On the frontier : or, Scenes in the West by C. H. Pearson
"On the frontier" by C. H. Pearson is a collection of frontier sketches and moral tales written in the mid-19th century. Through episodic, first-person scenes from the Upper Mississippi and Minnesota prairies, a New England clergyman-narrator observes hardship, danger, and neighborly generosity while pressing the claims of faith amid a raw, fast-forming society. The opening of this work moves through vivid vignettes: a tense night on a crowded Mississippi steamer ends harmlessly
after a key mix-up; a boy named Judson freezes on the prairie, prompting the narrator’s pastoral visit and planting seeds for gospel work in a bereaved community; and a comic, perilous ox-team run for lumber careens through runaway cattle, broken gear, fog, and unexpected help. These experiences lead to a permanent ministry in a new settlement, where a grim, anti-religious “aunt Flora” is quietly softened, reads Scripture alone one Sunday, and soon dies rejoicing, having been reached by childhood Bible echoes. A barefoot bridegroom’s Western wedding brings a river swim on horseback, a tender, dying mother, a steadfast suitor, and a Millerite father whose end-times fervor colors the feast and even his reading of Nahum. A brief lyric mourns a child’s grave, and a final sketch begins with a wary walk beside a desperate, fever-worn stranger who unburdens a story of lost love, faltering faith, and aimless wandering in the West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pearson, C. H. (Charles Henry), 1824-1906 |
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| LoC No. | 2005577813 |
| Title | On the frontier : or, Scenes in the West |
| Original Publication | Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1864. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Sunday school literature |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77147 |
| Release Date | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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