![]() ![]() ![]() Wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone but if itĭies it bears much fruit. Laid to rest in the Lord at Taipei, Taiwan, on the Second Day of The Republic of China in Nineteen Hundred and Forty one. The Gospel in response to the Lord's call, And became a citizen of She came to China in Nineteen Hundred and Thirty to preach Twenty-Fourth of February Nineteen Hundred and Two in London,Įngland. MISS GLADYS AYLWARD, MISSIONARY (1902-1970) Born on the MissionariesFailed many attempts to re-enter China from Hong KongĪnd Taiwan1957 Settled in Taiwanestablished orphanage in Taipai1970 The Resistant Army wanted by the JapaneseLed 100 orphans (ages 3 toġ6) to safety travelled from YangCheng to SiAnGladys AylwardSpringġ949 Returned to England to recover1950 China expelled foreign Gladys AylwardJuly 1937 2nd Sino-Japanese War broke outSpringġ938 - inn has been bombedMissionary work turned in differentĭirectionCaring for the orphansTending the wounded soldiersHelped Town prison to calm a prison riotFaced a prisoner with an ax who Remote villages - an opportunity to spread Gods word Brought to Who is also a ChristianAppointed to be the Foot InspectorVisit In an accidentLeft to run the mission alone with the Chinese cook ![]() Local CIM officeWent to work with 73 years old Jeannie Lawson inĪ LiverpoolB HollandC MoscowD ChitaE ShanXiĤGladys AylwardFulfilled Lawsons vision - Nov 1932, Jeannie died TianJinThrough TianJin Missionary Center, got in touch with the Russia.Had to take a detour to JapanNov 1932, Arrived at To ChinaWorked as a house maid to save moneyGladys AylwardOct 1932īoarded the Trans-Siberian Rail-wayForced to stop at Chita ![]() Training school but was dismissed.Self-supported missionary to go Gladys May Aylward (24 February 1902 3 January 1970) was a British evangelical Christian missionary to China, whose story was told in the book, The Small Woman, by Alan Burgess, published in 1957. Her to serve Him as a missionaryAttended China Inland Mission Gladys AylwardBorn in London, February of 1902Raised in a poorįamilyAccepted Christ at age 27She felt strongly that God wanted Information for this story was primarily obtained here and here.Gladys Aylward02/1902 01/1970AKA Small Woman She died in 1970.Ī book about her life by Alan Burgess, The Small Woman, was published in 1957. She promptly collapsed with typhus.Īfter 10 years back in Britain, she was denied re-entry to China by the Communist government, so settled instead in Taiwan where she became a friend of Tony (my husband’s) family. It was a twelve day journey with some nights spent unprotected on the mountainside, but eventually she delivered all the children to the safety of an orphanage in Sian. When the Japanese invaded her region of China in 1938, and with a price on her own head, she led 100 orphans to safety over the mountains. Gladys took in orphans, adopting several herself. She also gained great favor when she stopped a prison riot. It enabled her to get into many situations where she could tell the good news of Jesus. Gladys learned Mandarin from them, and adopted Chinese dress and culture.Īfter Jeannie’s death following an accident, Gladys Aylward served as a “foot inspector” for the Chinese government, traveling around the countryside enforcing the ban against the cruel practice of footbinding in which an infant girls feet were tightly bound with cloth to make their feet tiny–thought to be a sign of beauty, but crippling the girls in the process. They were storytellers, telling tales of a man named Jesus. So they founded the “Inn of the Eight Happinesses.” (A movie, “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness” starring Ingrid Bergman was based on this work.) After the first few months when they had to be coerced to stop, the mule drivers willingly stayed there because the food was good, the beds were warm and the innkeepers provided free entertainment in the evenings. The two of them decided that the best way to reach out in their city, which was an overnight stop for mule trains carrying consumer goods, was to open an inn. She had been invited to work with Jeannie Lawson, an older missionary who was looking for someone to take over her work. Undeterred, by 1932 she had saved up her money and eventually spent her life savings on a one way train ticket to China, via Russia. They also thought at the age of 28 she was too old to learn Chinese. However, when she applied to the China Inland Mission, she was turned down because of her inadequate education–she failed the mission’s entry exam. She longed to go overseas as a missionary to China. From the time she attended a revival meeting at which the message was about dedicating one’s life to the service of God, her heart was in missions. Gladys Aylward, born of working class parents in London, England, in 1902, became a domestic servant at the age of 14. ![]()
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