Author : Michael L. Hadley
Publisher : Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Book Synopsis God's Little Ships by : Michael L. Hadley
Download or read book God's Little Ships written by Michael L. Hadley and published by Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men and women of the Columbia Coast Mission ships, legendary figures in the history of the BC coast, are brought vividly to life in this readable, well-researched volume. From 1904 to the mid-1970s, the mission sent out ships in all kinds of weather, delivering medical care and non-sectarian spiritual support to logging camps, Native villages and white settlements in 20,000 square miles of rugged coastline. John Antle, who founded the mission, was a devout and practical Christian who measured his success in services to BC's outposts, rather than material wealth or number of converts. Immortalized in Margaret Craven's I Heard the Owl Call My Name, and in the hearts and memories of families all over the coast, the mission was a glad, bold organization that could be as rough-cut and unconventional as the individuals it served.