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Jonathan Goforth 1859-1936, Missionary to China.
Jonathan Goforth was converted to Christ at the age of 18. While attending
college, he did rescue mission work. He read Hudson Taylor's book about
missionary work in China, and it so moved him that he dedicated his life to the
Lord as a missionary. He and his wife labored in Honan, China, training hundreds
of Chinese pastors and evangelists. During the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, the
Goforths barely es- caped with their lives, though suffering severe wounds.
They returned to the Orient and helped start a revival in Korea in 1907. This
revival seemed to follow them as they went back to China. In 1925 they went to
Manchuria and served there for eight years before ill health forced them to
return to Canada. Although Goforth was blind the last years of his life, he
and his wife promoted missions until they went home to be with the Lord.
Source: www.believersweb.org