George Brown Collection
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Scan of pages from Brown's autobiography.
Scan of cover page of Brown's autobiography.

George Brown: In his own words

The Early Years
and The Call

CONTENTS

Family Background / My father: the able man / My father: the lay preacher / School days / Dangerous Occupations / Going to Sea I / Going to Sea II / Going to Sea III / Passage to America / First Steps / The Great Lakes / Return to England / A Narrow Escape / Passage to New Zealand / Auckland / Finding a Mission / Fit for Mission Work? / A Suitable Helpmeet / A Bush Honeymoon / Our Worst Night / Missionary Heroes / Sydney to Samoa
Acknowledgments & Links


Passage to America < First Steps
> The Great Lakes
The Marine Hospital, Quebec.
Photo courtesy of the McCord Museum of Canadian History.
(Old photo of the Marine Hospital, Quebec.)

I felt very sad indeed when I left the Marine Hospital at Quebec. I decided to go off into the backwoods if I could, and my first stay was at Montreal. As soon as I got there I went, of course, to the barracks, to see the men whom we had brought over. They were delighted to meet one of the Santipore lads again, and I was at once taken into the barracks, and kept there until I was strong enough to leave. No men could have been kinder than these men were to me. They shared their rations with me, and always managed to find a bed for me somewhere; and though my being there was quite against the rules, the officers inspecting at night seemed always to, take care not to look in the direction where I was placed. It was just at this time that what are known as the Gavazzi Riots took place. Father Gavazzi had been preaching against Romanism in Montreal, and this had caused some rioting. The 26th had been called out to suppress the rioters, and on one occasion the Mayor gave orders to fire. The men elevated their muskets as far as possible before firing, but some people on the top of the hill unfortunately were hit, and there was much bad feeling excited.

Passage to America < Previous Next > The Great Lakes Home

Index

Family Background / My father: the able man / My father: the lay preacher / School days / Dangerous Occupations / Going to Sea I / Going to Sea II / Going to Sea III / Passage to America / First Steps / The Great Lakes / Return to England / A Narrow Escape / Passage to New Zealand / Auckland / Finding a Mission / Fit for Mission Work? / A Suitable Helpmeet / A Bush Honeymoon / Our Worst Night / Missionary Heroes / Sydney to Samoa
Acknowledgments & Links