Emil Fischbacher
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Emil Fischbacher 巴醫生 was a Scottish
Protestant Christian
missionary to Xinjiang
. He served with the China Inland Mission
.
Fischbacher was born in Glasgow
, Scotland
, 9 August 1903.
It was on the last Saturday in May 1931 that Emil Fischbacher picked up China's Millions and read the Appeal for the Two Hundred. It was on the last Saturday of May 1933, exactly two years later, that Dr. Fischbacher died in Ürümqi
.
Fischbacher left London for China on 31 December 1931, he was on the last boatload of missionaries who came because of China Inland Mission
's specific prayer for 200 new volunteers. His ship arrived in front of Shanghai
when that city was under siege by the Japanese.
After language school in Anking, he, along with five other young men, Raymond H. Joyce
, William J. Drew, George Fox-Holmes, Aubrey Parsons, & Otto Schoerner was appointed to serve God in Xinjiang
. George Hunter
happened to be in Shanghai at that time (a very rare occurrence). He accompanied the new recruits back to Xinjiang. Emil, a gifted mechanic, drove the truck across Inner Mongolia
to Urumqi
. The journey took 57 days.
Fischbacher died on May 27, 1933, of typhus
, which he contracted during the siege of Ürümqi
, when caring for people wounded during the Muslim Rebellion led by Ma Chung-ying. He is buried in Ürümqi.
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
Protestant Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
missionary to Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
. He served with the China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
.
Fischbacher was born in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, 9 August 1903.
It was on the last Saturday in May 1931 that Emil Fischbacher picked up China's Millions and read the Appeal for the Two Hundred. It was on the last Saturday of May 1933, exactly two years later, that Dr. Fischbacher died in Ürümqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
.
Fischbacher left London for China on 31 December 1931, he was on the last boatload of missionaries who came because of China Inland Mission
China Inland Mission
OMF International is an interdenominational Protestant Christian missionary society, founded in Britain by Hudson Taylor on 25 June 1865.-Overview:...
's specific prayer for 200 new volunteers. His ship arrived in front of Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
when that city was under siege by the Japanese.
After language school in Anking, he, along with five other young men, Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond H. Joyce
Raymond Hewlett Joyce was a missionary to China with the China Inland Mission. He continued to work with Muslim people around the world after he was expelled from China by the Communists....
, William J. Drew, George Fox-Holmes, Aubrey Parsons, & Otto Schoerner was appointed to serve God in Xinjiang
Xinjiang
Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...
. George Hunter
George W. Hunter (missionary)
George W. Hunter was a Scottish Protestant Christian missionary in China and Turkestan. He served with the China Inland Mission.-Early life:...
happened to be in Shanghai at that time (a very rare occurrence). He accompanied the new recruits back to Xinjiang. Emil, a gifted mechanic, drove the truck across Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in the northern region of the country. Inner Mongolia shares an international border with the countries of Mongolia and the Russian Federation...
to Urumqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
. The journey took 57 days.
Fischbacher died on May 27, 1933, of typhus
Typhus
Epidemic typhus is a form of typhus so named because the disease often causes epidemics following wars and natural disasters...
, which he contracted during the siege of Ürümqi
Ürümqi
Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country....
, when caring for people wounded during the Muslim Rebellion led by Ma Chung-ying. He is buried in Ürümqi.