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James Gilmour (1843-1891) was a Scottish missionary
to Mongolia who made lonely, heroic efforts to preach the gospel
to a people steeped in Lamaist forms of Buddhism; spending summers
with nomadic Mongols on the plains of Mongolia and winters with
Mongols in Peking. After his wife died in 1885, he labored in eastern
Mongolia until his death at age 47, after 21 years of missionary
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James Gilmour.
Short biography and chronology of events.
James Gilmour: Missionary.
James Gilmour of Mongolia.
James Gilmour: The Apostle to the Mongols.
Chronological List of Events in James
Gilmour's Life.
Marriage and Family:
 Emily
Prankard Gilmour: Traveled from London, England, to Mongolia
to marry James Gilmour on December 8, 1874. Learned to speak
the Mongol language and willingly shared her husband's experiences
and dangers. Twice she spent the summer travelling about the
plains of Mongolia with him, sleeping in a tent, and enduring
hardships. Physically unable to endure such a hard life, she
worked among the Chinese girls in Peking, where her husband joined
her in the winter to work among the Mongols who came there. They
had three boys: James (Jimmie), William (Willie), and Alexander
(Alec or Alick) who died as a toddler. Mrs. Gilmour died on September
19,1885, not long after the birth of their third son. See
interesting information about
their marriage. |
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