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Jemima’s Travels – part 2
Jemima and Edward Lord’s five children were on the steamer from Shanghai to New York, via Cape Horn, for three months – but it was obviously well worth it for she was so impressed by her sister in law,...
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In the first few tough years of their marriage Maria and James Hudson Taylor would hardly have dared to believe they would be instrumental in founding one of the most influential Christian agencies in...
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Jemima, James Hudson Taylor and his Maria
In Ningbo in the 1850s Mary Ann Aldersey sought to act as a matchmaker for the young Maria Dyer. Her first choice was Robert Hart (later Sir Robert Hart) but Maria was more interested in James Hudson...
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For Joy Bausum‘s great, great, great grandmother, Jemima Poppy, there were good times and bad in Penang. Today the Burmah Road Gospel Hall can trace its history back to her work in Penang: John George...
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In Penang in 1845 Jemima had the opportunity to learn from a woman who proved to be one of the most successful at setting up schools for Chinese girls. Maria Dyer founded the Chinese Girls’ School in...
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Jemima Poppy must have wondered if she would ever begin what she saw as being her life’s work. After successfully completing her probationary period in early 1842 the SPFEE finally found a ship...
View ArticleJoy Bausum – following in Jemima’s footsteps
“I was impressed by her enthusiasm to take on any challenge and travel to any location in order to serve the Lord she loved,” wrote Russell Board, one of the directors of World Mission Ministries,...
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