Henry Reed, Australian Pan-Protestant Evangelical and Businessman

Henry Reed was a working class English immigrant who became one of Australia's wealthiest 19th century businessman through exceptional skills as landowner, grazier, importer, shipowner. Original financier of Booth and the Salvation Army, a Wesleyan evangelist with wider affiliations. A major supporter of Protestant domestic and foreign missions. A genuine friend to the poor

Missionaries and indigenous culture in nineteenth century China

19th century Protestant Christians, mostly British, American and Northern European evangelicals, saw the ‘opening’ of China to Protestant Christian missions as, ‘an inevitable issue not of the will of man altogether, but ... of the Providence of God’. The Church Missionary Society observed, ‘The herald of the Gospel of Peace would never use, or wish to use, the arm of carnal force… but He…employs the unconscious powers of this world to advance His purposes.3 A Chinese diplomat told a European audience that China was brought into the community of nations ‘through cannons and warships’

The Chinese and the Episcopal Church in mid-19th century America

Extracts from the Protestant Episcopal Church journal "Spirit of Missions" and other American archival sources, with references to the Chinese in Australia and New Zealan

Alien Son : The life and times of Cheok Hong Cheong, (Zhang Zhuoxiong) 1851-1928

This thesis contributes to the ongoing discussion of modern Chinese identity by providing a case study of Cheok Hong CHEONG. This thesis contributes to the ongoing discussion of modern Chinese identity by pro-viding a case study of Cheok Hong CHEONG. It necessarily considers Australian atti-tudes towards the Chinese during the 19th century, not least the White Australia Pol-icy. The emergence of that discriminatory immigration policy over the second half of the 19th century until its national implementation in 1901 provides the background to the thesis. Cheong was the leading figure among Chinese-Australian Christians and a prominent figure in the Australian Chinese community and the thesis seeks to iden-tify a man whose contribution has largely been shadowy in other studies or, more commonly, overlooked by the parochialism of colony/state emphasis in many histo-ries of Australia. His role in the Christian church fills a space in Victorian religious history. ¶ ..

Poona (Pune) and Indian Village Mission (PIVM)

The Poona and Indian Village Mission (PIVM) was established in Australia by Charles Reeve, a “charismatic and autocratic”2 Tasmanian farmer and Baptist evangelist and later ordained Baptist minister, in 1893.3 It was one of the first Protestant overseas missions established in Australia by Australians and mostly staffed by Australians and New Zealanders

British and Australian Anglican women in 19th Century China

The Rev. Robert Stewart was educated at Marlborough College, a private school in England, and took his Master of Arts (MA) degree at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he began a law course. Following a deep spiritual experience in London, he decided to offer to the Church Missionary Society for missionary service in China.1 There is no information about the early education of Louisa Smyly.2 Robert and Louisa had known each other since childhood.3 Robert’s proposal to Louisa was prosaic, telling her of his CMS appointment to China; and then asking, “Would you like to be a missionary” followed by “Would you go to China?” to which she replied, “Yes, I should”; and finally the question, “Will you go with me?”4 The Stewarts, with the Rev. Llewellyn Lloyd, arrived in Fuzhou in September 1876, not long after their marriage and became central figures in the history of the CMS, CEZMS and the Dublin University Fukien Mission in Fujian Province

Mary Reed of Australia and the China Inland Mission

Mary Reed was the first Australian missionary of the China Inland Mission. She was a wealthy woman in her own right (See paper on Henry Reed of Tasmania). She was well-educated, and deeply committed evangelical Protestant Christian. She was a friend of Geraldine Guinness with whom she first travelled to China. Although she made two attempts at missionary service she found it impossible to remain in China, due to acute asthma, to live in China, Upon her return to Australia she became the Tasmanian organiser for the CIM. She made an unhappy marriage to Frederick Fysh. Her son, Hudson Fysh, a World War I military pilot, was one of the founders of Qantas Airways Ltd

Australian and New Zealand missionary training homes

Prior to the emergence of formal Bible-training institutes in south-eastern Australia from 1892 onwards, candidates were sometimes placed with a local cleric for a few months to receive concentrated theological tuition and exposure to pastoral pursuits before proceeding to China. Missionary preparation programs emphasized Bible studies, with practical work such as open-air preaching, home and hospital visits, and religious instruction in schools. Many who attended such courses felt that the medical side was underdone, however, and those who were not trained nurses or doctors sometimes augmented Bible studies with training in First Aid, or through short quasi-apprenticeships in hospitals and/or dental clinics

Tamil David, The Tamil Evangelist

David was a South Indian Tamil who became a major figure in Indian and Sri Lankan evangelical Christianity in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was part of George Grubb's mission to Australia in 1891 and also worked with Dwight Moody in the United States in 1898

“In the Forest of the Light:” Christians and Jews in nineteenth century China

"This paper seeks to place the “discovery” of the Kaifeng Jews within the discourse of 19th century evangelical Protestant values, particularly the function of the Bible as the supreme standard for Christian belief and conduct. It also attempts to explain and illustrate items for non-Jews" - page