FIVE YEARS UNDER THE
SOUTHERN CROSS
Rev. F. C. Spurr.
FIVE YEARS UNDER
THE SOUTHERN CROSS
Experiences and Impressions
By
FREDERIC C. SPURR
Late Minister of First Baptist Church, Melbourne
CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne
1915
TO
My Children, Norman Félix andMadeleine Dorothy, who spent theirfive “years of awakening” under theSouthern Cross, and chiefly to theirMother, My Wife and Comrade, whomade Australia not only her home buther workshop, in which she tried, withmuch success, to do something to helpand bless her sisters.
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PREFACE
For five years, during my residence in Australia,I had the privilege of contributing to the EnglishChristian World a large number of articles on lifein the Commonwealth. These articles excited a greatamount of interest amongst all classes, and broughtme a vast correspondence, which made it abundantlyclear that even well-educated people at home knowlittle about the inner life of Australia. This bookis an attempt to throw some light upon that far-offcountry, and to make Australia “live.” Many bookshave been written about the Commonwealth, but nonequite on the lines of the following pages. In a seriesof impressionist sketches various phases of Australianlife are set forth—the life in the midst of whichI worked. The editor of the Christian World hasgenerously permitted me to make free use of thearticles I contributed to that journal. I gratefullyacknowledge this kindness.
Frederic C. Spurr.
Regent’s Park Chapel,
London, N.W.
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CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Foreword: Australia’s Place in the Empire | 1 | |
| CHAPTER | ||
| 1. | Going to the Ends of the Earth | 12 |
| 2. | The Golden West | 18 |
| 3. | An Accomplished Miracle and a Prediction | 26 |
| 4. | Adelaide, the Queen City of Australia | 37 |
| 5. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |