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Embarkation for the Illinois -- Western steamboats in general -- The Banner in particular -- Her captain and crew -- Hooshier bride and bridegroom -- A walk in St. Louis -- A horrible tale of lynching -- Departure from St. Louis -- The first night on board the Banner -- The next morning -- Speed of our boat -- Junction of the Missouri and Mississippi -- Landing at Alton -- Unpardonable behavior of the boat under trying circumstances -- Disaster to the captain -- A specimen of Hooshier indignation -- Leaving Alton we discover that Jersey is on board -- A day on an island -- Who Jersey is -- Some of his experience during his travels -- His political opinions -- Peculiar style of expressing them -- His notions on travel -- Another night on the Banner -- A conversation with our western bridegroom -- His opinions on the woman question decidedly anti-Wollstonecraft -- His reasons for entering into matrimony -- How he would sympathize with his wife in sorrow, with a practical illustration -- Her story and disposition to lighten the darker shades of his doctrines -- Improved conduct of the boat -- Politeness of her captain -- Our style of conversation pantomimic on my part -- Landing -- Pokerton -- Starting for our final destination -- The country, the road, the slues -- Their peculiar character demonstrated -- Woodland and its principal inhabitants -- Prairie Lodge -- Our meeting -- Sun-bonnets, veils, gloves, etc. -- Environments of Prairie Lodge -- Its neighbors -- A horticultural curiosity -- Preparing for tea -- Partaking it -- The evening -- Who were present, and how we spent it -- Prairie life begun -- Rambles in the groves and over the prairies -- Visits on horseback -- An afternoon with a neighbor three miles distant -- Amusing details of this visit, a fair specimen of the social visiting of the country -- Commencement of Sucker life -- Our next neighbor -- The mother Meg Merrilies -- The house; its architecture -- The grounds; how laid out and adorned -- The children; their pastimes -- The father; his political and social position -- Another house; the spirit which reigned in it -- Beauty of order and purity in domestic life -- Spring around Prairie Lodge -- Showers -- Thunderstorms at night -- Their sublimity -- Their effect on the landscape -- Pleasures of the season -- Strawberry -- Quail -- Scene from his domestic life -- Grouse; his habits -- Spring morning in the prairies -- Bob-o-link -- Woodpecker -- Parroquet -- Crow -- Buzzard -- Wild turkey -- Cattle on the prairie -- Hare -- Deer -- Whippoor-Will -- The tale of sorrow -- Sickness of strangers on first arriving in the country -- Their claims to hospitality -- The solitary man's settlement in the west -- His wife; their love; their progress and prospects -- A remarkable series of thunder-storms -- The pestilence which followed -- The husband and wife both prostrated -- The death of the wife and infant -- His grief -- Their grave -- The beauty of the spot -- Reasons for the attachment of the prairie settler to his home -- A rare opportunity for seeing the natives of our region -- The menagerie; getting to it -- Style of locomotion -- Tyler; his peculiarities, ill luck, gait, &c.; his companion -- Our arrival -- Street dialogue -- Discussion of the show -- Entrance -- Appearance of the crowd; their motley dress -- A character; his garb -- Another; her dress; stature; recognition -- Her sensibility and comments on the performances -- Her description of the male personage before introduced -- His stories of the wars and himself -- An invitation -- The departure for home -- Discussion of persons and things -- Legal document -- Close of the day -- Delicate foot-print -- Leaving Prairie Lodge -- Difficulty of finding another home -- What it proves when found -- Its mistress -- Her housekeeping -- Committee on dress -- A walk -- What it decides -- Resignation under desperate circumstances -- A discovery -- A cup of joy dashed before it is partaken -- First night in the Sucker home -- Room mates, furniture, &c. -- Pony -- Rebellion; how maintained -- Sabbath -- Next day; its deeds -- The house; its decorations -- The surprise anticipated -- Comment of my neighbor -- Settled -- Toilet apparatus -- Difficulty of retaining it -- A new proposition rejected with some spirit at first -- How acceded to finally -- Our host; his origin, fortunes, opinions, &c. -- His daughter Sidney and her husband -- Their mode of life -- Sidney's household affairs -- Her culinary arts -- How she was initiated into them -- Fruit groves -- Wanderings in them -- Serpents -- Caught in Boots -- Western housekeeping -- Another visit -- Temperate meal -- The consequence -- Moonlight nights -- Coeur de Lion and his suite -- Their nocturnal ramblings -- Shamefully terminated -- Coeur de Lion's resignation -- Better quarters completed -- Disappointment -- Housekeeping -- Architecture of our dwelling -- Grounds, &c., as described by Mr. F -- My own picture of them -- Our neighborhood -- Interior of the house -- The town -- Our first night at home -- Housekeeping -- Purchases; how disposed of -- Our family -- Susannah -- Pony; her artlessness and patience -- Deserved eulogium -- Our town; its first settlement -- Yankees as early settlers -- Character of our population -- Political and religious faith -- Mrs. Esculapius; her remarkable gifts -- Deacon Cantwyne; his piety, charity, &c. -- Our village doctor; his wonderful gait -- His partner Pomp -- How they did business -- The doctor's musical efforts -- Fire on the prairie -- Wood parties -- The orchard -- The parrighee of the moon -- Sporting parties -- Tragical termination of one -- The grocery next door to us -- Horrible event -- Something more of my housekeeping -- Making bread -- My purveyor -- My first dinner -- Cook, lamb, &c. -- Winter on the prairies -- Sleigh rides -- Cold houses -- Fickleness of the climate -- Deer-hunting in winter -- Mode of building and style of dwellings -- Winter evenings -- Navigation suspended -- Treacherous ice -- Opening of spring -- A spring night -- Features and voice of nature -- Wild fowl -- Steamboats -- Magnitude of streams -- Speculation -- New arrivals -- Opening farms -- Breaking prairie -- Making fence -- Planting trees -- Removal -- Return to Prairie Lodge -- Painful apprehensions -- How dispelled -- Their return -- Reminiscences of early life -- The progress of the destroyer -- The final scene -- Another mission of death -- Agonizing memories -- Pestilence abroad -- Drought -- Character of the illness caused by it -- Gloom and grief -- Dawn of new light -- Birds and animals of prairie land -- The gopher; its curious habits -- Prairie fox -- Prairie dog -- Prairie wolves -- Red wolf harmless -- Grey wolf ferocious -- Danger of unarmed travelers in former years -- Incidents in later years -- Catamount and panther found in "bottom lands" -- Grey wolf monarch of the prairie -- Robs the tomb when famished -- The burning of the prairie -- A thrilling incident on the great northern and southern road, passing near Peoria, Illinois -- The country around the spot -- Its rare beauty -- Account of an early settler here; his preparation for winter; journey to the nearest settlement for his cow and for winter supplies -- Mother and children left alone -- Visit from warrior Indians -- Sleepless night and foreboding of evil -- She watches the prairie -- Faint light in the distance -- Prairie on fire -- Fearful progress of the flames, and the sublimity of the scene -- Her terror and helplessness -- Cabin in flames -- The instinct of the dog saves the lives of mother and children -- They sleep without shelter, and sustain life by a pittance of wild fruit -- Desolation of the scene -- A storm comes on -- Children and mother hover around the smouldering ruins of the cabin -- The mother sinks -- Premature birth -- The father arrives to hear from his wife the terrible story, to witness her dying hour, and to bury mother and child in one tomb -- His bitter grief -- Progress of the settlers -- Habits -- Views of labor -- A journey -- Love ring -- The next tavern -- Amusing incidents -- Court -- Lawyers -- Dialogue with the driver -- The stage-house -- Hostess -- The quandary -- Indifference to the comforts of life; how induced -- Dixonville, the Vicksburg of Illinois -- Gang of thieves -- Incidents there -- Crimes of these men -- The landlord -- The night -- Departure -- Pleasant ride with the New England farmer -- Arrival among friends -- Three guests in one cabin -- Fun -- "Smudging" muskitos -- Climate of the west -- The new town in prospect -- The eccentric man its founder -- His removal to the west -- The inhabitants of the town -- The sea captain -- Our host -- His wife; a pattern of excellence -- Our amusements and visits in the neighborhood -- Departure -- Early settlers -- Emigrants -- The emigrant supplants the Sucker; the reason -- Their different views of life -- Hospitality of the people of the prairie -- Their daily food and method of preparing it -- Morals of the people -- Religious sects -- The circuit preacher -- Style of preaching -- An amusing character -- Happy effect of their ministry -- Excursions -- Visit to the burial grounds and council house of the Sauks -- Reflections -- A tour through the prairie country -- Anecdotes and dialogues -- Tour continued -- Amusing incidents -- Tour continued -- Dialogues with the settlers -- Cheerless hotel -- Tour ended -- Happy residence at Alton; its social aspect more like the eastern cities -- Beauty of the country -- The picnic -- Delightful close of the day -- Return to our former residence -- Change in the place --
Preliminary Material / List of Illustrations / List of Tables / List of Figures / Foreword / Note on Contributors / Acknowledgements / Note on Terminology / Abbreviations / Introduction: The Cape Doctor in the Nineteenth Century / The Cape Doctor and the Broader Medical Market, 1800-1850 / Medical Gentlemen and the Process of Professionalisation before 1860 / Home Taught for Abroad: The Training of the Cape Doctor, 1807-1910 / Opportunities Outside Private Practice before 1860 / Medical Practice in the Eastern Cape / 'Regularly Licensed and Properly Educated Practitioners': Professionalisation 1860-1910 / Mineral Wealth and Medical Opportunity / Making a Medical Living: The Economics of Medical Practice in the Cape c.1860-1910 / The Cape Doctor 1807-1910: Perspectives / Select Bibliography / Index /
The story of my life / from The last of the dragons. "The deliverers of their country" / from Frog and toad together. "Dragons and giants" / from Charlotte's web. "Wilbur's escape" / Proverbs -- The underground railroad / Unlearning to not speak / Fifth Chinese daughter / A wrinkle in time /
Were you there when they crucified my Lord? ; City called heaven ; God's a-gonna trouble the water ; Walk together children ; I know moon-rise ; I'm a-rollin' ; I been rebuked and I been scorned ; Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel? ; Soon I will be done ; No more auction block ; Swing low, sweet chariot ; Steal away to Jesus ; Go down, Moses ; Been in the storm so long ; Oh, freedom! -- This little light of mine ; Down by the riverside ; Freedom in the air ; Take my hand, precious Lord ; Peace be still ; Stand by me -- Yellow dog blues ; St. Louis blues ; Beale Street blues ; Down-hearted blues ; See, see rider ; Prove it on me blues ; Gulf Coast blues ; Trouble in mind ; Backwater blues ; In the house blues ; How long blues ; Hellhound on my trail ; It's a low down dirty shame ; Good morning, blues ; Sent for you yesterday ; Going to Chicago blues ; Fine and mellow ; Hoochie coochie ; Sunnyland.
Shut door and close of probation in James and Ellen White letters 1846-1855 -- Releases from James White letters for Gerard Damsteegt -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Jacobs (article, Day Star, 1845) -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Jacobs (article, Day Star, 1845) -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Jacobs (article, Day Star, 1845) Letter from James White to dear Brother Jacobs (article, Day Star, 1845) -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother Collins, Aug 1846, about the death of Mary Ann Lawrence -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Howland, Mar 1847, about Ellen G. White and what has occurred since they left Topsham -- Letter from James White to dear Sister Hastings, May 1847, about the copies of the visions -- Letter from James White to dear Sister Hastings, Aug 1847, about the letter from Brother Bates -- Letter from James White to dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Apr 1848, about Brother Matthias, Ellen G. White and her vision on the Sabbath -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother, Jul 1848, about Ellen White and Henry not being so well -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Aug 1848, about his trip with Ellen G. White to New York City -- Letter from James White to dear Brother and Sister, Aug 1848, about the invitation to visit with them -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Oct 1848, about the general meeting of the "Outcasts" in Maine -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Jan 1849, about general matters -- Letter from James White to my dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Feb 1849, about the offer of a home -- Letter from James White to beloved Bro. and Sister Collins, Sep 1849, about general matters in Maine -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Bowles, Oct 1849, about their visit to Connecticut and Western New York -- Letter from James White to beloved Brother Bowles, Nov 1849, about general matters and Western New York -- Letter from James White to dear Brother and Sister Hastings, Jan 1850, about the letter from Brother Bates -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Hastings, Jan 1850, about the baby being sick and the time at Brother B. C. Stoors -- Letter to dear Brother and Sister Collins, Jan 1850, about his intent to be at Fairhaven -- Letter from James White to dear Bro. and Sr. Collins and Gilbert and Deborah, Feb 1850, about Jesus and general matters -- Letter from my dear afflicted Brother Hastings, Mar 1850, about the death of the wife of Brother Hastings -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Hastings, Jul 1850, about publishing the Testimonies (handwritten) -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Hastings, Jul 1850, about publishing the Testimonies (typed) -- Letter from James White to my dear Bro. Hastings and all your dear children, Nov 1850, about the printing -- Note by James White at end of Ellen G. White letter dated April 1, 1851, Davis, Maine -- Letter from James White to dear brethren in Jackson, Aug 1851, about the publishing at Saratoga Springs -- Letter from James White to dear Brethren in Christ, Nov 1851, about our conferences at Medford, Washington, Bethel and Johnson -- Letter from James White to dear Brother, Sep 1852, about Ellen G. White's vision -- Letter from James White to brethren in Jackson, Michigan, Dec 1852, about being free of debt -- Letter from James White to beloved Brother Dodge, Jul 1853, about the tracts -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Abraham, Jul 1853, about general matters -- Letter from James White to Brother Abram, Dec 1853, about Brother Rhodes -- Letter from James White to dear Brother and Sister Smith, Aug 1854, about the box of books -- Letter from James White to brethren Cornell and Dodge, Nov 1854, about general matters -- Letter from James White to dear Brother, Feb 1855, about the present situation of Brother J. N. Andrews -- Letter from James White to Bro. Abram, Mar 1855, about the article with Sister Knight's letter -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Lyon, Jul 1855, about the ill health of Brother Lyon and general matters -- Letter from James White to dear Brother, Aug 1855, about letters received from Michigan -- Private letter from James White, 1855, about a vision of Ellen G. White -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Dodge, Aug 1855, about locating the Review West (handwritten) -- Letter from James White to dear Brother Dodge, Aug 1855, about locating the Review West (typed) -- Letter from James White to Sister Below, Nov 1856, about her moving from New York -- Letter from James White to dear Sister, Nov 1856, about her coming to Battle Creek -- Letter from James White to my dear Sister, or shall I say Mother, Mar 1857, about her moving circumstances -- Letter from James White to my dear Edson, Jan 1860, about personal matters -- Letter from James White to my dear Edson, Mar 1860, about personal matters -- Letter from James White to dear Brother, Oct 1860, about personal matters -- Letter from James White to dear Ellen, Oct 1860, about the meeting -- Letter from James White to my dear Ellen, Oct 1860, about his time in Knoxville and his health -- Letter from James White to my dear Ellen, Oct 1860, about the meeting at Marion -- Letter from James White to dear Ellen, Oct 1860, about going to Wisconsin -- Letter from James White to my dear Ellen, Nov 1860, about Brother Frisbie and general matters and the Mississippi River Boat, "War Eagle" -- Letter from James White to dear Ellen, Nov 1860, about praying with Brother Ingraham and Sanborn -- Letter from James White to dear Ellen, Nov 1860, about his health -- Letter from James White to dear Ellen, Nov 1860, about general matters -- Letter from James White to Brother E. P. Butler, Dec 1861, about the Andrews' difficulty -- Letter from James White to the gentlemen, Oct 1862, about William Hall -- Letter from James White to Brother and Sister Abbey, Dec 1863, about the death of Henry White -- Letter from James White to Sister Steward, Sep 1864, about the Cure and the philosophy of health taught there -- Letter from James White to Brother Abbey, May 1865, about finding a place to live in Michigan -- Letter from James White to my dear niece, (Mary Clough), Jun 1865, about personal matters -- Letter from James White to Brethren - directors of the Health Institute, Aug 1867, about building and property considerations -- Letter from James and Ellen G. White, Sep 1867, about the Health Institute -- Letter from James White to dear Willie, Sep 1867, about general matters -- Letter from James White to my dear Willie, Oct 1867, about Battle Creek -- Letter from James White to my dear Willie, Oct 1867, about going from Michigan to Maine -- Letter from James White to O. H. Pratt, Mar 1869, about the Monroe Church -- Letter from James White to Sister Hall, Jul 1869, about general matters -- Letter from James White to dear son, May 1870, about Mrs. Kittle and her place -- Letter from James White to Willie, Lucinda, May (Mary?) and Anna, Jun 1870, about the importance of having oversight over the entire work and about being in the field more -- Letter from James White to dear Edson, Apr 1871, about the deed from McDearmon and his indefiniteness relative to the peas and the plants -- Letter from James White to Brother Andrews, May 1871, about the tract "The Sabbath on the Round World" still being in type -- Letter from James White to Lucinda and Willie, Jun 1871, about future plans to go to Wisconsin and Minnesota -- The Saviour of sinners / Letter from James White to Sister Lucinda, Oct 1871, about coming with them to Boston -- Letter from James White to my dear son Willie, Nov 1871, about Sister White's dream concerning Edson, Henry, Byron Sperry and Willie himself -- Letter from James White to dear Willie, Nov 1871, about their appointments from Maine to Michigan -- Letter from James White to dear children, Edson and Emma, Dec 1871, about Edson and prosperity only in the Lord
Convictions of biblical preaching / A definition of biblical preaching / A weekly dose of compressed dignity: how a sermon gives worth to the soul / Overfed, underchallenged: a message must do battle for the will / Theology of powerful preaching: nine beliefs at the heart of biblical preaching / Preaching that raises our sights: what sort of preaching, what sort of preacher, can raise the bar for low jumpers? / Leading and feeding: how preaching and leadership intersect / John 3:16 in the key of C: why true preachers are worship leaders / Growing in your preaching: the call to preach demands our very best / Spiritual formation through preaching: four components of preaching that changes lives / Preaching life into the church: how God uses the ministry of his word to create and strengthen his body / My theory of homiletics: three ideas shape my approach to preaching / Staying on the line: what it means to go above or below the exacting line of truth / History of preaching: assessing today's preaching in light of history / A cup running over: why preachers must find deep satisfaction in Christ / The patented preacher: every preacher is a limited edition of one / I prayed for my preaching: and got answers I didn't expect / How does unction function? Probing the mystery of "the anointing" in a sermon / Squeaky clean: essential areas of focus for the preacher who wants to do right / Required reading: why establish a reading plan? / Rightly dividing the preaching load: the benefits of developing a preaching team, and how one church is seeing it work / Preaching through personal pain: if you have a crisis, should your sermons discuss it? / A prophet among you: what it means to be God's minister / Burning clean fuel: check the motives and emotions that energize your preaching / Backdraft preaching: you've got to reignite the flames Sunday after Sunday / Why I pace before I preach: understanding the weekend panic / Preaching to convulse the demons: helping people find the hand of Jesus / Holy expectation: how can we handle dynamite and not expect it to explode? / Preaching to everyone in particular: how to scratch where people niche / The power of simplicity: lives are changed when we merely read, explain, and apply / View from the pew: how to hold the attention of the easily distracted / Preaching to ordinary people: many feel like overwhelmed failures / Why serious preachers use humor: discernment for light moments with weighty purpose / Connect hearers through dialogue: a two-way street can be paved with gold / Self-disclosure that glorifies Christ: transparent preaching aims to reveal the light, not the window / How to be heard: mastering five overlooked fundamentals of clear communication / Opening the closed American mind: preaching to skeptics / Turning an audience into the church: transforming consumers into the committed / Preaching to change the heart: Paul's example is bold, courageous proclamation / Preaching truth, justice, and the American way: on cultural myths and biblical authority / Preaching morality in an amoral age: how can you blow the whistle when people don't believe there are rules? / Cross-cultural preaching: how to connect in our multicultural world / Connecting with postmoderns: what to adopt, what to adapt, what to oppose in postmodernism / Preaching amid pluralism: elevating Christ in a culture that sees all religions as equal / Connecting with non-Christians: how to analyze an audience when preparing for evangelistic preaching / How to translate male sermons to women: and connect with what may be the largest half of your congregation / He said, she heard: adapting to gender / Connecting with men: how to preach to the tattooed / Creating a singles-friendly sermon: how to preach to 49 percent of today's adults / Preaching to preschoolers: a children's sermon is a time to feed their imaginations, not their egos / Hispanic-American preaching / African-American preaching / Asian-American preaching / Work wins? How your message can restore their soul / One sermon, two messages: how to deliver one sermon at two completely different services / The playful preacher: using humor and irony / What authority do we have anymore? How to bridge the credibility gap /
A silver dish / An exile in the east / Home and native land / A short walk into afternoon / Shadrach / The wedding week / A party in Miami Beach / The quail / Some Manhattan in New England / Plaisir d'amour / Falling off the scaffold / Spelling / Seasons / Living alone / The middle place / The quarterback speaks to his god / Trip in a summer dress / The eye / Paper covers rock / The missing person / Finisterre / A lingering death / Home is the hero / The new music / Something that happened /
New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
9781984899422
Unspeakable conversations / Ki'tay D. Davidson : a eulogy / If you can't fast, give / There's a mathematical equation that proves I'm ugly -- or so I learned in my seventh grade art class / erasure of indigenous people in chronic illness / When you are waiting to be healed / isolation of being deaf in prison / Common cyborg / I'm tired of chasing a cure / We can't go back / Radical visibility : a disabled queer clothing reform movement manifesto / Guide dogs don't lead blind people. We wander as one / Taking charge of my story as a cancer patient at the hospital where I work / Canfei to canji : the freedom to be loud / Nurturing black disabled joy / Last but not least : embracing asexuality / Parenting with a disability makes me feel like an 'impostor' as a mother / How to make a paper crane from rage / Selma Blair became a disabled icon overnight. Here's why we need more stories like hers / Why my novel is dedicated to my disabled friend Maddy / anti-abortion bill you aren't hearing about / So. Not. Broken / How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars / Incontinence is a public health issue and we need to talk about it / Falling/burning : Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, and being a bipolar creator / Six ways of looking at crip time / Lost causes / On NYC's paratransit, fighting for safety, respect, and human dignity / Gaining power through communication access / fearless Benjamin Lay : activist, abolitionist, dwarf person / To survive climate catastrophe, look to queer and disabled folks / Disability solidarity : completing the 'vision for black lives / Time's up for me, too / Still dreaming wild disability justice dreams at the end of the world / Love means never having to say ... anything / On the ancestral plane : crip hand me downs and the legacy of our movements / beauty of spaces created for and by disabled people /
