Children of the Massacre: The Extra-ordinary Story of the Stewart Family in Hong Kong and West China
Ebook
Early morning on 1 August 1895, a group of armed insurgents attacked a remote mission station in China. An Irish couple, Robert and Louisa Stewart, and two of their young children were murdered. Three other children were wounded but escaped, while three older boys were away at school in England. From their early years, the six surviving Stewart children, most of whom were born in China, believed they had "unfinished business" there. One after another, each returned to their adopted country, where they founded and served schools, churches, student hostels, and hospitals. Their visionary contributions took place against the backdrop of the Nationalist Revolution, anti-Western demonstrations, and the Japanese invasion and occupation of China. More than seventy-five years ago, Bishop R. O. Hall of Hong Kong stated: "the story of the Stewart family needs to be told!" This thoroughly researched volume finally documents the lives and legacy of one of the most impressive families in missionary history.
“This superb book is a rare combination of meticulous
scholarship, clear organization, lively writing, and a warm
evangelical tone. The authors draw upon correspondence, archives,
newspapers, historical monographs, and interviews with eyewitnesses
to weave a narrative that brings events of a hundred years ago to
life. The photographs add immensely to the reader’s engagement with
the truly outstanding family whose story is so powerfully told
here. A significant contribution to the history of missions in
China.”
—G. Wright Doyle, Director, Global China Center
“Too often, the contemporary critique of colonial missionary
enterprise undermines the astonishing contributions and sacrifices
Western missionaries had made to what is called ‘Chinese
Christianity’ today. This book highlights these contributions
through a fascinating account of the Stewart family across a
century. . . . Readers will be inspired by this freshly
told historical account of mission that is long overdue, and marvel
at the undergirding faith compelled by the relentless love of God
for China.”
—Xiaoli Yang, Charles Sturt University
“This superb book is a rare combination of meticulous
scholarship, clear organization, lively writing, and a warm
evangelical tone. The authors draw upon correspondence, archives,
newspapers, historical monographs, and interviews with eyewitnesses
to weave a narrative that brings events of a hundred years ago to
life. The photographs add immensely to the reader’s engagement with
the truly outstanding family whose story is so powerfully told
here. A significant contribution to the history of missions in
China.”
—G. Wright Doyle, Director, Global China Center
“Too often, the contemporary critique of colonial missionary
enterprise undermines the astonishing contributions and sacrifices
Western missionaries had made to what is called ‘Chinese
Christianity’ today. This book highlights these contributions
through a fascinating account of the Stewart family across a
century. . . . Readers will be inspired by this freshly
told historical account of mission that is long overdue, and marvel
at the undergirding faith compelled by the relentless love of God
for China.”
—Xiaoli Yang, Charles Sturt University
- Title: Children of the Massacre: The Extra-ordinary Story of the Stewart Family in Hong Kong and West China
- Authors: Linda Banks, Robert Banks PhD
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666720365, 9781666720358, 9781666725032, 1666720364, 1666720356, 166672503X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666720365
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T19:54:22Z
Robert Banks has taught theology and history at various universities and seminaries and has written several award-winning books. Linda Banks has worked as a teacher, university chaplain, and pastor, and presently focuses on research and writing. They have visited the People’s Republic of China several times, and together have written three earlier books on mission in China, View from the Faraway Pagoda (2013), Through the Valley of the Shadow (Pickwick, 2019), and They Shall See His Face (Pickwick, 2021).