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Arthur Twistleton Polhill
Arthur T. Polhill-Turner in 1886
Born

Arthur Twistleton Polhill-Turner


(1862-02-07)7 February 1862
Bedfordshire, England
Died21 November 1935(1935-11-21) (aged 73)
Alma mater
  • Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  • OccupationMissionary
    Spouses

    Alice Drake

    (m. 1888; died 1907)[1]

    Agnes Augusta Hart

    (m. 1908)[1]
    Parents
  • Emily Frances Barron (mother)
  • RelativesCecil Henry Polhill (brother)

    Arthur Twistleton Polhill (7 February 1862 – 21 November 1935), born Arthur Twistleton Polhill-Turner (the name Turner was discarded in 1902 by deed poll[1]), was an English Anglican missionary. He was one of the Cambridge Seven, seven young men from England that travelled to China in order to continue Hudson Taylor's missionary work there.

    Early life

    [edit]

    Arthur Polhill-Turner was born on 7 February 1862. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[2]

    Christian evangelism

    [edit]
    The Cambridge Seven in Qing-dynasty mandarin clothing

    In November 1882, Polhill-Turner was deeply moved by the American evangelist Dwight L. Moody’s talks to Trinity students. Recognizing the seriousness of following Christ, he only decided to follow him after thoroughly thinking through the implications of such a decision. He was the first of the Cambridge Seven to have the inkling that China was for him, and soon after his decision to follow Christ he began to pursue this desire with intensity, convincing a few of the others to join him. In 1885 he and his brother, Cecil Polhill, became affiliated with the China Inland Mission (CIM).[3]

    Initially signed up with the Church Missionary Society (CMS) before switching to the CIM, Arthur, now an ordained Anglican, retained a strong connection to the CMS even though he was technically a CIM missionary. He left for western China (Sichuan, formerly spelt Szechwan) on 5 February 1885.[4] Together with Montagu Proctor-Beauchamp and William Cassels, the three established a proper Church of England diocese in Szechwan.[5]

    He spent ten years in Bazhong between 1888 and 1898, before relocating to Dazhou in 1899. On 23 February 1904, construction of a large multi-purpose Gospel Hall, or Gospel Church (Chinese: 福音堂; pinyin: Fúyīn táng) started in Dazhou, under the supervision of Arthur, and was complete by August. A number of outstations were established following the building's completion.[4]

    Death

    [edit]

    He died on 21 November 1935.

    See also

    [edit]

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ a b c "The Polhill Family History". all-saints-church-renhold.org. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  • ^ "Polhill-Turner (post Polhill), Arthur [Twistleton] (PLHL881AT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  • ^ Pollock, John, "The Cambridge Seven", 2006
  • ^ a b Usher, John M. (2019). "Beyond the Cambridge Seven: The Rev. Arthur Twistleton Polhill and the Dazhou Fú Yīn Táng". omf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  • ^ Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_T._Polhill&oldid=1157141840"

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