Father Douglass of Behala
By: by some of his friends.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1952
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Douglass, Frederick Wingfield, 1866-1949.
Description: "Account of the life of Father Douglass, one of the first members of the Oxford Mission to Calcutta to arrive in India ... It describes his early struggle to found a hostel for students in Calcutta; the establishment, under his energetic leadership, of the Mission at Barisal (in what is now East Pakistan) and at Behala; his distinguished service as an army chaplain during the First World War, and his no less valuable work among servicemen and among the sufferers of the Bengal famine during the Second; and, above all, it descirbes Behala---that haven of peace to the south of Calcutta where all, of whatever caste or creed, who were in need of spiritual comfort, came to see 'Father D'. The account is illustrated by a number of Father Douglass's letters which show something of his humility and simplicity; they show also some aspects of the work which the Oxford Mission is continuing in increasingly difficult circumstances."--Dust jacket flap.