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The Life of Alexander Stewart
Originally published in 1948, this book is of a remarkable gentleman, Alexander Stewart, who was born in Kirkaldy, Fifeshire, in 1790, and died in 1874. In middle life he wrote for his children an account of his adventurous youth, when he ran away to sea, was captured by the French, and spent some ten years as a prisoner. On returning home, he took to teaching, but then came a compelling inner call to the Christian ministry, and for the remainder of his life he preached the gospel with characteristic vigour and courage. Sir P. Malcolm Stewart, his grandson, in his Preface speaks of his “sense of pride in Alexander Stewart’s patience, endurance, and determination, in his great physical an...
An Extraordinary Journey
This autobiographical book details the development over 40 years of England's most well-known present day physical medium, Stewart Alexander. A very private man, he has devoted his life to the work of helping those who have been bereaved by helping them make physical contact with those loved ones who have passed over. Not content with his own mediumship he has, over many years, looked into the mediumship of past well-known mediums who have been accused of fraudulent acts despite a mountain of genuine evidence for their mediumship and has his observation in these pages. A very readable book.
Alex Stewart, Portrait of a Pioneer
Here is a moving literary portrait of real 20th century pioneer, Alex Stewart, a cooper, father of 13, farmer, logger, railroad man, and do-it-yourself interpreter of his rugged homeland in the mountains of Tennessee. His courage, humor and strength have endeared him to all who knew him, and now we can meet him through the book.
Survival, Revival and Moral Revolution: the Life and Times of Alexander Stewart
The book tells two connected stories: the first is how the 14 year old Scot, Alexander Stewart, ran away to sea, was captured by Napoleon in the year of Trafalgar, off the coast of Brighton. A prisoner of the French, in often brutal conditions, he stood up to the bullies, taught himself French, the theory of navigation and Enlightenment philosophy. He made four attempts to escape before returning to England and becoming a highly successful Congregational minister who was presented to Queen Victoria on her accession and her coronation. The second story tells how the Nonconformists returned from the margins of British society after the failure of Cromwell's rule to help transform the political and moral landscape of the nation. In two seismic years, the middle classes got the vote and slavery was abolished in the British Empire. The nation moved, along with the bulk of its population, from asking 'what do we want to do' to 'what ought we do'. Stewart, a distinguished preacher and educator, was at the heart of this revolution.
A Very Unimportant Officer
Rediscovered after 80 years gathering dust on a family bookshelf and first brought to public attention on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER is a detailed and intimate account of the experience of Captain Stewart, an ordinary officer in the front line in France and Flanders throughout 1916 and 1917. Recruited to The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1915 at the age of 33, Captain Stewart went 'over the top' many times, outliving 'so many better men', as he says with typical humility. Through his vivid testimony we learn of the mud ('more like thick slime'), the flies and the difficulties of suffering dysentry while on horseback. In one memorable passage he describes engaging the enemy while smoking a pipe - an episode for which he was awarded the Military Cross. Yet through the chaos and horror of the trenches, Captain Stewart reflects with compassion on the fears and immense courage of the men under his command. Newly edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart, A VERY UNIMPORTANT OFFICER gives us a fascinating insight into the horrors and absurdities of trench life.
