Book Description

Title:

Samuel Gobat: His Life and His Work. A Biographical Sketch, Drawn Chiefly from His Own Journals, with a Preface by the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury

Author:

Samuel Gobat [1799-1879]

Publication Year:

1884

Location:

London

Publisher:

James Nisbet & Co.

Pages:

401

Subjects:

Christian Mission, Israel, Autobiography, Samuel Gobat

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Preface

1. From Childhood Until His Entrance Upon His Episcopal Functions at Jerusalem (1799-1846)
1. Early Home and Boyhood at Cremine—Conversion to Christ, and Commencement of Labours as Teacher (1799-1820)
2. Preparation in Basle, Paris, and London for Missionary Work (1820-1825)
3. First Missionary Journey to Palestine and Egypt (1826-1829)
4. Successful Activity to Abbysinia (1829-1832)
5. Return to Europe—Marriage—Second Missionary Tour in Abbysinia—Serious Illness (1834-1837)
6. A Year of Waiting—Missionary Work in Switzerland; Among the Druses; in Italy; and at Malta (1838-1845)
7. Nominal and Consecration as Bishop—Arrival at Jerusalem
2. His Work as Bishop of Jerusalem (1846-1879)
1. Retrospective Glance at the Origin of the Evangelical Bishopric at Jerusalem
2. Development of the Mission, and of Scholastic Matters Under Bishop Gobat (1846-1851)
3. Protest from Some of the Anglican Clergy Against Bishp Gobat's Proceedings—The Bishop's Vindication (182-1853)
4. Immediate Consequences of the Crimean War—Growing Hostility of the Mohammedans—Resumption of the Abyssinian Mission (1854-1857)
5. Development of the Congregation—Their Preservation at the Time of the Massecre of the Christians in Syria (1859-1860)
6. Uninterupted Work—Calamities in Palestine—The Abbyssinian War (1861-1871)
7. The Bishop's Jubilee—The Last Seven Years of the Work, and His Entrance into Rest (1871-1879)

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