James Joseph Meadows

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James Joseph Meadows Missionary to China Born September 1, 1835 Norfolk, England Died December 12, 1914 England

James Joseph Meadows (September 1, 1835 – December 12, 1914), Protestant Christian missionary to China and one of the first missionaries with the China Inland Mission.

Meadows was converted to Christianity at Perth, Scotland. He later lived at Barnsley, Yorkshire.

Meadows and his wife, Martha, sailed for China aboard the Challenger (clipper) on January 8, 1862 and arrived at Shanghai on May 24. They were at first unconnected to any organized mission agency, as Hudson Taylor's first recruits for the "Ningpo Mission" which three years later became the China Inland Mission. Their first field of work was in Ningbo maintaining the missionary work with John Jones (missionary) and Edward Clemens Lord at the Bridge Street premises, while awaiting reinforcements from England.

Martha died suddenly at Ningbo in 1863, and Meadows later proposed marriage by letter to her friend, Elizabeth Rose. Upon Miss Rose's arrival with the Lammermuir Party at Shanghai on September 30, 1866, the couple were married in October 1866 in Ningbo. Elizabeth Meadows died on November 3, 1890.

Meadows was away from China on furlough between 1871 and 1874, and between May 1895 and November 1896. He died of cancer in 1914.

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“I have just got up from my knees. I have been weeping at the feet of Jesus because I cannot learn the dialect quick enough. Tens of thousands of souls are perishing all around me, and I cannot tell them about the Saviour.”

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• Historical Bibliography of the China Inland Mission

Persondata
NAME	Meadows, James Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mi Daosheng
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Missionary in China
DATE OF BIRTH	September 1, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Norfolk, England
DATE OF DEATH	December 12, 1914
PLACE OF DEATH	England