ABCFM HALL, William Nelthorpe

[s. 303] : Born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, April 19, 1829. In 1849 he was called to the regular ministry, having already been a lay preacher. But his health failed, and he went into busine . In 1859, the Methodist New Connexion having decided to commence a mi ion in China, Mr. Hall offered to go, and in the autumn of 1859 he sailed with the Rev. J. Innocent as a mi ionary of the Methodist New Connexion. On their arrival in China they remained for a brief period in Shanghai. Mr. Hall was anxiously desirous of settling at Su-chau-fu, which was then in all its glory. He visited the place, then made it the center of his operations, while Mr. Innocent went to Tien-tsin, which had just been opened by treaty. The Taeping rebels devastated Su-chau, and prevented the establishment of a mi ion there, and Mr. Hall went to Tien-tsin and united with Mr. Innocent in laying the foundations of a very prosperous mi ion. During the Tien-tsin ma acre of 1870 the Protestant chapels, eight in number, were ruined and the members dispersed, many of them being beaten and some of them killed. Mr. Hall remained in the city during the awful outbreak, cheering the faint-hearted and seeking to rescue those who were in danger. The storm exhausted itself, quiet was restored, compensation was demanded and to some extent made, and the work of the mi ion was resumed. But it took a long time to retrieve the lo es incurred. Hamada Hannington In 1873 he returned home on furlough, and devoted his whole time to obtaining money to support an institution for the training of native preachers. He obtained £3,200, and then returned to China and built the Training College at Tien-tsin. Mr. Hall was pursuing his manifold works with intense enthusiasm, when in the spring of 1878, already weakened by his labors, he was smitten by typhus fever. He died May 21, aged 49 years. He was a man of vigorous and cultured intellect, copious eloquence, and undying energy. He had an iron will and dauntle courage. His one purpose found expre ion in words which were constantly on his lips “China for Christ.” — HAMADA A town in Japan on the west coast: of Honshiu, 200 miles N. E. by N. of Nagasaki. Station of the CMS (1895), with 2 women mi ionaries and 3 native workers. HAMADAN A city in Persia, supposed site of: the ancient Ecbatana; situated at the E. base of Mt. Elvend, 185 miles W. S. W. of Teheran. Altitude, 6,000 feet. A trade center for caravans between Baghdad and Teheran. Population, 50,000. Station of the PN (1880), with (1903) 8 mi ionaries, men and women (one a physician) 25 native workers, men and women; 5 outstations, 4 day schools, 2 high schools, and 186 profe ed evangelical Christians. ch047.xhtml h 304