Australian Christian life is an introduction to a remarkable period of history. While Australia’s first white community - convicts and their military gaolers - arrived from England with the name of Christian, it contained few who give though to either their own spiritual needs or that of the indigenous population. Nominally ‘Christian’ the early colony was largely licentious, brutal and pagan: the least likely of all places to e a successful mission field.
From such unpromising beginning an heroic form of resolute, self-sacrifically, yet ‘singing’ Christianity began to make its way. From among soldiers, convicts, merchants, new settlers, and, at long last indigenous people, churches came into existence powerfully affected the great part of the entire populations.
This book is not a record of churches or denominations, but it’s about the life of the people. It aims to give facts and to dispel the illusion that Australia has always been essentially secular and it’s never had seen revivals. On the contrary, these pages show that when Christians are faithful to the apostolic truth and apostolic methods, they will always, eventually, know apostolic success.
