Rev David Hill papers
Papers, 1822-1917, of and relating to the Rev David Hill, including journals, 1865-1889 (some gaps); Hill's notes, sermons and addresses, 1863-1875 and undated, including some lantern slides, the subjects including the Old Testament, missionary work, China, including the opium trade and Chinese lite...
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 24-29 |
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1822-1917 |
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Sub-series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Hill; David (1840-1896); ordained missionary, mission administrator |
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/China/FBN 24-29 |
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| Summary: |
Papers, 1822-1917, of and relating to the Rev David Hill, including journals, 1865-1889 (some gaps); Hill's notes, sermons and addresses, 1863-1875 and undated, including some lantern slides, the subjects including the Old Testament, missionary work, China, including the opium trade and Chinese literature, and Hill's visit to America; letters from Hill to various members of his family, 1847-1896, and other correspondents, 1873-1895; various letters, 1847-1917, some to Hill, but including miscellaneous others; photographs of Hill and other subjects, including Chinese costumes; books belonging to Hill, 1857-1895, such as Bibles, a prayer book, and hymn books; woodcut for visiting card; correspondence and papers, 1858-1897 and undated, some printed, relating to missionary work and other affairs in China, including anti-foreign riots, 1891; papers, 1877-1881 and undated, relating to the opium trade; Central China Lay Mission cash book, 1894-1899; printed papers, 1822-1917, including material relating to missionary work in China and to Methodism, including Methodism in York. |
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| Main author: | Hill; David (1840-1896); ordained missionary, mission administrator | |
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7 boxes |
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| Admin history: | Born in York, England, on 18th December 1840; trained at the theological college, Richmond; ordained as a Wesleyan Methodist minister; posted to the Central China mission field, based in Wuchang, Hupeh [Hubei] province; sailed to China, 1864; visited Japan for health reasons, but returned to missionary work in China; his single status made him more mobile than most Protestant missionaries; with a few other missionaries, including the Baptist Timothy Richard, engaged in famine relief work in Shansi [Shanxi] province, 1878-c1880; the experience expanded Hill's ministry in terms of social vision and ecumenism; instrumental in the conversion of Hsi Sheng-mo [Xi Shengmo, d 1896, also known as 'Pastor Hsi'], who was to become an important independent pastor, 1879; visited England, 1881-1882; influential in recruiting other missionaries to China; established a hospital and homes for the aged, the blind, and orphans; helped to found the Central China Religious Tract Society; his evangelistic work extended outside the boundaries of existing Methodist circuits in China, resulting in the formation of the Central China Lay Mission, of which he became superintendent; chairman of the Central China Lay Mission, 1885; elected a member of the Legal Conference, 1888; played a central role in the Shanghai missionary conference as English president, 1891; appointed deputy to the British consul in the investigation into a riot at Wusueh, 1891; attended the Ecumenical Conference in Washington, 1891; visited England, 1891-1893; died of typhus fever at Hankow [Wuhan] on 18th April 1896. Further reading: Barber, W. T. A., David Hill : missionary and saint (1899); Barber, W. T. A., David Hill : an apostle to the Chinese (1906); Hellier, J. E., How David Hill followed Christ : a biography (c1906); Hill, David, Mission Work in Central China: a letter to Methodist young men (1882) Hill, David, Hints to missionary evangelists in China (1892); Hill, David, Twenty-five years in central China 1865-1890 (1891); Hill, David, Essay. Lay agency in Chinese missions. - To what extent desirable and under what conditions; Hill, J. K., Tribute to a seer (David Hill); Rattenbury, H. B, David Hill, friend of China: a modern portrait (1949); Yates, P., Friendly foreign devil (David Hill of China) (1956). | Born in York, England, on 18th December 1840; trained at the theological college, Richmond; ordained as a Wesleyan Methodist minister; posted to the Central China mission field, based in Wuchang, Hupeh [Hubei] province; sailed to China, 1864; visited Japan for health reasons, but returned to missionary work in China; his single status made him more mobile than most Protestant missionaries; with a few other missionaries, including the Baptist Timothy Richard, engaged in famine relief work in Shansi [Shanxi] province, 1878-c1880; the experience e ... View more |
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Open |
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Only to be viewed on microfiche |
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| Copyright: | Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society. | |
| User restrictions: | For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance | |
| Language: | English Chinese |
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| Finding aids: |
Handlist available |
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| Related material: | Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for David Hill (MMS/China/Correspondence/Canton/FBN 1-2 & MMS/China/Correspondence/Wuchang/FBN 18-20). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail the work of David Hill, and his colleagues, in the Hankow/Wuchang district (MMS/China/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-2). | |
| Format: | Archive | |
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