James Gilmour (missionary)
James Gilmour (Chinese:景雅各) (12 June 1843-21 May 1891) was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Mongolia. He served with the London Missionary Society.
Read more about James Gilmour (missionary): Early Life, University Life, Missionary Appointment, Arrival in China, Mongolia, Long Loneliness, The Gospel and Medicine, Marriage, Encouragements, Furlough, His First Convert, Emily's Death, Phases of His Work, Final Year, Chronology of Events in Gilmour's Life
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“The absolute things, the last things, the overlapping things, are the truly philosophic concerns; all superior minds feel seriously about them, and the mind with the shortest views is simply the mind of the more shallow man.”
—William James (1842–1910)