Final Year
In due time he returned to Mongolia again. He continued his work along the same lines. In April, 1891, he returned to Tianjin to attend the North China District Committee of the London Missionary Society. They honored him by making him chairman and he served them well. During the time he was the guest of Dr. Roberts. Suddenly he was stricken with typhus fever of a very malignant type. He died on May 21, 1891.When news of his death circulated in far-away Mongolia, strong, grown-up men wept like children when they were told that their Gilmour was no more.
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