An Apostle of the North: Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas

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University of Alberta, 30‏/11‏/2002 - 391 من الصفحات
H.A. Cody’s An Apostle of the North, originally published in 1908, captures perfectly the zeal of the 19th century missionary and tells the story of a man called to do God’s work in the Diocese of Athabasca in the most northern regions of Canada. Bishop William Carpenter Bompas was a difficult man, cantankerous, stubborn, and more than a little eccentric. He carried on his shoulders the deep spirituality of his own faith, the assumptions of his background, and the cultural aggressiveness of the Victorian age. He was a church leader who often disagreed with his church and ignored its advice. Bompas’s life in the North offers insights into the compelling force of religion and faith, one of the most pervasive forces in human experience, capable of transforming people, creating conflict, spreading hope, motivating entire nations, and, as history has shown, making horrible and damaging mistakes. In a new Introduction, historians William Morrison and Ken Coates examine Bompas’s career, exploring themes central to the history of the church in Canada and to aboriginal-newcomer relations.
 

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Preface
vii
Acknowledgements
xiii
Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas
xci
I
xcii
The Volunteer 18341865
19
II
32
III
42
IV
53
A Synod in the Wild 1876
179
A Race with Winter 18771878
190
Onward and Upward 18781884
200
Bishop of Mackenzie River Diocese 18841891
226
Beyond the Great Mountains 18911896
253
The Flood 18961900
273
Faint Yet Pursuing 19011906
289
Light at Eventide 1906
310

V
81
VI
107
VII
126
VIII
143
THE LONG OUTWARD VOYAGE 1874
156
Bishop of Athabasca 18741876
166
The Student
336
Northern Lights on the Bible
350
Results of Missions in the NorthWest
365
INDEX
379
Index to This Edition
387
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H.A. Cody, an Anglican minister, served under Bompas in his final years and also wrote numerous novels including The Frontiersman: A Tale of the Yukon. William Morrison is Professor of History at the University of Northern British Columbia.

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