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- Griffith John [1831-1912] was a Welsh Congregationalist who served with the London Missionary Society in Central China. He is notable for his courageous evangelistic tours into dangerous regions of China, for his work as a writer and Bible translator.
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Apr 5, 2010 · John Griffith lifted his tear-stained face and looked into the windows of the passing train. A businessman was reading the morning newspaper. A uniformed conductor was glancing nonchalantly as his large vest pocket watch. Ladies were already sipping their afternoon tea in the dining cars.
Nov 12, 2018 · Griffith John [1831-1912] was a Welsh Congregationalist who served with the London Missionary Society in Central China. He is notable for his courageous evangelistic tours into dangerous regions of China, for his work as a writer and Bible translator.
Griffith John was one of the outstanding pioneer missionaries in China. Griffith John was born in Swansea, Wales, on December 14, 1831. In a cholera outbreak in 1832, John’s mother died, leaving his father with four children.
JOHN, GRIFFITH (1831 - 1912), missionary in China. Born 14 December 1831 at Swansea. A member of Ebenezer Congregational church, Swansea, 1840, he was educated at the Memorial College, Brecon, and at Bedford. He offered himself to the Madagascar field, but was directed to China.
An inveterate itinerator, he became well known for his extensive missionary journeys into the Chinese interior—journeys that sometimes stretched to 3,000 miles or more. In July of 1861 he moved to Hankow (Hankou), which remained his base until his final departure from China in 1912.
Apr 9, 2022 · With only seconds to spare, the Memphis Express—with its 400 passengers—roared out of the trees and across the mighty bridge. John Griffith lifted his tear-stained face and looked into the windows of the passing train. A businessman was reading the morning newspaper.
In 1937, a man by the name of John Griffith found a job tending one of the railroad bridges that crossed the Mississippi River. Every day he would control the gears of the bridge to allow barges and ships through. One day John decided to allow his eight-year-old son Greg to help him.
