Lover of Life, F. W. Boreham’s Tribute to His Mentor
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In Lover of Life the distinguished author Dr. F. W. Boreham draws back the curtain to pay tribute to one of his mentors, Joseph John Doke. This is a tantalizing sketch of a pastor, artist, author, who later in South Africa became a friend and freedom fighter with Mahatma Gandhi in the struggle for the rights of minority races. Instead of offering a treatise on effective mentoring, F. W. Boreham, in his inimitable way, tells stories of how it worked for him and how pivotal such a relationship was in his own life and ministry. “It would be good if seminary and denominational leaders put this book into the hands of every seminary student and pastor who are embarking on a new mentoring relationship. This short story about the friendship between J. J. Doke and Frank and Stella Boreham provides a wealth of insight and a hopeful vision of what a mentoring relationship might become” (Dr. Geoff Pound).
F. W. Boreham
BOREHAM, FRANK WILLIAM (1871-1959), preacher and writer, was born on March 3, 1871 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, eldest child of Francis Boreham, solicitor's clerk, and his wife Fanny Usher. He was educated and was later a pupil-teacher at Grosvenor United School, Tunbridge Wells. In December 1884 he became junior clerk with a local brickworks where, in a locomotive accident, he lost his right foot, necessitating the life-long use of a stick. Late in 1887 he went to work as a clerk in London, becoming increasingly involved in church, debating and writing activities. Although his family was Anglican, he was baptized at Stockwell Old Baptist Church in 1890; he preached from pavement and pulpit and published "Won to Glory" in 1891. He was admitted to Spurgeon's College, London, in August 1892, serving as a student-minister at Theydon Bois, Essex, where he met Estella Maud Mary Cottee. In 1894 Boreham was called to the Scottish community at Mosgiel near Dunedin in New Zealand, and was inducted on March 17, 1895. Stella, then 18, followed to marry him at Kaiapoi on April 13, 1896. Boreham became president of the Baptist Union of New Zealand in 1902, and published "The Whisper of God and Other Sermons." He wrote editorials for the Otago Daily Times, contributed to theological journals and, as a keen temperance advocate, participated in liquor polls in 1905 and 1907. In June 1906 Boreham was called to the Baptist Tabernacle, Hobart. He edited the Southern Baptist and later the weekly Australian Baptist and in 1910 became president of the Tasmanian Baptist Union. His "George Augustus Selwyn" was published in 1911. He wrote a biographical series for the Hobart Mercury, which in 40 years covered 2000 persons; in 1912-59 he contributed 2500 editorials to the Mercury and the Melbourne Age. Boreham's 80 publications, including religious works, homiletic essays and novels, sold over one million copies.
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Lover of Life, F. W. Boreham’s Tribute to His Mentor - F. W. Boreham
Lover of Life
F. W. Boreham’s Tribute
to His Mentor
Revised and Expanded
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F. W. Boreham
John Broadbanks Publishing
Eureka, CA 2009
First Published in 1948 as
The Man Who Saved Gandhi
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ISBN13: 978-0-9790334-0-7
ISBN10: 0-9790334-0-3
Digital ISBN: 978-0-9832875-4-4
Cover Designer: Laura Zugzda
Typographer: Stephanie Martindale
eBook: Marcia Breece
ALSO PUBLISHED BY
JOHN BROADBANKS PUBLISHING
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Loose Leaves: A Travel Journal by F. W. Boreham
Second Thoughts - Introduction by Ravi Zacharias, by F. W. Boreham
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Contents
Foreword
Strangers in a Strange Land
Magnetic Personality
Lover of Life
Conversion of Serious Reading
Doors Opening
Striking the Deeper Note
Role Play
Wise Counselor
Discoverer of Nonsense
Stilling Stormy Waters
Sword Bathed in Heaven
Natural Grace
Pair of Champions
Dream Fulfilled
Enduring Legacy
Joseph J. Doke
Bibliography
About the Cover
Publisher’s Note
End Notes
Foreword
This is a tantalizing sketch of Joseph John Doke, a Baptist Minister, artist and author, who was born in 1861 and ministered in England, New Zealand and South Africa. It is the stirring account of a frail man who became a fighter against discriminating legislation and an advocate with Mahatma Gandhi in championing the freedom of Indians in South Africa. As well as serving as pastor of the Johannesburg Baptist church, Doke participated in protests, contributed to newspapers and had the distinction of writing the first biography of Mahatma Gandhii. In 1913 he visited Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) to explore a new development for the