Forty years a country preacher
By: by George B. Gilbert.
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Gilbert, George B.; Rural clergy -- Biography.
Description: In 1909, The Rev. George B. Gilbert became Priest-In-Charge of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, in Killingworth, Connecticut. Gilbert was a graduate of Trinity College and of Berkeley Divinity School in Middletown. His informal style and populist political views sometimes drew the disapproval of the church hierarchy and some of his church members, but his desire to serve the people drew wide admiration. The Christian Herald sponsored a nation-wide contest to select a typical country pastor, and Gilbert was selected in 1939 from 1,000 nominees. He revitalized the church and made it known to the world with his famous book, Forty Years a Country Preacher. - Killingworth Historical Society.
Notes: "First edition."
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Mary Virginia Gilbert; title: The church takes hold; title: Father; title: School days; title: College; title: Seminary; title: My ministry begins; title: Horse and buggy days; title: Church in the wilderness; title: The farm; title: Humanizing a church; title: Weddings; title: Funerals; title: The parish family; title: The preacher's family; title: "I was a stranger"; title: Politics; title: By word of mouth; title: Dogs; title: Parties; title: Special days; title: The church within