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James W. Bashford - I922 - CONTENTS - PAGE PREFAC . . E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 I . EARLYY EAR . S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l1 I1 . THE C OLLEGE S TUDEN . . T . . . . . . . . . . 23 I11 . THES TUDEN O T F THEOLO . G . . Y . . . . . 46 IV . THEP REACHE O R F CHRIST . . . . . . . . . 58 V . THEP ASTO A R N D THE CITIZEK . . . . . . 09 V1 . THE C OLLEGE P RESIDEN . . T . . . . . . . . 90 V11 . THEB ISHOP IN CHINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 . U-7 VIII . THEA UTHO . R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 I S . THEM AN A ND HIS MIND . . . . . . . . . . 172 S . THEM AN AND HIS CHAR C . T . . E . . X 1 83 XI . THEM AN A ND 1x1s FRIEND . S . . . . . . 211 XI1 . THE C ALL T O SU FERI . N . . G . . . . . . . 226 XI11 . THEF INISHE C D O URSE . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 BIOGRAPHICDAALT A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 ILLUSTRATIONS J. W. BASHFORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece FACING PAGE JOHN W ESLEY A ND JAMEWS IIITFORDB ASH FORD. CHILDHOOPDIC TURES . . . . . . . . . . . . l7 PORTRAITPA INTED BY ARVIDN YHOLM . . . . . 110 THE B ISHOP I N CHINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 BISHOP A ND MRS. BASHFORDLA YING T HE CORNERS TONE O F THE WOMANSH OSPITAL, PEKIN . G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 BISHOPB ASHFOR A D N D DR. ARTHURS MITH TRAVELI O N N G H OUSEB OAT I N CHINA . . 190 BISHOPB ASHFORTDR AVELI IN N G TH E COUN TRY IN CHINA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 MRS. A ND BISHOPB ASHFORDL. AST P HOTO-. GRAPH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 PREFACE - SHORTLY after his death Iwas requested to write the biography of Bishop James Tillhitford Bashford. This request, coming from Mrs. Bashford, endorsed by certain bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church and many others, could not be lightly regarded. Believi thg at his character was so distinctive and his career so distinguished in its service to humanity as to demand a record of the story of his life, the task was undertaken as a sacred trust and a labor of love. My purpose is to give an interpretation of the man and his work rather than a chronological transcript of his life. I11 other words, my ai n shall be to present such facts and incidents as will be illustrative of his c1i lracter rather than mere records of personality. The important question to ask concerning every mans life is What was his central aim and how closely did he realize it It is an alluring task to discover the motive that actuated James Whitford Bashford to feel the thrill of the ambitions and the aspirations that stirred him to measure the energy that was driving him 011 ceaselessly to see the visions that were haunting hirn by day and by night and to make an appraisal of his service to his generation. If I can make him live again in the memory of his friends and so portray the essential elements in his nature and the outstanding achievements of his career as to make those who did not know him see him in imagination, I shall be satisfied. There is available for this study a great wealth of material. The writer has read and re-read the fifty-four volumes of notebooks written by Bishop Bashford, thousands of pages of correspondence both personal and official, all his books and published articles besides many sermons and addresses inmanuscript...

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