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The Nelson narrative : the story of the Church of England in the Diocese of Nelson, New Zealand, 1858 to 1958, with an account of the years 1842 to 1857

Print Book, English, 1958
Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson, [Nelson, N.Z.], 1958
Church history
xvi, 384 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
14062192
Foreword by the Bishop of Nelson
The author's preface
Illustrations
Bishops and Archdecons
List of subscribers
Bibliography
Part I
White wings
Joys and sorrows
Fiery trials in the 'Forties
Scholar, surgeon, surveyor
Edmund Hobhouse's earlier years
1817-1858
Making a new home
1858-1859
The years of sunshine
1860 to 1862
Years of shdow
1863 to 1866
Three early adventurers for God
Some events of the 'Sixties and 'Seventies
Andrew Burn Suter
The West Coast
Men and memories of the 'Eighties
The last years of Bishop Suter
Charles Oliver Mules
Sojourners and pilgrims
Some events in the 'Nineties
The dawn of a new Century
The old order changeth
Bishop Sadlier and his tasks
The war and its aftermath
Years of healing
1920 to 1930
Cathedral crisis
The hungry 'Thirties
Recovery
and World War II (1934 to 1945)
Post war years
1946 to 1958
Part II
The church in her lighter moods
Unusual men and unusual happenings
Battles long ago
Part III
Institutions and other avenues of service
Bishopdale Theological College
The Bishop's school, 1843 to 1895
The outstretched hand
Whakarewa school and home
St. Andrew's home
Whareama Eventide home
The Maoris
Sunday school and youth work
Part IV
Brief notes on the cures
Diocesan officers, Chancellors and Diocesan secretaries
Part V
Chronological list of dates, 1840 to 1958
Mothers' Union branches
Index