02414cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000150007804000110009304100170010405000070012110000480012824500200017626400510019630000470024733600260029433700260032033800360034650000310038252014820041353400780189565300290197365300670200285600430206977147UtSlPG20260610134804.0mcr n260607r20251864utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a2005577813  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPZ1 aPearson, C. H.q(Charles Henry),d1824-190610aOn the frontier 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-10-29  a"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.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, 1864  aSunday school literature  aFrontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Juvenile fiction40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77147