Jonathan Goforth – birth, Feb. 10, 1859
February 10, 2012 by separateholy
Jonathan Goforth was born this date, 2/10/1859, on his father’s farm near Thorndale, Ontario, Canada. He was number seven in a family of eleven. Even after missing some schooling because of farm work, he graduated at the head of the class. After Jonathan was converted (18 years of age) he enrolled in Knox College, Toronto. He did personal work while a college student walking as high as 40 miles fromKnox College in this ministry. Florence Rosalind Bell-Smith, a young lady of some means, was attracted to him and became his bride. China became their destination laboring together for 47 years, pioneering in the dangerous North Honan Province.
I highly recommend Rosalind’s book Goforth of China and his book, By My Spirit. He died 10/8/1936 back in Ontario.
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