The work of the author has been a labor of love, and it is with the hope of awakening wider interest—especially in the minds of the young—in the sweetness of self-sacrifice, and in what the world may call the "reproach of the cross," that this little book is sent forth.

CONTENTS.

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I. John Black's Early Days[9]
II. Student and Missionary[19]
III. Montreal to Fort Garry[30]
IV. A Highland Welcome[45]
V. The Early Settlers on Red River[53]
VI. Sowing and Weeping[66]
VII. Pastor and Parish[77]
VIII. A Kindred Spirit[91]
IX. Red River Becomes Canadian[103]
X. The New Settlements[114]
XI. College and Schools[131]
XII. Memorials[142]

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Rev. John Black, D.D.[Frontispiece]
St. Boniface Cathedral, Burnt 1860[43]
Kildonan Parish Church[75]
Rev. James Nisbet[90]
Winnipeg in 1870[122]
Knox Church, Winnipeg, 1871[126]
Knox Church, Winnipeg, 1879[130]
Manitoba College, 1872[130]
Public Monument to Dr. Black[153]
Memorial Tablet in Kildonan Church[159]