1 ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WITNESS A History of the Hobart Baptist Church 1884 – 1984 Unabridged and unpublished copy with Later Appendices Laurence F. Rowston 2 A hardback of the original paperback copy, which also contains photographs, can be obtained from the author, 3 Portsea Place, Howrah, 7018 email
[email protected] There is no printed copy of the foregoing unabridged version. The abridged copy was published in 1984 on the occasion of the Centenary of the Hobart Baptist Church Unabridged and unpublished copy with Appendices Copyright, L.F. Rowston, ISBN 0 9590338 0 7 Other Books by Laurence F. Rowston MA as book: Spurgeon’s Men: The Resurgence of Baptist Belief and Practice in Tasmania 1869-1884 Baptists in Van Diemen’s Land, the story of Tasmania’s First Baptist Church, the Hobart Town Particular Baptist Chapel, Harrington Street, 1835-1886 ISBN 0-9590122-0-6 God’s Country Training Ground, A History of the Yolla Baptist Church 1910-2010 ISBN 978-0-9590122-3-1 Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, A History of the Burnie Baptist Church ISBN 0 959012214 Possessing the Future, A History of the Ulverstone Baptist Church 1905-2005 ISBN 0 959012222 Soon to be released: Baptists in Van Diemen’s Land, Part 2, the story of the Launceston York Street Particular Baptist Chapel, 1840-1916 ISBN 978-0-9590122-4-8 3 CONTENTS Foreword 4 Preface 5 1. A New Initiative 6 2. Laying Foundations Robert McCullough (1883-1894) 15 3. Strong Beginnings James Blaikie (1897-1906) 21 4. A Prince of Preachers F.W.