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The whole world kin : a pioneer experience among remote tribes, and other labors of Nathan Brown

Elizabeth W Brown · 1890 · Scanned text · Free in the US

169,518 words · about 11 h 52 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Elizabeth W Brown
Language
English
Published
1890
Length
169,518 words · about 11 h 52 min
Sections
38 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (38)

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Front matter

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I. A New England Boyhood. 1807-27

An Errand — " Think Men are Mice ?" — Grandfather at Bunker Hill — A Farmer Boy — A Child's Experience — " Mother, Home and Heaven ' ' — A Healthful Atmosphere — Farming Seventy Years Ago — Disappointed Plans — A Case of Abstraction — The Stork Club — Singular Occurrence — An Old Time Commencement — The Keynote Struck — " The Missionary's Call," 17

II. Preliminary Work — Marriage. 1828-30

Juggernaut in Vermont — Bennington Seminary — Early Years of Eliza Ballard — A Pupil of Mary Lyon — Marriage, . . . -33

HI.

The Vows of God. 183 1-2.

A Call from Burma — First Sermon — Newton — Ordination — Pointed Questions — Meeting of Neighbors — Delay in Boston — A Last Glimpse, 39

IV. From Boston to Burma. 1833

The Corvo's Course — Passing Juggernaut — Scenes in Calcutta — The Spirit of Islam — Up the Hoogly — William Carey — " The Landing of Marshman " — Embarked on the Phenix — An Unpleasant Situation— Arrival, 47

VI CONTENTS.

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