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29: 288:. During a violent riot there he and his wife were both nearly killed in 1892. In 1900, his health failed and he was sent home to England where he was strongly advised against a return to China. Despite this ban, his heart remained there and throughout the rest of his life, he made seven prolonged missionary visits. In 1908 in Sunderland he became the leader of the Pentecostal Missionary Union and was greatly used in the formation of the Pentecostal Movement in Britain. He died in England in 1938. 197:
from obscurity to "almost embarrassing prominence", and their work helped to inspire many recruits for the CIM and other mission societies. In 1885, when the Seven first arrived in China, the CIM had 163 missionaries; this had doubled by 1890 and reached some 800 by 1900, which represented one-third
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was pleased to receive their booklet containing The Cambridge Seven's testimonies. The record of their departure is recorded in "The Evangelisation of the World: A Missionary Band". It became a national bestseller. Their influence extended to America where it led to the formation of Robert Wilder's
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was ordained as a minister in 1888 and moved to the densely populated countryside of Szechwan to reach as many people as he could. He remained in China throughout the uprisings against foreigners at the turn of the century and did not leave there until 1928, when he retired and returned to England.
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and were moved by their beliefs to go to China in 1885 to spread these beliefs and to help the local population; most remained in or connected to missionary work for the rest of their lives. They were greatly influenced by Taylor's book
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The conversion and example of the seven was one of the grand gestures of 19th-century missions, making them religious celebrities; as a result, their story was published as "The Evangelisation of the World" and was distributed to every
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Portraits of the Cambridge Seven: 1. Charles Thomas Studd, 2. Dixon Edward Hoste, 3. William Wharton Cassels, 4. Stanley P. Smith, 5. Cecil H. Polhill-Turner, 6. Arthur T. Polhill-Turner, 7. Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp.
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was evacuated from China in 1900 because of the uprisings but returned to China in 1902. He then returned to England in 1911 and served as a chaplain with the
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in Somerset. His son became a second-generation missionary in China and in 1935 he returned to China; he died at his son's mission station in 1939, in
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and for thirty years, he led the Mission. He retired in 1935 but remained in China until 1945, when he was interned by the Japanese. He died in
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became interested in serving overseas as missionaries, clergyman, educators, physicians, and linguists. In 1881 the
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stayed in the same province with the others for a while before moving to the northwest, in the direction of
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and soon became as fluent a preacher in Chinese as he was in English. He died in China on 31 January 1931.
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and one from the Royal Military Academy, who in 1885, decided to become missionaries to China through the
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worked in China for ten years and then returned to England in 1895 where he was consecrated as the new
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came to Cambridge in 1885, seven students of the university volunteered to serve with the
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was the only one of the Cambridge Seven who was not educated at Cambridge. He succeeded
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From Henry Martyn to World Christianity: Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
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on 18 March 1885 and engaged in a variety of ministries throughout China:
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For Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc., the architecture firm, see
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For the next month, the seven toured the University campuses of
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Though their time together was brief, they helped catapult the
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List of Protestant missionary societies in China (1807–1953)
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helped the seven in their preparations for departure.
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Randall, Ian; Swamy, Muthuraj; Kings, Graham (2022).
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American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
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Historical Bibliography of the China Inland Mission
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Index

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Qing-dynasty
mandarin clothing
Cambridge University
China Inland Mission
Charles Thomas Studd
Montagu Harry Proctor Beauchamp
Stanley P. Smith
Dixon Edward Hoste
Arthur T. Polhill-Turner
Cecil H. Polhill-Turner
William Wharton Cassels
Victorian era
University of Cambridge
Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
Hudson Taylor
China Inland Mission
England
Queen Victoria
Student Volunteer Movement
born-again
Christians
China's Spiritual Need and Claims
Christ
Kynaston
YMCA
YWCA
British Empire

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