Pioneer Preacher : Incidents of Interest, and Experiences in the Author's Lif...

Pioneer Preacher : Incidents of Interest, and Experiences in the Author's Life, Paperback by Bristol, Sherlock, ISBN 0252060911, ISBN-13 9780252060915, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK      Originally published in 1887,        The Pioneer Preacher is a lively account of a Congregationalist        minister's attempts to lead a sin-free existence on the American frontier.      Sherlock Bristol (1)        was a California gold miner, wagon train captain, Wisconsin farmer, Idaho        rancher, Indian fighter, abolitionist, and Oberlin-trained clergyman.        While serving a series of churches in the East, he periodically cured        himself of "nervous disorders" by journeying out West. He only        broke the Sabbath once---during an Indian attack!      Reflecting in his memoirs        the exploits of Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, Bristol delights in recounting        his adventures, ecclesiastical or otherwise. He vividly recalls his redemption        in the wilderness where he enjoyed having "little opportunity for        reading books or mental exercise, and an abundance of calls for muscular        employment." Greatly influenced by the evangelist Charles G. Finney        at Oberlin, Bristol tried to teach miners and frontiersmen the principles        of revivalism, postmillennialism, and perfectionism. In The Pioneer         Preacher he shares his own disputatious views on abolition, American        Indians, temperance, and other issues of his day.