James Lloyd Breck : Apostle of the Wilderness
Title | James Lloyd Breck : Apostle of the Wilderness PDF eBook |
Author | James Lloyd Breck |
Publisher | Frontier Missionary Press |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
James Lloyd Breck : Apostle of the Wilderness
Title | James Lloyd Breck : Apostle of the Wilderness PDF eBook |
Author | James Lloyd Breck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Missionaries |
ISBN |
An Apostle of the Wilderness
Title | An Apostle of the Wilderness PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Isaac Holcombe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1903 |
Genre | Missions |
ISBN |
An Apostle of the Wilderness; James Lloyd Breck, D. D. , His Missions and His Schools
Title | An Apostle of the Wilderness; James Lloyd Breck, D. D. , His Missions and His Schools PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Isaac Holcombe |
Publisher | Theclassics.Us |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2013-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781230308135 |
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXI CALIFORNIA We do well to note the fact that Dr. Breck made greater preparation for this journey than he had done for any of his missions. It was a great undertaking that he proposed for California. He gathered about himself fourteen persons, including the Rev. Dr. Merrick, who went with him to St. Paul twenty years before. There were young men of the ministry and candidates for orders, and matrons for the household. There was his family, a wife and two sons. No man of to-day would think of such an enterprise unless backed by a syndicate. At that time California had been settled for twenty years. There was a Bishop and clergy list of over thirty-eight persons. There were churches and congregations but there were no schools, and this was what Dr. Breck believed in. There was not a Theological Seminary in all the west beyond Faribault, and this fact was well known to Dr. Breck. He went to establish one to fill the void, to meet the occasion. Some have thought Dr. Breck mistook his mission, that he was taken by surprise, that he had expected the savages to meet him on the shores as he landed. Dr. Breck was well aware of present conditions and the only disappointment possible was that he might not receive the support for his schools that he had every reason to believe would be afforded him. "My object," he writes, "is to locate in some central and agricultural district of that vast region, place ourselves and work under the Bishop of those parts, and commence the education of young men for the ministry." "I ask, therefore, for these, my associates, both clergy and candidates, an outfit sufficient to reach the Pacific coast and when there, a shelter for our heads. Like great national ventures into parts unknown we ought to have at...
APOSTLE OF THE WILDERNESS JAME
Title | APOSTLE OF THE WILDERNESS JAME PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Isaac 1832 Holcombe |
Publisher | Wentworth Press |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2016-08-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781360391960 |
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An Apostle of the Wilderness
Title | An Apostle of the Wilderness PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore I. Holcombe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 195 |
Release | 1903-01-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780795007668 |
An Apostle of the Wilderness
Title | An Apostle of the Wilderness PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Isaac Holcombe |
Publisher | Palala Press |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2018-02-16 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781377680163 |
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.