Pastor Hsi. Confucian Scholar and Christian by Geraldine Taylor

Thanks largely to this book, there is more written about Pastor Hsi (Xi Shengmo) than any other 19th protestant Chinese Christian.  Hsi is notable for the way that he, rather than western missionaries, led the work of establishing churches and clinics for opium users in the areas where he worked.

My thanks to OMF International-UK for their permission to digitise and host this important book. It may be downloaded and used for free educational purposes, but not sold for profit without the explicit written permission of the copyright holder.

Geraldine Taylor [1865-1949], Pastor Hsi: Confucian Scholar and Christian, 23rd edn. London: China Inland Mission, 1900. Hbk. pp.293. [Click to visit the download page]

Contents

• Editorial Note
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Extracts from the Introduction written for the first edition by D.E. Hoste

1. The Home of His Childhood
2. Wedding an Unknown Bride
3. Winning a Reputation
4. The Swift Descent
5. Dark Days in Shansi
6. Light at Last
7. Fishers of Men
8. Drawing in the Net
9. The Living Christ
10. Stronger than All the Powers of the Enemy
11. Called to Life Service
12. The Great Change
13. “Conqueror of Demons”
14. Early Success and Failure
15. Growing in Grace
16. Starving the Village Idols
17. Under-Shepherds: A Problem
18. Light on the Problem
19. Finding His Life-Work
20. A Visit to the Capital
21. How the Work Spread
22. How God Provided
23. A Fresh Advance
24. Reinforcements
25. Not Against Flesh and Blood
26. For the Work of the Ministry
27. West of the River
28. A Winter’s Work at Hungtung
29. Through Fire and Through Water
30. A Wealthy Place
31. The Burden and Heat of the Day
32. The Refuges as Mission Stations
33. The Middle Eden
34. Ready to Depart
35. Higher Service

• Hymn by Pastor Hsi