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As the time for his ordination drew near, Patteson was filled with a deep sense of
the responsibility of holding a " ministerial commission." His downright honesty
led to much heart-searching. He took counsel with those who knew and loved
him ...
As the time for his ordination drew near, Patteson was filled with a deep sense of
the responsibility of holding a " ministerial commission." His downright honesty
led to much heart-searching. He took counsel with those who knew and loved
him ...
Page 66
... God and heaven and Jesus Christ ; and I feel almost as if I had a kind of instinct
of love towards them, as they look up wonderingly with their deep, deep eyes,
and smooth glossy skins and warm soft cheeks, and ask their simple questions.
... God and heaven and Jesus Christ ; and I feel almost as if I had a kind of instinct
of love towards them, as they look up wonderingly with their deep, deep eyes,
and smooth glossy skins and warm soft cheeks, and ask their simple questions.
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The son always deferred with deep humility to his father's views, and found great
help and guidance in his comments on life and books. When studying on the
Continent, Patteson's letters reveal deep concern about his father's increasing ...
The son always deferred with deep humility to his father's views, and found great
help and guidance in his comments on life and books. When studying on the
Continent, Patteson's letters reveal deep concern about his father's increasing ...
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Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LURE OF THE PACIFIC | 1 |
n THE BOY AND THE MAN | 9 |
MEETING HIS HERO | 23 |
15 other sections not shown
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Patteson of Melanesia: a brief life of John Coleridge Patteson, missionary bishop |
| Author | Frank Hume Lyall Paton |
| Publisher | Society for promoting Christian knowledge |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2008 |
| Length | 209 pages |
| Subjects | Bishops Missionaries |
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