As a boy, the writer can remember his father bringing home the groceries at the end of the month from the Mission Supply Store, and his mother going to the Clothing Store to select the garments needed for the family. [...] The English fishermen and their families who settled along the northeast coast of Newfoundland, sometimes referred to as the French Shore, not only had to contend with poverty and the elements in the early years of the 19th century, but also suffered greatly at the hands of the French who felt they had a rightful claim to the fishery in those waters. [...] Battling for the opportunity of getting a berth on one of the West Coast (England) fishing vessels coming on a summer voyage to Newfoundland in the early days of the island’s dis- covery; battling for an opportunity to desert the ves- sel before she returned to England with her cargo of cod-fish in the autumn of the year; battling to hew a humble home out of the virgin forest that grew to the salt [...] When thinking of these men who had to endure their hard- ships and perils of the mighty deep, we are reminded of the words of the Psalmist: “They that go down to the sea in ships to do business in deep waters; these see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.” One of the earlier missionaries to Newfoundland was James Lumsden. [...] Other missionaries and teachers have told of the poor living conditions existing in Newfoundland and Labrador before many Page 6 Before Grenfell teachers, doctors and ministers accepted the challenge and crossed the seas to try and educate the people and minister to their spiritual and physical needs.
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Table of Contents
- By Alex A. Smith 3
- Flanker Press Ltd. St. Johns NL 2003 3
- About the Author 5
- Preface 6
- Acknowledgements 9
- Contents 11
- About the Author vii Preface viii Acknowledgements xi 11
- 1. Before Grenfell 1 2. Vision and Challenge 14 3. Vision Fulfilled 29 4. Growth and Change 55 5. Conclusion 64 11
- Postscript 69 Bibliography 70 11
- Before Grenfell 13
- Alex Smith 14
- Before Grenfell 15
- Alex Smith 16
- Before Grenfell 17
- The Skipper Parson 18
- Alex Smith 18
- Education in Newfoundland 19
- Before Grenfell 19
- A Labrador Doctor 20
- Alex Smith 20
- Before Grenfell 21
- Alex Smith 22
- Before Grenfell 23
- Alex Smith 24
- Before Grenfell 25
- Vision and Challenge 26
- A Labrador Doctor 27
- Vision and Challenge 27
- Alex Smith 28
- Vision and Challenge 29
- Alex Smith 30
- Vision and Challenge 31
- Alex Smith 32
- Vision and Challenge 33
- Alex Smith 34
- Vision and Challenge 35
- Wilfred Grenfell 36
- Alex Smith 36
- Vision and Challenge 37
- Vikings of Today 38
- Alex Smith 38
- Albert Matthew Albert 39
- Vision and Challenge 39
- Albert 40
- Alex Smith 40
- Vision Fulfilled 41
- Alex Smith 42
- Vision Fulfilled 43
- Labrador Nurse. 44
- Alex Smith 44
- Strathcona Strathcona 45
- Vision Fulfilled 45
- Strathcona 46
- Alex Smith 46
- Vision Fulfilled 47
- Alex Smith 48
- Vision Fulfilled 49
- Alex Smith 50
- Vision Fulfilled 51
- Strathcona 52
- Alex Smith 52
- Strathcona George B. Cluett Nellie A. Cluett 53
- Vision Fulfilled 53
- Alex Smith 54
- Vision Fulfilled 55
- Alex Smith 56
- Vision Fulfilled 57
- Alex Smith 58
- Adrift on an Icepan 59
- Vision Fulfilled 59
- Alex Smith 60
- Mauritania 61
- Vision Fulfilled 61
- Mauritania 62
- Strathcona 62
- Alex Smith 62
- Vision Fulfilled 63
- North Star 64
- Alex Smith 64
- North Star 65
- Vision Fulfilled 65
- North Star 66
- Alex Smith 66
- Growth and Change 67
- Alex Smith 68
- Growth and Change 69
- The Western Star 70
- Alex Smith 70
- Growth and Change 71
- Alex Smith 72
- Labrador Nurse 73
- Growth and Change 73
- Strathcona III 74
- Alex Smith 74
- Growth and Change 75
- Conclusion 76
- Strathcona 76
- Evening Herald 77
- Where the Fishers Go 77
- Conclusion 77
- Alex Smith 78
- Conclusion 79
- Alex Smith 80
- Postscript 81
- Bibliography 82
