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Author Reeson, Margaret, 1938-

Title Pacific missionary George Brown 1835-1917 : Wesleyan Methodist Church / Margaret Reeson.

Publication Info. Canberra : Australian National University E Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 351 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351).
Summary "George Brown (1835-1917) was many things during his long life; leader in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Australasia, explorer, linguist, political activist, apologist for the missionary enterprise, amateur anthropologist, writer, constant traveller, collector of artefacts, photographer and stirrer. He saw himself, at heart, as a missionary. The islands of the Pacific Ocean were the scene of his endeavours, with extended periods lived in Samoa and the New Britain region of today's Papua New Guinea, followed by repeated visits to Tonga, Fiji, the Milne Bay region of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It could be argued that while he was a missionary in the Pacific region he was not a pacific missionary. Brown gained unwanted notoriety for involvement in a violent confrontation at one point in his career, and lived through conflict in many contexts but he also frequently worked as a peace maker. Policies he helped shape on issues such as church union, Indigenous leadership, representation by lay people and a wider role for women continue to influence Uniting Church in Australia and churches in the Pacific region. His name is still remembered with honour in several parts of the Pacific. Brown's marriage to Sarah Lydia Wallis, daughter of pioneer missionaries to New Zealand, was long and rich. Each strengthened the other and they stand side by side in this account."--Publisher description
Note Print version record.
Contents Prologue --1. 'The farthest place from England' -- 2. 'Alone yet not alone' -- 3. 'With aching hearts ... ' -- 4. 'A great waste of men and money' -- 5. 'We are all in God's hands ... ' -- 6. 'I see no reason to die of fear' -- 7. 'If God had called me to that work Lydia dared not hinder' -- 8. 'A great sinking of heart' -- 9. 'I shall not be surprised to hear that many condemn' -- 10. 'A fearful mistake' -- 11. 'I wish I was twenty years younger' -- 12. 'A vagabond streak' -- 13. 'One of the toughest morsels' -- 14. 'The other end of the telescope' -- 15. 'A doubtful experiment' -- 16. 'Rev. Dr. Georgium Brown' -- 17. 'Sanctified audacity' -- 18. 'Something of the vagabond' -- 19. 'The Venerable General Secretary' -- 20. 'Grand old man of Methodist Missions' -- 21. 'A creed wide enough' -- 22. 'Beloved chief and father' -- Epilogue.
Language English.
Subject Brown, George, 1835-1917.
Wesleyan Methodist Church -- Missions -- Oceania -- History.
Brown, George, 1835-1917 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJt8h7gtj8fxjFWmqhJJjC
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Missionaries -- England -- Biography.
Missionaries -- Oceania -- Biography.
Oceania -- History.
Oceania -- Description and travel.
Missionnaires -- Angleterre -- Biographies.
Missionnaires -- Océanie -- Biographies.
Océanie -- Histoire.
Océanie -- Descriptions et voyages.
Biography and True Stories.
Biography: general.
Biography: religious and spiritual.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
Travel
England https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJpYDdYvBpjXV6WpybK68C
Missionaries
Missions
Oceania https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJfGXyKwjqFR47VVfYDpfq
Indexed Term Pacific region
Religious biography
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Reeson, Margaret, 1938- Pacific missionary George Brown 1835-1917 9781921862977 (OCoLC)855202504
ISBN 9781921862984 (electronic bk.)
192186298X (electronic bk.)
9781921862977 (pbk.)
1921862971 (pbk.)
Standard No. 10.26530/OAPEN_459937 doi
459937
AU@ 000050077669
GBVCP 1008657743
GBVCP 865753695
NZ1 15021953

 
    
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