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126:(which is just under 9 miles (14 km) due west of Jingde). The group stopped for a night and Betty was allowed to tend to Helen, but in fact, she hid her daughter in the room inside a sleeping bag. The next morning, John and Betty were marched down the streets of Miaoshou to be executed. Curious onlookers lined both sides of the streets. A Chinese shopkeeper stepped out of the crowd and talked to the Communists, trying to persuade them not to kill the Stams. The soldiers ordered the man back into the crowd, but he wouldn't step back. The soldiers then invaded his house where they found a Chinese copy of the 105:
money the Stams had and it was handed over. The Communists then arrested John and took him to the city prison. They left Betty, baby Helen, the maid and the cook in the Stams' house. Later that morning, the soldiers came back and took Betty and Helen. The maid and cook begged to go along, but the soldiers threatened they would be shot if they did. Betty and Helen were taken to be with John in the prison. That night, John Stam wrote a letter to
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After the executions, the 19th Division turned south to join a main Red Army force—the 10th Army Group. The 10th Army Group was defeated on December 14 by a brigade from the Nationalist force, and commander Xun was killed in that battle. A few weeks later, on January 27, 1935, the entire 10th
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am, they received a message that the Communists were within 4 miles (6 km) of the city. After John confirmed this, the Stams prepared to leave. However, the Communists quickly overran the city, came to where the Stams were staying and broke open the gates to the compound. They demanded all the
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John, Betty and Helen were then taken to the local prison where some of the prisoners were released to make room for the Stams. In the midst of hustle and bustle, Helen started crying, and a soldier suggested that they kill her, since she was only bothering them. Then one of the prisoners who had
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The baby, Helen, was found two days later by a Chinese pastor who took her home and took care of her. The Reverend Lo Ke-chou and his wife then took the baby girl to her maternal grandparents, the Reverend Charles Ernest Scott and his wife, Clara, who were also missionaries in China. The Stams'
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authorities, but it was never delivered. The letter was found later bundled up in some of Helen's clothes. It stated that the Stams were being held by the Communists for a ransom of $ 20,000. John Stam also wrote to the mission authorities of how he and his wife had been captured, then wrote,
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As John was speaking softly, the Red leader swung his sword through the missionary's throat so that his head was severed from his body. Betty did not scream. She quivered and fell bound beside her husband's body. As she knelt there, the same sword ended her
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just been released asked why they should kill the innocent baby. The soldiers turned to him and asked if he was willing to die for the foreign baby. The man was hacked to pieces in front of the Stams. Helen was allowed to live.
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The family moved from Michigan to China and were stationed in the eastern seacoast town of Tsingtao (modern-day Qingdao), overlooking the Yellow Sea where their ministry to the Chinese flourished.
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Betty left for China in 1931, and John followed the next year. They married in 1933. Baby Helen arrived September 11, 1934, and by December the family had settled in Tsingteh.
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In September 1934 ... their daughter, Helen Priscilla, was born in a Methodist hospital in Wuhu. Two months later the Stams left Wuhu and returned to their station, Tsingteh.
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By the time Father Stam read the letter, Son John and Son John's wife had, in fact, 'passed from pain' at the hands of Chinese Communist-bandits.
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in 1932, they unexpectedly met again. They married in 1933. In November 1934, John and Betty moved to their mission station at Tsingteh (now
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Army Group was annihilated by Nationalist forces. Of the officers responsible for the Stam murders, only political commissar Nie survived.
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John and Betty Stam's bodies were found by a small group of Christians, and they buried them on a hillside. The Stams' gravestones read:
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Suddenly a tiny cry broke the silence. Lo hurried in the direction of the sound and had the joy of taking little Helen into his arms
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December 8, 1934, Miaosheo, Anhui, "Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life." Revelation 2:10
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John Cornelius Stam, January 18, 1907, "That Christ may be glorified whether by life or by death." Philippians 1:20
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The fateful day began with deceptive normalcy at John and Betty Stam's missionary residence in Tsingteh, China.
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The next morning, the Stams were forced to march 12 miles (19 km) west with the soldiers, to the town of
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she met John Stam, who was also a student at Moody. Betty returned to China in 1931. When John arrived in
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Elisabeth Scott Stam, February 22, 1906, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians 1:21
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daughter later came to the United States and was raised by her aunt and uncle, George and Helen Mahy.
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Elisabeth Alden (Scott) and John Cornelius Stam Ephemera at Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center
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The story of their martyrdom was widely publicized and inspired many to become missionaries.
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This story gained much publicity and motivated many young people to go to the mission field.
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Betty Stam was born February 22, 1906, in Albion, Michigan in a pious Christian home.
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Helen Priscilla Stam's Childhood Ephemera at Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center
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Sisterhood of Faith: 365 Life-Changing Stories about Women Who Made a Difference
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am and warned them that the Communists were approaching the city. At 9:30
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The original title of this article was "For the Stams No Deliverance".
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Province with their three-month-old daughter, Helen.
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