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Missionary Tours in the New Hebrides – Maurice Frater

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Mount Benbow in Eruption (frontispiece)

Maurice Frater [1873-1941] recounts his experiences as a missionary in the Islands of the New Hebrides – now Vanuatu.

My thanks to Redcliffe College for making a copy of this public domain book available for digitisation.

Maurice Frater [1873-1941], Midst Volcanic Fires. An Account of Missionary Tours Among the Volcanic Islands of the New Hebrides with Eight Illustrations on Art Paper. London: James Clarke & Co. Ltd., [1922]. Hbk. pp.288. [Click to visit the download page for this title]

Contents

  • Appendix
  1. The Forge of Vulcan
  2. An Evangelistic Campaign
  3. An Island Herione
  4. Among the Heathen
  5. Storming the Heathen Citadels
  6. Saints and Savages
  7. The Winning of Paama
  8. The Winning of Paama (continued)
  9. Trials and Triumphs of Epi
  10. Sunshine and Shadow
  11. The Humorous Side of Mission Work

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