James Benjamin McCullagh: Missionary and Bible Translator

James Benjamin McCullagh [1854–1921] served with the Church Missionary Society in British Columbia. He is notable for his translation of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into the Nisga’a language. As the title of this biography implies, he work was centred around the village of Aiyansh.

My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the public domain.

John William Wright Moeran [1859-1943], McCullagh of Aiyansh. London: Marshall Brothers, Ltd., [1923]. Hbk. pp.232. [Click here to download the complete book in PDF]

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Contents

1. A Great Renunciation
2. Westward Ho!
3. The Land of the Setting Sun
4. Tkaganlakhatqu
5. The Dawn of a New Day
6. Early Morning Clouds
7. The Language and Education of a People
8. The Red Man as a Heathen
9. The Red Man as a Christian
10. The Art of Healing
11. Indian Fishing Camps and Salmon Rivers
12. A Forward Movement
13. The Realization of a Splendid Dream
14. Gathering in the Heathen
15. The Church Militant
16. Vengeance and Reconciliation
17. Through Deep Waters
18. The Salvage of a Derelict Mission
19. The Shore End of the Net
20. Sunlight and Shadows on the Naas
21. Fighting a Forest Fire
22. Burned Out
23. Relapse and Revival
24. The White Man
25. With Voice and Pen
26. The Flood
27. Sunset
28. Character and Service

• Epilogue

Prologue

This book is not so much the history of a  Mission as it is the story of the man who was the life and soul of the Mission. It is primarily a  biography, written with the purpose of portraying the character and gifts of James Benjamin McCullagh, and of showing how he applied his talents to the pioneering enterprise and subsequent development of the work he had undertaken. [Continue reading]