Marshall Broomhall authored many books on the subject of Chinese missionary work.
16 Facts About Marshall Broomhall
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Marshall Broomhall was the most famous son of the anti-opium trade activist and General Secretary of the CIM Benjamin Broomhall and Amelia Hudson Taylor.
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In 1887 Marshall Broomhall went to classical studies at Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Marshall Broomhall attended a year at the CIM's Chinese Language School at Anqing, Anhui, and then he was appointed to the work in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
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Marshall Broomhall had been transferred to Hongdong, Shanxi in 1896, to work with Dixon Edward Hoste, his brother-in-law, and with Gilbert Ritchie, who later married his sister, Edith.
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The area that Marshall Broomhall worked in was 40 miles north and south, and 70 miles wide.
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That same year Marshall Broomhall had been appointed the Editorial Secretary for the mission in London.
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Marshall Broomhall gave preliminary Chinese language lessons to the missionary candidates preparing to go to China.
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Marshall Broomhall wrote biographies of Hudson Taylor as well as several other members of the China Inland Mission, as well as several books that addressed overall issues and the history of the CIM.
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Marshall Broomhall accomplished much considering his eyesight was impaired at an early age.
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Marshall Broomhall did all of his research, writing and editorial work despite being able to see with only one eye.
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Marshall Broomhall took part in the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910.
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Marshall Broomhall was a member of the commission on "Carrying the Gospel to all the Non-Christian World".
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Marshall Broomhall called for sending Arabic-speaking missionaries to China, who in his views could work more effectively among the Muslim community.
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In 1936, when the Rev Frank Houghton returned to China to be Bishop of East China, Marshall Broomhall took over briefly the editorship of China's Millions, but ill health forced his complete withdrawal from the work.
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Marshall Broomhall died on 24 October 1937, aged 71, at Northchurch, England and was buried on 28 October in Abney Park Cemetery, London.