{"id":1766,"date":"2018-07-23T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2018-07-23T21:11:28","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T21:11:28","slug":"by-my-spirit-by-jonathan-goforth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/by-my-spirit-by-jonathan-goforth\/","title":{"rendered":"By My Spirit by Jonathan Goforth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1767\" src=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/by-my-spirit_goforth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"700\" \/>Jonathan Goforth [1859-1936] and his wife Rosalind [1864-1942] were Canadian Presbyterian Missionaries who were encouraged to serve in China by the writings of Hudson Taylor. Jonathan was wounded with a sword during the Boxer Uprising and the couple returned briefly to Canada on furlough in 1900.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>After their return to Henan in 1901, Jonathan Goforth felt increasingly restless. In 1904 and 1905 he was inspired by news of the great Welsh revival and read Charles Finney&#8217;s &#8220;Lectures on Revivals&#8221;. In 1907, circumstances brought him to witness firsthand the stirring Korean revival (&#8220;When the Spirit&#8217;s Fire Swept Korea&#8221; [1943] represents his response). As Goforth returned to China through Manchuria, congregations invited him back in early 1908. During this extended visit there the &#8220;Manchurian revival&#8221; broke out. It was the first such revival to gain nationwide publicity in China as well as international repute. The revival transformed Goforth&#8217;s life and ministry; from then on he was primarily an evangelist and revivalist, not a settled missionary. He also became one of the best known of all China missionaries, admired by many, but criticized by some for &#8220;emotionalism.&#8221; [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jonathan_Goforth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As the Wikipedia article notes: &#8220;Jonathan Goforth became the foremost missionary revivalist in early 20th-century China and helped to establish revivalism as a major element in Protestant China missions.&#8221; This book sets out to explain his thinking on the subject.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/book_by-my-spirit_goforth.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Goforth [1859-1936], <em>By My Spirit<\/em>. London &amp; Edinburgh: Marshall, Morgan &amp; Scott, [1929]. Hbk. pp.189. [Click to visit the downlaod page].<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>This title is in the public domain. My thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/redcliffe.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing a copy for digitisation.<\/p>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Preface<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Introductory<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> A Season of Intensive Preparation<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> The Beginning of fhe Movement in Manchuria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Further Triumphs of the Spirit in Manchuria<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Repentance and Confession in Shansi<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> An Outpouring of Divine Blessing Upon Chantehfu<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> The Lord&#8217;s Presence and Power in the Chantehfu Out-Stations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Evil Spirits Defeated and Cast Out in Honan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Hindrances Swept Away When the Spirit Worked in Chihli<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Further Evidences of the Spirit&#8217;s Mighty Work in Chihli<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> God&#8217;s Dealings With Young People in Shantung<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> How Revival Came to the Schools in Kiangsu<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong> Indispensable Factors in Revival<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The Wikipedia article linked above is excellent, but lacks direct links to the books I have available by the Goforth&#8217;s listed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/missiology.org.uk\/ple_g-i_goforth.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>. I am not allowed to add them, but perhaps someone else could.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Goforth [1859-1936] and his wife Rosalind [1864-1942] were Canadian Presbyterian Missionaries who were encouraged to serve in China by the writings of Hudson Taylor. Jonathan was wounded with a sword during the Boxer Uprising and the couple returned briefly to Canada on furlough in 1900. 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