A Church at War
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A Church at War

MacKay Presbyterian Church, New Edinburgh, and the First World War

Alan Bowker, Pierre Desrosiers

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A Church at War

MacKay Presbyterian Church, New Edinburgh, and the First World War

Alan Bowker, Pierre Desrosiers

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One hundred and forty-one people from MacKay Presbyterian Church, in Ottawa, served in the First World War. This is an astonishing record, but one that was by no means uncommon in Canada.
Why did these men, their families, and their church enlist in this great war for "justice, truth, and righteousness, and for the Glory of God"? What was the impact of war on the surviving soldiers as they and their families adjusted to a changed world, to permanent injuries and to painful memories?
This study of the experience of one church at war weaves together the stories of soldiers on the battlefields of Europe with those of the families who waited and prayed, enduring privation, fear, loneliness, and grief.
It centres on the 19 men who fell in the war — some as heroes in desperate battles, others with tragic randomness or from illness, several with no known graves — and the widows they left to cope as best they could, the children who grew up without fathers, and the families who mourned their loss even as they took pride in their sacrifice.
Using new methods including online research and the tools of genealogical study to bring to life people who did not leave a rich legacy of information on their lives and families, this study of a church at war deepens our understanding of the social history of Canada's participation in the First World War, and provides a model for research on churches, communities, and institutions.

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Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Year
2024
ISBN
9780776642161
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Denominations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Land Acknowledgement/Reconnaissance territoriale
  6. Abstract
  7. Résumé
  8. Table of Contents
  9. List of Figures
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. Chapter 1: New Edinburgh
  14. Chapter 2: MacKay Presbyterian Church
  15. Chapter 3: A Church at War: 1914–1915
  16. Chapter 4: Charles Albert Wendt: A German-Canadian Patriot
  17. Chapter 5: A Church at War: 1916
  18. Chapter 6: Victor and Theresa Coker: A Good Man, a Christian Woman, and Her Two Sons at the Front
  19. Chapter 7: The Bothwell Family: War Claims Lives and Destroys Families
  20. Chapter 8: Charles Edward Trotter and the Jackson Family: “Lovable Disposition and Fine Character”
  21. Chapter 9: The Robertson Family: “There Is no Other Woman in Ottawa Who Has Given so Gloriously to the Cause”
  22. Chapter 10: Gordon Maynard Porteous: “Quite a Few Homes 
 Will be Sad After This”
  23. Chapter 11: Henry James Mayo: A “Home Boy” Serves His Country
  24. Chapter 12: A Church at War: 1917
  25. Chapter 13: The Stalker Family and the Many Faces of Courage
  26. Chapter 14: The Ryan Family: “Who Played the Game Through”
  27. Chapter 15: Reginald Isambard Brunel: Engineer and Artilleryman
  28. Chapter 16: The Tubman Families: “Conspicuous Gallantry and Devotion to Duty”
  29. Chapter 17: Erland Dauria Perney: “Sorrow Which Is Almost Intolerable”
  30. Chapter 18: A Church at War: 1918
  31. Chapter 19: John Marshall: A Chauffeur in Egypt
  32. Chapter 20: Homùre Joliat: “A Brave Soldier, Having Won the Military Medal”
  33. Chapter 21: Irwin Kelly: “Blessed Are Those that Have Not Seen, and Yet Have Believed”
  34. Chapter 22: The McKenzie Brothers: Service and Sacrifice
  35. Chapter 23: Arthur Frank Hawke and the War Against TB
  36. Chapter 24: 1919: The Men Come Home
  37. Chapter 25: Aftermath
  38. Epilogue
  39. Bibliography
  40. Notes
  41. Index
  42. Mercury Series/Collection Mercure
  43. Backcover