Newfoundland and its missionaries in two parts. To which is added a chronological table of all the important events that have occurred on the island
Newfoundland And Its Missionaries Part I. Chapter I. Geographical position and area -- St. John's -- Topography of the coasts -- Distances to the principal towns -- Chapter II. Interior -- Hills -- Lakes -- Mineralogy -- Geology -- Climate -- Soil -- Vegetable and animal kingdom -- Chapter III....
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Printed by Dakin & Metcalf
1866
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/121205 |
| Summary: | Newfoundland And Its Missionaries Part I. Chapter I. Geographical position and area -- St. John's -- Topography of the coasts -- Distances to the principal towns -- Chapter II. Interior -- Hills -- Lakes -- Mineralogy -- Geology -- Climate -- Soil -- Vegetable and animal kingdom -- Chapter III. Discovery -- History -- Fishing admirals -- Chapter IV. Displanting the inhabitants -- St. John's captured -- French in Placentia -- St. John's captured a second time -- Governor Osborne -- Surrogate courts -- St. John's captured a third time -- Great storm -- Admiral Richery -- First newspaper -- St. John's burned -- The rals -- Sir Thomas Cochrane -- First parliament -- Steamers -- Visit of the Prince of Wales -- Tables and statistics -- Part II. Chapter I. State of religion in England -- English clergy -- Rise of Methodism -- Lay preachers -- Persecution -- John Nelson -- First conference -- Chapter II. Success of Methodism -- Ireland -- Lawrence Coughlan -- Philip Embury -- Methodism in Newfoundland -- In New York -- Conference of 1767 -- Captain Webb -- Richard Boardman -- Joseph Pilmoor -- Chapter III. Rise of Methodism in Newfoundland -- Lawrence Coughlan -- Rise of Methodism in Jersey and France -- John Stretton -- Arthur Thomey -- Chapter IV. Methodism in Old Perlican -- John Haskins arrives -- Writes to Mr. Wesley -- Preaches -- Persecution in Trinity -- Mr. Stretton writes to Mr. Wesley for a preacher -- His reply -- Arrival of John McGeary -- Early Methodist preachers -- John Wesley -- Charles Wesley -- John Fletcher -- Minutes of 1770 -- Expulsion of six Oxford students -- Rev. Walter Shirley's circular -- Calvinistic controversy -- Joseph Benson -- Robert Swindells -- Thomas Walsh -- Thomas Olivers -- Samuel Bradburn -- Doctor Coke -- Chapter V. John McGeary -- Visit of Rev. William Black -- George Smith -- William Thoresby -- John Remmington -- William Ellis -- Samuel McDowell -- William Ward -- Sampson Busby -- State of the Methodist missions in 1785 -- State of England in 1798 -- Missions in 1813 -- ... |
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