Cecil Robertson of Sianfu by F.B. Meyer

Dr Cecil Robertson was a Baptist medical missionary to China. He was converted through the ministry of F.B. Meyer, who compiled this book, mainly from Robertson’s own writings. My thanks to Redcliffe College for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation. Frederick Brotherton Meyer [1847-1929], Memorials of Cecil Robertson of Sianfu….

Henrietta Feller and the Grande Ligne Mission

Henrietta Feller was a Swiss-born Baptist missionary to Canada, working in Grande-Ligne, near Montreal. There she …taught, dispensed rudimentary medical services, distributed Bibles, and provided children’s care. By the time of the 1837 rebellion, a Protestant community numbering sixteen converts and a few sympathisers had formed. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, p. 209. My thanks…

Mrs Howard Taylor by Joy Guinness

Mary Geraldine Guinness was the daughter Henry Grattan Guinness, the founder of both the Regions Beyond Missionary Union and the training College known today as Cliff College. She married Frederick Howard Taylor, son of the founder of the China Inland Mission, James Hudson Taylor. This biography of Geraldine Taylor is still in copyright and is…