It has been some time since I’ve read the classic John G. Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides (1898). A truly amazing story of God’s work through a humble, Scottish Presbyterian missionary among the cannibals of Australasia.
But I had altogether forgotten the book’s recounting of his preparatory work in the Glasgow City Mission. He had been [...]
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The early city mission work of the ‘king of the cannibals’ (1)
Posted in Cure of Souls, David Nasmith, Vignettes from 19th Century District Visitation, Visitation Evangelism on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
W. G. T. Shedd & Parochialism (1)
Posted in Cure of Souls, David Nasmith, Parish Theory & Practice, Parish in American Context on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve recently stumbled across Shedd’s Pastoral Theology at GoogleBooks. It contains several interesting insights into the theory and practice of Reformed parochialism. But even more intriguing is the fact that it illustrates the survival and idealization of the old, European ecclesiastical model within the untamed vastness of multi-denominational, disestablished America. And no, it’s not Roman [...]
Chalmers & Nasmith on Missions to the City
Posted in David Nasmith, Parish Theory & Practice, Thomas Chalmers on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Iain J. Shaw, “Thomas Chalmers, David Nasmith, and the Origins of the City Mission Movement”
Shaw, author of the recent work entitled High Calvinists in Action: Calvinism and the City in Manchester and London c. 1810-60 (Oxford University Press, 2003), in this essay turns to a related subject in the field of 19th century British Calvinism. [...]
