Benjamin Broomhall
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Benjamin Broomhall (born Bradley Staffordshire 15 August 1829; died London, 29 May 1911) was the General Secretary of the China Inland Mission (CIM), (from 1878 to 1895). A boyhood friend of James Hudson Taylor (Founder and General Director of the China Inland Mission), and husband to Hudson Taylor’s sister Amelia. As General Secretary of the CIM, he was involved in fund-raising and recruiting missionaries to send to China.
Benjamin and Amelia also sent five of their ten children to China as missionaries, including Marshall Broomhall, the author of many books on China and missionaries; Albert Hudson Broomhall, the Treasurer of the CIM in China from 1918 to 1934; and Amelia Gertrude Broomhall, who married Dixon Edward Hoste, recruited by her father as part of the Cambridge Seven. Dixon Hoste replaced Hudson Taylor as General Director of the CIM in 1901.
Benjamin was an active opponent of the Opium trade, writing two books to promote the banning of opium smoking: “Truth about Opium Smoking” and “The Chinese Opium Smoker”. Benjamin founded a Christian organization to protest against the opium trade, and published National Righteousness: an Anti-Opium Campaign periodical. His persistent effort to abolish the opium trade continued throughout his life. When he was on his deathbed, his son read to him the good news he had long awaited: the opium trade would be abolished in England within two years.
Benjamin Broomhall was buried in London in the Abney Park Cemetery.
[edit] See also
- 19th Century Protestant Missions in China
- List of China Inland Mission missionaries in China
- List of Protestant missionaries in China
- Christianity in China
[edit] Further Reading
[edit] External links
- Christian Biography Resources
- Overseas Missionary Fellowship
- http://www.genealogy.com/users/y/o/r/Brian-York-Burnsville/?Welcome=1091209026
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Broomhall, Benjamin |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Missionary Secretary and Anti-Opium Trade Activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15 August 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradley, Staffordshire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | 29 May 1911 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London, England |
