TO THE REV. AND MRS. F. A. NOBLE, D.D.,
WHO MADE THE SUMMER OF NINETEEN
HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MEMORABLE
IN THE LARGER BENZONIA PARISH BY
THEIR PRESENCE, AND BY THEIR
KINDLY AND HELPFUL INTEREST IN ITS
WORK, AND TO WHOM THIS STORY
OWES ITS SUGGESTION AND INSPIRATION,
IT IS MOST GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
Foreword by Newell Dwight Hillis[ix]
Introduction[xiii]
Key to Map[xvii]
Description of the Map[xviii]
[I]The Historical Setting of the Story[1]
[II]Some Convictions Out of Which the Vision Came[12]
[III]How the Vision Came[25]
[IV]How the Vision Became a Reality[36]
[V]The Methods of the Larger Parish[59]
[VI]Things Yet to be Done[97]
[VII]Some Resultant Conclusions[113]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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From Beulah to Benzonia[Frontispiece]
Map Showing the Larger Parish[xvi]
Crystal Lake and Beulah from Benzonia[10]
The Platt Lake Chapel[72]
The Benzonia Church[104]