The Revival in Manchuria #652246

James Webster (1854-1923) was a missionary of the United Free  Church at Manchuria, China. He was educated at universities in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and later, as an ordained minister, sent to Manchuria in North China, in 1882. He accompanied General Gaselee as interpreter to the China Expeditionary Force for the relief of Peking, 1900, and during the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5, he organized relief for the wounded and refugee Chinese. He was appointed Foreign Mission Secretary by the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland 1910 and received a Doctor of Divinity, Glasgow, 1920. He died in Edinburgh, 1923. His book, “The Revival in Manchuria,” describes a spiritual awakening that occurred at his mission church, partly inspired by the visiting preacher, Canadian missionary Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936).