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Jul 31, 2004 · The story-loving Chinese retold the Bible tales as they continued their travels, and the gospel message was soon spreading along with the fame of the innkeepers. Despite the earlier predictions of the China Inland Mission, Aylward quickly mastered the local Chinese dialect and won the respect of the citizenry.
- Early Life
- To China
- Influence
- Final Days and Legacy
Gladys was born in Edmonton, a town north of London, in 1902. Growing up in a churchgoing, working-class family, Gladys left school at the age of fourteen. She found that working as a parlor maid in the big London houses was more to her taste than school. The work was hard, but she enjoyed living the life of the rich vicariously. One evening, Glady...
The train trip across Europe and Asia on her own in 1932 was fraught with danger, but God supplied strangers who took Gladys under their wing until she arrived at the border between Russia and China. War was raging between the two countries, and Gladys was caught in the middle. She was briefly arrested, questioned, and released, but she still could...
Even though Gladys was told she could never learn the Chinese language, necessity made it possible. Gladys learned the country dialect from her customers so that she could share the gospel with them. Her stories about Jesus began to garner interest in the town too, so that large crowds would gather in the evening to hear the small woman speak. Even...
It took months for Gladys to recover. Still in a weakened state, she was flown home to London. When her health improved, she was able to take speaking engagements at various churches, telling them about the needs in China. But she was uncomfortable in Western culture and decided to return to China. When the Communists gained power in 1949, Gladys w...
Jun 23, 2020 · She was unqualified; a simple housemaid who was thrown out of Bible school for not passing Bible class. But she was willing. Gladys knew God had called her to be a missionary to China, and she was ready.
According to God’s perfect timing, one day at church Gladys was told of a Scottish missionary couple who were in China. Sadly the husband had recently passed away and the aged widow was trusting God to send a young single woman out to join her in a new work for The Lord.
- Our Goal Should Be God’s Will. Aylward felt God wanted her to go to China, but many people urged her to continue gospel work at home instead. Her labors among England’s poorest citizens proved good work indeed, yet the thought of lost souls in China tormented her, making her unable to shake the sense that God wanted her there.
- Our Plans May Fail. Aylward’s mentors insisted she join a missionary society, enroll in their college, and be sent to the mission field under their care.
- We May Face Obstacles. Without the support of a missionary organization, Aylward was without qualifications. She possessed little money and had no contacts.
- We May Possess Unexpected Qualifications. At the beginning of her time in China, Aylward lived with a veteran missionary and innkeeper. Having not yet learned the language, she took care of the guests’ mules while the missionary taught Bible studies nearby.
Mar 15, 2021 · An old inn was rented and named The Inn of the Eight Happinesses after the eight noble values: love, virtue, gentleness, tolerance, loyalty, truth, beauty and devotion. The inn provided an outstanding opportunity for sharing the gospel, and over the next few years Gladys led many people to Christ.
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Apr 28, 2010 · Aylward returned to Britain in 1947, not so much because of difficulties in China, but because of a burden for the spiritual condition of her native country.
