHASE — FIFTH PHASE
  3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.FIRST PHASE
  5. 5.II. IN THE WEAVING-SHED
  6. 6.III. MISERY
  7. 7.IV. TAMING THE ROUGHS
  8. 8.V. SELF-CULTURE
  9. 9.VI. A TRAGIC LAND
  10. 10.VII. THE THREE MARYS
  11. 11.SECOND PHASE
  12. 12.II. FIRST IMPRESSIONS
  13. 13.III. IN THE UNDERWORLD
  14. 14.IV. THE PULL OF HOME
  15. 15.V. AT THE SEAT OF SATAN
  16. 16.VI. IN ELEPHANT COUNTRY
  17. 17.VII. WITH BACK TO THE WALL
  18. 18.VIII. BEREFT
  19. 19.IX. THE SORROWS OF CREEK TOWN
  20. 20.X. THE FULNESS OF THE TIME — THIRD PHASE
  21. 21.I. A TRIBE OF TERRORISTS
  22. 22.II. IN THE ROYAL CANOE
  23. 23.III. THE ADVENTURE OF TAKING POSSESSION
  24. 24.IV. FACING AN ANGRY MOB
  25. 25.V. LIFE IN HAREM
  26. 26.VI. STRANGE DOINGS
  27. 27.VII. FIGHTING A GRIM FOE
  28. 28.VIII. THE POWER OF WITCHCRAFT
  29. 29.IX. SORCERY IN THE PATH
  30. 30.X. HOW HOUSE AND HALL WERE BUILT
  31. 31.XI. A PALAYER AT THE PALACE
  32. 32.XII. THE SCOTTISH CARPENTER
  33. 33.XIII. HER GREATEST BATTLE AND VICTORY
  34. 34.XIV. THE AFTERMATH — XV. THE SWEET AND THE STRONG
  35. 35.XVI. WAR IN THE GATES
  36. 36.XVII. AMONG THE CHURCHES
  37. 37.XVIII. LOVE OF LOVER
  38. 38.XIX. A LETTER AND ITS RESULT
  39. 39.XX. THE BLOOD COVENANT
  40. 40.XXI. "RUN, MA! RUN!"
  41. 41.XXII. A GOVERNMENT AGENT
  42. 42.XXIII. "ECCENTRICITIES," SPADE-WORK, AND DAY-DREAMS
  43. 43.XXIV. MAIDEN-MOTHER AND ANGEL-CHILD
  44. 44.XXV. MARY KINGSLEY'S VISIT
  45. 45.XXVI. AN ALL-NIGHT JOURNEY
  46. 46.XXVII. AKOM: A FIRST-FRUIT
  47. 47.XXVIII. THE BOX FROM HOME
  48. 48.XXIX. AN APPEAL TO THE CONSUL
  49. 49.XXX. AFTER SEVEN YEARS
  50. 50.XXXI. THE PASSING OF THE CHIEFS
  51. 51.XXXII. CLOTHED BY FAITH
  52. 52.XXXIII. THE SHY SPEAKER
  53. 53.XXXIV. ISOLATION
  54. 54.XXXV. EXILED TO CREEK TOWN
  55. 55.XXXVI. PICTURES AND IMPRESSIONS
  56. 56.XXXVII. A NIGHT IN THE BUSH
  57. 57.XXXVIII. WITH LOVING-KINDNESS CROWNED
  58. 58.FOURTH PHASE — I. THE REIGN OF THE LONG JUJU
  59. 59.II. PLANTING A BASE
  60. 60.IV. A SLAVE-GIRL'S TRIUMPH
  61. 61.V. A BUSH FURLOUGH
  62. 62.VI. BEGINNINGS
  63. 63.VII. MOVING INLAND
  64. 64.VIII. THE PROBLEM OF THE WOMEN
  65. 65.IX. A CHRISTMAS PARTY
  66. 66.X. MUTINOUS
  67. 67.XI. ON THE BENCH — FOR IMPRISONMENT
  68. 68.XII. A VISITOR'S NOTES
  69. 69.XIII. A REST-HOME
  70. 70.XIV. SCOTLAND: THE LAST FAREWELL
  71. 71.XV. GROWING WEATHER
  72. 72.XVI. "THE PITY OF IT"
  73. 73.XVII. THE SETTLEMENT BEGUN
  74. 74.XVIII. A SCOTTISH GUEST
  75. 75.XIX. A MOTOR CAR ROMANCE
  76. 76.XX. STRUCK DOWN
  77. 77.FIFTH PHASE — I. IN HEATHEN DEEPS
  78. 78.II. "REAL LIFE"
  79. 79.III. THE AUTOCRATIC DOCTOR
  80. 80.IV. GOD'S WONDERFUL PALAVER
  81. 81.V. WEAK BUT STRONG
  82. 82.VI. HER FIRST HOLIDAY
  83. 83.VII. INJURED
  84. 84.VIII. FRIENDSHIPS WITH OFFICIALS
  85. 85.IX. POWER THROUGH PRAYER
  86. 86.X. BIBLE STUDENT
  87. 87.XI. BACK TO THE OLD HAUNTS
  88. 88.XII. ROYAL RECOGNITION
  89. 89.XIII. BATTLE FOR A LIFE
  90. 90.XIV. A VISION OF THE NIGHT
  91. 91.XV. STORMING THE CITADELS
  92. 92.XVI. CLARION CALLS
  93. 93.XVII. LOVE-LETTEBS
  94. 94.XVIII. A LONELY FIGURE
  95. 95.XX. THE TIME OF THE SINGING OF BIRDS
  96. 96.XXI. TRIBUTE AND TREASURE
  97. 97.XXII. SEEN AND UNSEEN

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