Arthur Evans Moule (1836–1918) was an
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missionary to
China. He was the son of
Henry Moule, vicar at
Fordington, Dorset
Fordington is a part of the town of Dorchester, Dorset; originally a separate village, it has now become a suburb. Taking its name from a ford across the River Frome, it grew up around the church of St. George (where Henry Moule was once Vic ...
and his wife Mary. He was educated at the
Malta Protestant College and the
Church Missionary Society College, Islington
The Church Missionary Society Training College in Islington, north London was founded in 1820 to prepare Anglican missionaries of the Church Missionary Society for work overseas. Prior to the establishment of the College the CMS missionaries re ...
. He married Eliza Agnes Bernau on 21 March 1861 in
Erith,
Kent
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.
Missionary in China
Shortly after his marriage in 1861 he went out to China together with his wife, arriving in time to witness some of the stirring scenes of the
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion, also known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive rebellion and civil war that was waged in China between the Manchu-led Qing dynasty and the Han, Hakka-led Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. It laste ...
.
He worked in the vicinity of
Ningpo
Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sa ...
in 1861–1869 and in 1871–1876; at Hangchow(
Hangzhou
Hangzhou ( or , ; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, whic ...
) (where his brother
George Evans Moule had founded, in 1869, the first inland mission residence) from 1876 to 1879; in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...
in 1882–1894; and, after eight years at home, in
Chekiang and
Kiangsu from 1902 to his retirement in 1910, having been Archdeacon in the diocese of Mid-China for 30 years.
In 1890 he was a founding member of the ''Permanent Committee for the Promotion of Anti-
Opium Societies''. Fellow committee members were prominent missionaries
John Glasgow Kerr
John Glasgow Kerr (1824–1901) was an American medical missionary and philanthropist who helped establish the Canton Hospital, also known as the Ophthalmic Hospital, in Canton, China.
Kerr was born in Dunkinsville, Ohio and graduated from ...
MD, American Presbyterian Mission in Canton; BC Atterbury MD, American Presbyterian Mission in Peking, Henry Whitney MD, American Board of Commissioners for foreign Missions in Foochow, the Rev Samuel Clarke, China Inland Mission in Kweiyang; the Rev
Arthur Gostick Shorrock
Arthur Gostick Shorrock (1861–1945) was a Baptist missionary who worked in China for 40 years. Arthur was born in 1861 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. He entered Spurgeon's College and as a student preacher took services at the Baptist Ch ...
, English Baptist Mission in Taiyuan and the Rev
Griffith John
Griffith John ( zh, t=楊格非, p=Yáng Géfēi; 14 December 1831 – 25 July 1912) was a Welsh Christian missionary and translator in China. A member of the Congregational church, he was a pioneer evangelist with the London Missionary Society ...
, London Mission Society in Hankow.
[Lodwick, Kathleen L. Crusaders Against Opium: Protestant Missionaries in China 1874–1917 (University Press of Kentucky]
Online version at Google Books
They resolved to continue their opposition to the opium traffic, urging Christians in China to arouse public opinion against it. The desire of the missionaries that their ideas be carried out caused them to form "continuation committees" that were assigned tasks to assure that action would be taken on whatever matters had been approved by the conferences.
In Chinese he published tracts, sermons, a commentary on the
Thirty-nine Articles
The Thirty-nine Articles of Religion (commonly abbreviated as the Thirty-nine Articles or the XXXIX Articles) are the historically defining statements of doctrines and practices of the Church of England with respect to the controversies of the ...
, "A Letter to the Scholars of China," etc., and in English:
*''Chinese Stories'' (1880)
* (1891; third edition, 1902)
* (1911)
''The Chinese People: A Handbook on China'' (1914)
His brother
Handley Moule was the bishop of Durham from 1901 to 1920.
He and Eliza had seven children together while in China: Arthur, Walter, Agnes, Charlotte, Horace, George and Ernest. Arthur Moule and his younger brother Walter both attended
Monkton Combe School.
Selected works
*Moule, Arthur Evans (1891)
''The Story of the Chek-Kiang Mission of the Church Missionary Society.''London: Church Missionary Society.
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