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“THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN” MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
Amy Moore
Percy’s father took a trip to Lanzhou from Didao to find out how other missionaries were faring and
also to escort a party of ladies from Liangzhou to Lanzhou. While there, he decided to go back to
Xining to visit the Christians and assess the situation there. On his way back he learned that a peace
telegram had arrived in Lanzhou from Beijing and things were settling down. Eager to impart this
news to Percy’s mother and to get back to Xining with the whole family as soon as possible, he hurried
back to Didao, only to find that Percy and Jessie were both down with measles, and it was impossible
to travel till they were better.
Percy on his donkey in Xining
about 1910.
The picture was taken by
Arthur Moore and published in
a missionary paper - probably
a CIM publication.
Percy, Jessie and Marj
at Xining
Their time at Xining had been considerably shortened by all these interruptions, and they only had one
more year there before the Ridleys returned. By the beginning of 1913 they were all back in Lanzhou
with Percy 3 years and 3 months and Jessie 1 year and 9 months. On 21 March another sister,
Marjorie Everall was added to the family. ‘Everall’ was Arthur Moore’s mother’s maiden name.
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Amy Moore
Percy’s father took a trip to Lanzhou from Didao to find out how other missionaries were faring and
also to escort a party of ladies from Liangzhou to Lanzhou. While there, he decided to go back to
Xining to visit the Christians and assess the situation there. On his way back he learned that a peace
telegram had arrived in Lanzhou from Beijing and things were settling down. Eager to impart this
news to Percy’s mother and to get back to Xining with the whole family as soon as possible, he hurried
back to Didao, only to find that Percy and Jessie were both down with measles, and it was impossible
to travel till they were better.
Percy on his donkey in Xining
about 1910.
The picture was taken by
Arthur Moore and published in
a missionary paper - probably
a CIM publication.
Percy, Jessie and Marj
at Xining
Their time at Xining had been considerably shortened by all these interruptions, and they only had one
more year there before the Ridleys returned. By the beginning of 1913 they were all back in Lanzhou
with Percy 3 years and 3 months and Jessie 1 year and 9 months. On 21 March another sister,
Marjorie Everall was added to the family. ‘Everall’ was Arthur Moore’s mother’s maiden name.
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