ON This Day in MISSIONARY HISTORY

1 April 1815 – William Chalmers Burns was born in Forfarshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish Evangelist and Missionary to China with the English Presbyterian Mission. Along with Robert Murray M’Cheyne, he was associated with the Revival in Scotland in 1839.

1 April 1860 – Jonathan Goble and his wife, arrived at Kanagawa, Japan, becoming some of the first Protestant Missionaries to enter Japan. Goble is accredited with inventing the Rickshaw.

The full Day by Day Calendar of Missionary History is taken from The Greatest Century of Missions book, by Dr. Peter Hammond. This book is available
from Christian Liberty Books (CLB), PO Box 358, Howard Place 7450, Cape Town, South Africa, Tel: 021-689-7478, Fax: 086-551-7490, Email: admin@christianlibertybooks.co.za and Website: http://www.christianlibertybooks.co.za.

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Dr. Peter Hammond
Frontline Fellowship
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