Life of James Mursell Phillippo - Missionary in Jamaica

Klappentext This 1881 biography! based on Phillippo's diaries and papers! describes his abolitionist activism and humanitarian work in Jamaica! 1823 79. Zusammenfassung Edward Bean Underhill (1813–1901), secretary to the Baptist Missionary Society, published this biography of his friend James Mursell Phillippo in 1881. Based on Phillippo's own diaries and manuscript autobiography, it describes his fifty years as a missionary in Jamaica and his role in the campaign to abolish slavery. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Early days; 2. The consecration; 3. The student; 4. His designation; 5. The voyage; 6. Settlement at Spanish Town; 7. Commencement of regular labours; 8. Opening of the new chapel; 9. The slave code; 10. The gospel of salvation; 11. Persecution - voyage to the United States; 12. Successful labour - illness - departure from Jamaica; 13. First visit to England; 14. Renewal of missionary labours; 15. The apprenticeship; 16. Educational labours; 17. White unto harvest; 18. The apprenticeship abandoned; 19. Celebration of freedom; 20. Progress under difficulties; 21. Origin and formation of townships; 22. Visit to Windward Islands; 23. Independence assumed by the churches; 24. Residence in England; 25. Deputation to the West India Islands; 26. The law suit; 27. State of the mission; 28. State of the Island - the cholera; 29. Times of refreshing; 30. The work of faith; 31. Public affairs; 32. Visit to the United States and England; 33. Resumption of labour; 34. The revival; 35. Patient toil; 36. The disturbances; 37. Hartlands; 38. Education and disestablishment; 39. The aged pastor; 40. Retirement from the pastorate; 41. The jubilee of his ministry; 42. Decease of his wife; 43. The aged Christian; 44. Final visit to England; 45. His last days; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Bean Underhill, Underhill Edward Bean
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2011
• EAN: 9781108032568
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03256-8
• No. of pages: 454
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, Biography: religious & spiritual, Biography: religious and spiritual, Religious mission and Religious Conversion