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“THREE SCORE YEARS AND TEN” MISSIONARY WORK IN CHINA
Amy Moore
IN MEMORIAM
The China Council, of which he had been a member for so long wrote of him as "a man of transparent
character, simple faith and genial personality, who endeared himself to a wide circle of friends. By his
steadfastness of purpose and godly life and zeal in preaching the Gospel, he was an example to us
all."
Mr. Hoste wrote to GFA from Shanghai on 11 February 1930, "In past years it was my privilege to
know Mr. Andrew well, and I shall not forget the manner in which , I suppose twenty years ago, he and
Mrs. Andrew on returning from furlough, expecting to resume their work on the Grand Canal, willingly
complied with the request that they should superintend the work in Gansu. They might easily have
declined on the ground that they had already served a number of years in Guizhou and were fairly
entitled to the less strenuous service in Northern Jiangsu. As you know, they travelled far and wide in
the province, notwithstanding the fatigues and often physical suffering owing to the means of transport
up there, to say nothing of the severity of the climate during several months of the year. Having at that
time been in personal correspondence with the province, I know how deeply valued the ministry of
both your honoured father and mother was. His bright faith, true kindness and Christian love,
combined with sound sense, made his ministry specially helpful to workers often run down and sorely
tried in their lonely, difficult service. . . . May we have grace to follow him as he followed his Lord."
I have always understood that George Andrew had lived all his time in China independent of Mission
funds. I have no proof of that. When he died all he possessed was left equally between his three
surviving children. GFA who was one of the executors of his will, writing to Esther said, "Altogether
there is about £2,000, but as the better part of it is in War Loan Bonds, and probate will have to be
obtained at home as well as in China, it will be at least six months before anything can be touched.
When everything is clear, we should have about £550 each in War Loan stock and £2,000 here."
The foreign cemetery where George and Jessie Andrew were buried has now been turned by the
Communists into a public park in the modern city of Chefoo. The graves have all been moved to
another site, but because there are now no stones to mark them, it is hard to trace them.
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Amy Moore
IN MEMORIAM
The China Council, of which he had been a member for so long wrote of him as "a man of transparent
character, simple faith and genial personality, who endeared himself to a wide circle of friends. By his
steadfastness of purpose and godly life and zeal in preaching the Gospel, he was an example to us
all."
Mr. Hoste wrote to GFA from Shanghai on 11 February 1930, "In past years it was my privilege to
know Mr. Andrew well, and I shall not forget the manner in which , I suppose twenty years ago, he and
Mrs. Andrew on returning from furlough, expecting to resume their work on the Grand Canal, willingly
complied with the request that they should superintend the work in Gansu. They might easily have
declined on the ground that they had already served a number of years in Guizhou and were fairly
entitled to the less strenuous service in Northern Jiangsu. As you know, they travelled far and wide in
the province, notwithstanding the fatigues and often physical suffering owing to the means of transport
up there, to say nothing of the severity of the climate during several months of the year. Having at that
time been in personal correspondence with the province, I know how deeply valued the ministry of
both your honoured father and mother was. His bright faith, true kindness and Christian love,
combined with sound sense, made his ministry specially helpful to workers often run down and sorely
tried in their lonely, difficult service. . . . May we have grace to follow him as he followed his Lord."
I have always understood that George Andrew had lived all his time in China independent of Mission
funds. I have no proof of that. When he died all he possessed was left equally between his three
surviving children. GFA who was one of the executors of his will, writing to Esther said, "Altogether
there is about £2,000, but as the better part of it is in War Loan Bonds, and probate will have to be
obtained at home as well as in China, it will be at least six months before anything can be touched.
When everything is clear, we should have about £550 each in War Loan stock and £2,000 here."
The foreign cemetery where George and Jessie Andrew were buried has now been turned by the
Communists into a public park in the modern city of Chefoo. The graves have all been moved to
another site, but because there are now no stones to mark them, it is hard to trace them.
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