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THOMAS CHRISTIE
Rev. Thomas Christie was the third Canadian minister to accept a call to present the Gospel of Jesus to Indentured East Indians in Trinidad W. Indies. The Foreign Mission Board of the Synod of Nova Scotia had already sent Rev. John Morton (1868) and Rev. Kenneth Grant (1870) to that island. Rev. Christie was posted in the third Mission Field in the Couva Ward in the County of Caroni, in 1874. Three estate schools were already built and opened and he served as corresponding Manager to these. As an evangelist he preached to East Indians, white Presbyterians and to emancipated Blacks. At one time he trained teachers in pedagogy. In his second term a Presbyterian church was built. He did ground-breaking work in school management and in evangelism. Although his ministry was short-- a little over nine years, yet his faithful works under challenging circumstances are grounds for numbering him as a pioneer Presbyterian. Excerpts from his many letters are quoted and these give readers an understanding of his expected joys and unexpected sorrows.
Brother of Mine
In 1861, as President Lincoln called for volunteers to defend the Union, Thomas Christie wrote to his father, voicing desires shared by many an enlistee: "I do want to 'see the world, ' to get out of the narrow circle in which I have always lived, to 'make a man of myself, ' and to have it to say in days to come that I, too, had a part in this great struggle." As it turned out, Thomas had an excellent partner in his quest: his brother William. Both signed on with the First Minnesota Light Artillery, working as "cannoneers," responsible for loading and aiming big guns at the enemy. The First Minnesota saw action in major battles at Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, and Atlanta. But the adventurers also endured the monotony of camp life, the hunger of poor supply lines, and, in William's case, the challenges of enemy capture. The ups and downs, the doubts and thrills are recounted from their differing perspectives in this collection of letters to worried parents, a winsome sister, and a younger brother eager to join in the fight. Their vivid epistles are enhanced by the familial connection of brothers in arms who eventually did see the world--and returned home changed.
Correspondence, Business Ledgers, Newspaper Clippings, Books, Church Records, Bulletins and Family Papers of Rev. Thomas Christie, West Flamborough, Ont. and His Grandson R.A. Thompson, Lynden, Ont., 1808-1967
Thomas Christie was the first missionary sent to Canada by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, arriving in Montreal in 1832. He preached in Kingston and the Bay of Quinte area until the fall of 1833 when he settled in West Flamboro, where he would remain until his death in Sept. 1870. He organized churches and congregatons in West Flamboro, St. George, Eramosa, Chippewa, Beverly, Kirkwall, Guelph, Hamilton, Ancaster and Dundas. R.A. Thompson was a miller and grain merchant ca. 1885- (the firm continued in the 1950's) carrying on business at the Lynden Mills. He was a member of the federal grain commission ca. 1924. This was a major local mercantile family.
General Record of Correspondence, Business Ledgers, Newspaper Clippings, Books, Church Records, Bulletins and Family Papers of Rev. Thomas Christie, West Flamborough, Ont. and His Grandson R.A. Thompson, Lynden, Ont., 1808-1967
Thomas Christie was the first missionary sent to Canada by the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland, arriving in Montreal in 1832. He preached in Kingston and the Bay of Quinte area, until the fall of 1833 when he finally settled in West Flamboro until his death in Sept. 1870. He organized churches and congregatons in West Flamboro, St. George, Eramosa, Chippewa, Beverly, Kirkwall, Guelph, Hamilton, Ancaster and Dundas. R.A. Thompson was a miller and grain merchant ca. 1885- (the firm continued in the 1950's) carrying on business at the Lynden Mills. He was a member of the federal grain commission ca. 1924. This was a major local mercantile family.
