James Chalmers : his autobiography and letters
Lovett, Richard1903
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James Chalmers (1841-1901), missionary, was born 4 August 1841 in the fishing village of Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne, Scotland, the only son of an Aberdonian stonemason. When he was 7 the family moved to Inveraray where he attended the local school and then worked for some years in a solicitor's office. In his youth Chalmers was greatly impressed by an account of missionary work in Fiji but later reacted against the stern Calvinistic doctrines preached by Highland Presbyterians and drifted away from the church. In 1859 he was converted in a religious revival and two years later joined the Glasgow City Mission as an evangelist. There he met George Turner, the Samoan missionary, at whose suggestion he applied to the London Missionary Society for acceptance as a missionary candidate in 1862. His 34 years as a missionary were spent in the Cook Islands and New Guinea.[Australian Dictionary of Biography]
Main title:
James Chalmers : his autobiography and letters / Richard Lovett and James Chalmers
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Edition:
4th edition
Imprint:
London : The Religious Tract Society, 1903
Collation:
511 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm
Local class:
920/CHA
Language:
English
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BRN:
1780183