Mary Geraldine Guinness

Mary Geraldine Guinness a.k.a. Mrs. Howard Taylor 金樂婷(25 December 1865 – 6 June 1949), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and author of many missionary biographies regarding the history of the China Inland Mission (renamed as Overseas Missionary Fellowship, (now OMF International ). She was the daughter of the famous revivalist preacher and author Henry Grattan Guinness, a friend of James Hudson Taylor, founder of the CIM. Sh... more

Mary Geraldine Guinness a.k.a. Mrs. Howard Taylor 金樂婷(25 December 1865 – 6 June 1949), was a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, and author of many missionary biographies regarding the history of the China Inland Mission (renamed as Overseas Missionary Fellowship, (now OMF International ). She was the daughter of the famous revivalist preacher and author Henry Grattan Guinness, a friend of James Hudson Taylor, founder of the CIM. She became Taylor's daughter-in-law when she married his son (and fellow CIM missionary), Frederick Howard Taylor. In her youth, Geraldine taught a Bible class for "factory-girls" in Bromley-by-Bow in the East End of London where they lived. She attended meetings at "Berger Hall" named after William Thomas Berger. She left London for China as a second-class passenger on the P&O; vessel "Kaisar-i-Hind I" in January, 1888, age 22. The Hundred missionaries had all sailed to China the previous year. Amongst the 25 passengers (16 men, 5 ladies [sic])... less