The Pioneer Preacher: Incidents of Interest and Experiences in the Author's LifeUniversity of Illinois Press, 1989 - 200 sivua Originally published in 1887, The Pioneer Preacher is a lively account of a Congregationalist minister's attempts to lead a sin-free existence on the American frontier. Sherlock Bristol (1815-1906) was a California gold miner, wagon train captain, Wisconsin farmer, Idaho rancher, Indian fighter, abolitionist, and Oberlin-trained clergyman. While serving a series of churches in the East, he periodically cured himself of "nervous disorders" by journeying out West. He only broke the Sabbath once---during an Indian attack Reflecting in his memoirs the exploits of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, Bristol delights in recounting his adventures, ecclesiastical or otherwise. He vividly recalls his redemption in the wilderness where he enjoyed having "little opportunity for reading books or mental exercise, and an abundance of calls for muscular employment." Greatly influenced by the evangelist Charles G. Finney at Oberlin, Bristol tried to teach miners and frontiersmen the principles of revivalism, postmillennialism, and perfectionism. In The Pioneer Preacher he shares his own disputatious views on abolition, American Indians, temperance, and other issues of his day. |
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The First Fifteen Years of My Life | 1 |
The Sabbath School and Its Influence | 8 |
Conversion and Early Christian Work | 10 |
Two Years in Phillips Academy | 18 |
Life and Experiences in Oberlin College | 25 |
An Eventful Journey | 32 |
Returning to Oberlin | 40 |
A Year in New Haven Theological Seminary | 47 |
From California to New York | 105 |
Pioneer Labors in Wisconsin | 113 |
Across the Plains to Oregon before the Railroads and during an Indian War | 128 |
Two Years in Idaho | 150 |
The Journey Back to Wisconsin | 157 |
Renewed Labors in Wisconsin | 161 |
Third Journey to the Pacific Coast | 167 |
Twenty Years in Southern California | 177 |
Graduation at Oberlin and Labors in Central Ohio | 54 |
Agency for Oberlin College | 62 |
Pastoral Labors in Fitchburg New York and Andover | 65 |
Poor Health and a Trip to California | 72 |
A Year among Miners in 1850 | 90 |
Appendix | 184 |
Notes to Text | 185 |
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