Arthur Twistleton Polhill (7 February 1862 – 21 November 1935), born Arthur Twistleton Polhill-Turner (the name Turner was discarded in 1902 by deed poll[1]), was an English Anglicanmissionary. He was one of the Cambridge Seven, seven young men from England that travelled to China in order to continue Hudson Taylor's missionary work there.
The Cambridge Seven in Qing-dynasty mandarin clothing
In November 1882, Polhill-Turner was deeply moved by the American evangelist Dwight L. Moody’s talks to Trinity students. Recognizing the seriousness of following Christ, he only decided to follow him after thoroughly thinking through the implications of such a decision. He was the first of the Cambridge Seven to have the inkling that China was for him, and soon after his decision to follow Christ he began to pursue this desire with intensity, convincing a few of the others to join him. In 1885 he and his brother, Cecil Polhill, became affiliated with the China Inland Mission (CIM).[3]
He spent ten years in Bazhong between 1888 and 1898, before relocating to Dazhou in 1899. On 23 February 1904, construction of a large multi-purpose Gospel Hall, or Gospel Church (Chinese: 福音堂; pinyin: Fúyīn táng) started in Dazhou, under the supervision of Arthur, and was complete by August. A number of outstations were established following the building's completion.[4]
^ abUsher, John M. (2019). "Beyond the Cambridge Seven: The Rev. Arthur Twistleton Polhill and the Dazhou Fú Yīn Táng". omf.org. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
^Austin, Alvyn (1996). "Missions Dream Team". Christian History. Worcester, PA: Christian History Institute. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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