Chinese christian biography of george

Scottish missionary

George W. HunterMBE (Chinese name: 胡进洁) (31 July 1861 – 20 December 1946) was a ScottishProtestant Christian missionary of the China Inland Mission who worked in China and Turkestan.^[1]

Early life

Hunter was born in Kincardineshire, and spent his childhood on Deeside.

Hunter's mother died when he was still very small. When he was young he was in love with a woman named Jessie, but she died young (at age 22), and was buried at Aberdeen. Hunter wanted to serve God in missions. The first time he applied for service abroad, he was refused, and focused his attention on serving God at home in places like the YMCA.

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The second time he applied with the China Inland Mission he was finally accepted.

China

Hunter arrived in China 1889. After studying the Chinese language for two years at Anqing, he was sent to the Gansu mission station. Although he liked the prayer and Bible study times with his fellow missionaries, rule