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Book/Printed Material Gospel pioneering: reminiscences of early Congregationalism in California, 1833-1920,

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Title

  • Gospel pioneering: reminiscences of early Congregationalism in California, 1833-1920,

Summary

  • The son of a Maine Congregational leader, William Chauncey Pond (b. 1830) sailed around the Horn to California as a "home missionary" in 1853. Gospel pioneering (1921) presents highlights of his career in the West: creation of San Francisco's Greenwich St. Church; ministry in the Sierra County mining town of Downieville; story of The Pacific, a Congregationalist-Presbyterian journal; founding of the Pacific School of Religion; and Pond's ministry to Chinese immigrants, centered on San Francisco's Bethany Church.

Names

  • Pond, William C. (William Chauncey), 1830-1925.

Created / Published

  • [Oberlin, O., The News printing co.] 1921.

Headings

  • -  Congregational churches--California
  • -  California--Church history
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Law--Political aspects--California
  • -  Mines and mineral resources--California
  • -  Religion and ethics--California

Medium

  • viii, [9]-191, [1] p. ports. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX7148.C2 P6

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 21020428

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Pond, William C. Gospel pioneering: reminiscences of early Congregationalism in California, -1920. [Oberlin, O., The News printing co, 1921] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/21020428/.

APA citation style:

Pond, W. C. (1921) Gospel pioneering: reminiscences of early Congregationalism in California, -1920. [Oberlin, O., The News printing co] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/21020428/.

MLA citation style:

Pond, William C. Gospel pioneering: reminiscences of early Congregationalism in California, -1920. [Oberlin, O., The News printing co, 1921] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/21020428/>.