After one hundred years : the centenary of Methodism in Bathurst and the west of N.S.W., 1832-1932 / by Raymond H. Doust ; with an introduction by F.R. Swynny

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Doust, Raymond H
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After One Hundreb Years 1
After One Hundreb Years 9
Foremord 11
EXPLANATORY NOTE. 12
Introduction 13
CONTENTS 15
CHAPTER I. THE FOUNDING OF METHODISM IN AUSTRALIA 17
CHAPTER II. THE DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT OF BATHURST 21
CHAPTER III. THE PIONEER METHODIST MISSIONARY TO BATHURST 24
CHAPTER IV. THE FOUNDER OF BATHURST METHODISM: THE REV. JOSEPH ORTON AND HIS FIRST VISIT 27
CHAPTER V. THE REV. JOSEPH ORTON’S SECOND AND THIRD VISITS TO BATHURST 36
CHAPTER VI. THE APPOINTMENT OF THE REV. FREDERICK LEWIS 42
CHAPTER VII. EARLY CONSTRUCTIVE MINISTRIES 48
CHAPTER VIII. THE DAYS OF THE GOLD RUSH: METHODISM ON THE GOLDFIELDS 57
CHAPTER IX. THE WIDENING CIRCUIT: EXTENSION OF THE WORK TO MUDGEE AND OBERON 62
CHAPTER X. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION 66
CHAPTER XI. METHODISM AT THE GATEWAY TO THE FARTHER WEST 74
CHAPTER XII. A RECORD OF TWENTY YEARS’ CIRCUIT APPOINTMENTS AND ACTIVITIES 78
CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND HALF CENTURY: CIRCUIT APPOINTMENTS 1882-1932 84
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATHURST CIRCUIT IN THE CENTENARY YEAR 90
CHAPTER XV. AN EPIC OF LAY PREACHING: LOCAL PREACHERS OF THE BATHURST CIRCUIT 94
CHAPTER XVI. THE HISTORY OF THE BATHURST (WILLIAM STREET) CHURCH 103
CHAPTER XVII. THE HISTORY OF THE BATHURST (WILLIAM STREET) CHURCH (Continued) 113
CHAPTER XVIII. THE HISTORY OF THE BATHURST (WILLIAM STREET) CHURCH (Concluded) 119
CHAPTER XIX. METHODISM AT SOUTH BATHURST 133
CHAPTER XX. COUNTRY CHURCHES AND PREACHING PLACES OF THE BATHURST CIRCUIT 137
CHAPTER XXI. METHODIST SYNOD DISTRICTS OF THE WEST 146
CHAPTER XXII. THE SPREAD OF METHODISM IN THE WEST: CIRCUITS OF THE BATHURST SYNOD DISTRICT 150
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SPREAD OF METHODISM IN THE WEST: CIRCUITS OF THE WESTERN SYNOD DISTRICT 168
CHAPTER XXIV. METHODISM OF THE WEST AND HIGHER EDUCATION: WOLAROI COLLEGE 189

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