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Title: William Black
The Apostle of Methodism in the Maritime Provinces of Canada

Author: John Maclean

Release Date: February 26, 2008 [EBook #24693]

Language: English

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WILLIAM BLACK

THE APOSTLE OF METHODISM IN THE
MARITIME PROVINCES OF CANADA.

BY
JOHN MACLEAN, PH. D.,

Author of "Canadian Savage Folk,"
"The Indians of Canada,"
"The Making of a Christian," &c., &c.

HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA:
THE METHODIST BOOK ROOM,
1907.

Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada,
in the year one thousand nine hundred and seven,
by John Maclean, at the Department of Agriculture.

PREFACE.

While there are several sketches of the life and work of the subject
of this book, they are all based upon the "Memoirs of William Black"
by the Rev. Matthew Richey, D. D., which was published in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, in 1839. Some additional information is to be found in
Dr. T. Watson Smith's History of the Methodist Church of Eastern
British America. The former volume contains the interesting Journal of
the famous missionary, and is therefore of great value. As it has long
been out of print, and it is well-nigh impossible to secure an old
copy, and as there is no likelihood of it being republished, we have
deemed it commendable to publish the following pages. We have sought
to condense as far as possible, giving the chief facts in his life,
and to produce in popular form a volume which might be read with
profit, and within the reach of all. As a study of spiritual forces
and an appreciation, it might have been enlarged to considerable size,
and it has been difficult indeed to keep within the limits which we
had set for the volume, but that would have been to defeat our object,
of writing a small book, in which the salient features of h