Comments on: Martyrs of Australian Missions

By: Jon Tettleton

Jon Tettleton — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:53:30 +0000

I also visited his grave in Guizhou, back in 2005! It was a pretty moving experience. I didn’t know very much about him then, so this helps shed light on his past. Thanks for doing so much research, as it gives breath to the “great cloud of witnesses” passage.

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Missions Mandate » Blog Archive » Martyrs of Australian Missions — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 02:17:28 +0000

[...] Martyrs of Australian Missions by Jason Harris It has been said that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Most Christians are familiar with the great British and American missionary martyrs of previous centuries, but perhaps less familiar are the martyrs of Australian missions. The first Australian missionaries to plant their blood in the seedbed of the mission field were two sisters, Topsy and Nellie Saunders, and another young lady, Annie Gordon. [...]

By: Jason Harris

Jason Harris — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:43:11 +0000

Sounds good. If you can drop me some sort of contact details… my email is jason @ givemetruth.net.

Thanks.

By: Ian Welch

Ian Welch — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:20:05 +0000

Jason, Contact me separately and I’ll give you what I have on Fleming. On the other hand, Frank Burden, an Englishman from Adelaide with significant local Baptist family links in Australia, was a far more significant person. His comments on Fleming suggest that the early reservations of the Australian CIM Committee were well-grounded.
Ian

By: Jason Harris

Jason Harris — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:10:31 +0000

Yes, I was fascinated by these things during my research. Are you familiar with Fleming? I’d love to get more info on his life.

By: Ian Welch

Ian Welch — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:37:27 +0000

William Fleming was a Scotsman from near Dundee. He was uneducated and the CIM tested his calling by asking him to find his own way to China. He had a difficult relationship with Frank Burden, an Englishman also recruited in Adelaide.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 03:08:55 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing that! I would love to visit there some day. It’s appropriate that he is buried in a garden. Truly the blood of the martyrs is bearing a great crop in China in our day!

By: Pemberly Parker

Pemberly Parker — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:23:29 +0000

It was interesting to find out that William Fleming was Australian. I just assumed he was British since he served with the China Inland Mission. His grave still exists. I actually saw it while touring in Panghai, a small village in Guizhou Province. There is a Chinese man buried next to him (probably the man he tried to save) as well as another, named Charles Chenery (not sure if his surname is spelled correctly…the headstone was hard to read).

You’d never know the graved existed except that I heard by word of mouth. They are actually located behind an old woman’s house. The graves are covered by pumpkin plants and weeds. It was a strong reminder of those who came to an isolated land to lay a foundation for Father.