James Gilmour (missionary) Quotes

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To me the soul of an Indian seemed as precious as the soul of an Englishman, and the Gospel as much for the Chinese as for the European.

James Gilmour

This command seems to me to be strictly a missionary injunction, and, as far as I can see, those to whom it was first delivered regarded it in that light, so that, apart altogether from choice and other lower reasons, my going forth is a matter of obedience to a plain command; and in place of seeking to assign a reason for going abroad, I would prefer to say that I have failed to discover any reason why I should stay at home.

James Gilmour

But I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ, 'Go into all the world and preach.' He who said 'preach,' said also, 'Go ye into and preach,' and what Christ hath joined together let not man put asunder.

James Gilmour

James Gilmour

James Gilmour

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Born: June 12, 1843

Died: May 21, 1891 (aged 47)

Bio: James Gilmour was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Mongolia. He served with the London Missionary Society.

Known for:

Among the Mongols
More about the Mongols
Adventures in Mongolia (1886)

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