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1 William E. Soothill (1861-1935): missionary and sinologist1 John Young Synopsis: William Edward Soothill (1861-1935) from Halifax in Yorkshire was from the United Methodist Free Churches and for 25 years developed many facets of Christian mission in and around Wenzhou, China. He went on to be Principal of Shanxi University. On return to Britain he was making plans for a European style university for China when World War I intervened. After the war he was appointed Professor of Chinese at Oxford University. Regarded as an authority on Chinese linguistics he also wrote on Chinese history and religion. He had a great love for China and promoted links between China and the West. Soothill, as Timothy Richard’s biographer, usually appears in studies on Richard with a footnote2 that he became Professor of Chinese at Oxford University so here is the story behind the footnote. His Background William Edward Soothill was born on 23 January 1861 at Halifax, England, a town renowned for its textile industry in which his father, also William (1836-1893), worked.3 The family belonged to the United Methodist Free Churches (UMFC) a denomination created in 1857 as an amalgamation of Methodist groups that had split earlier from the Wesleyan Methodist Church over such issues as democratic government and ministerial authority.4 Soothill’s early education was ‘at the twopence-a-week Wesleyan Day School’5 which he left at the age of twelve to work for a firm of Halifax solicitors. His work of copying estate documents at the Halifax solicitor’s office was ‘an invaluable start, he would say, for a man destined to hold in his keeping the deeds for the 250 churches he later founded in that very legalised land of China.’6 He was clearly an intelligent and able youngster and passed the legal preliminary exams. Although he matriculated at London University Soothill did not take his degree7 because 1 An expanded version of a short paper given at the Methodist Missionary History Project Conference, 2012, ‘Other Faiths and other Churches’ on 4 November, 2012, at Luther King House, Manchester. A shorter version can be found at http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/s/soothill-william.php 2 e.g. in Walls, Andrew F., The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History, Edinburgh:T&T Clark, 2002, p.237. Cracknell, Kenneth, Justice, Courtesy and Love, London: Epworth, 1995, p. 341, has the same remark. In writing on Richard he quotes extensively from Soothill’s biography of Richard, and remarks that he was later Professor of Chinese at Oxford but incorrectly describes Soothill as a teacher at Shanxi before becoming its President. 3 He was described as a stuff presser in 1871 and as a cloth-presser in 1881 - Malcolm Bull’s Calderdale pages (referred to as MBCP). Lady Hosie described him as a ‘foreman dyer’, Methodist Recorder, uncertain date, c January 1946, ‘And they Offered their Gifts ...’ by Lady Dorothea Hosie. 4 For the history of the UMFC see Beckerlegge, Oliver A., The United Methodist Free Churches: A Study in Freedom, London: Epworth, 1957 5 Methodist Recorder, uncertain date, c January 1946, ‘And they Offered their Gifts ...’ by Lady Dorothea Hosie. 6 Ibid. Soothill himself said 150 so Lady Hosie probably misremembered or used later figures. 7 Who’s Who in the Far East (June) 1906-7, p. 295 2 a possible legal career and other studies were interrupted by a call to overseas missionary work. He expected to go attend the UMFC Theological Institute at Victoria Park, Manchester8 and then proceed to Africa but had to respond to an urgent request ‘to take the place of a pioneer missionary who had died in the Chinese seaport town of Wenchow’9 and so went straight to China in 1882. To China Protestants were not strong in China at the time and missions had been adversely affected by the eccentric Taiping rebellion. This had folded by 1864 when the UMFC began its work in China after raising funds and seeking advice and help from Hudson Taylor of the China Inland Mission. William Fuller and John Mara, the first missionaries, went to Ningbo about 100 miles south of Shanghai and were joined in 1868 by Frederick Galpin who remained there for many years. The mission was extended in 1877 when Robert Exley began work at Wenzhou10 (then Wenchow) 150 miles further south.11 He died in 188112 and when Soothill arrived in the following year13 he found a church with thirty members.14 Language study Known as Sing-Su15 by the Chinese William Soothill was energetic and extremely gifted. His great linguistic ability enabled him to relate quickly to the Chinese people and although his early experiences with language included mistakes16 he was at Wenzhou for less than six months when he attempted preaching in Chinese. Soothill became an acknowledged master of the local language: years later a Chinese scholar on a visit to England announced triumphantly, but in public: "Sing Su! Why, he can outslang any of us". Another was anxious to impress his Chinese listeners with his foreign friend's proficiency. “He even understands our swear words,” he remarked ... He, however, thoughtfully saved Sing Su's face by adding: “Yet he never uses them.”17 Soothill worked out a Roman script for the Wenzhou language, translated the New Testament into it and compiled a highly regarded Chinese dictionary. In those days Christians could face trouble in China and this was compounded in 1884 when 8 Soothill’s younger brother Alfred (1863-1926) who also became a minister attended the Theological Institute 1883-5. He was headmaster of Ashville College for many years. 9 Soothill, W.E., A History of China, London: Ernest Benn, 1950 edition edited by Hudson, G.F., p. 8. 10 Places are referred to by their modern names except in quotes from older sources. 11 Soothill, W.E., A Mission in China, London: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1907, p. 14. Referred to as MC. 12 Ministers and Probationers of the Methodist Church, London: Methodist Publishing House, 1947, p. 422. 13 This early history is described briefly in Beckerlegge, pp. 91f. 14 Beckerlegge, p. 92. 15 On this nickname Chinese scholar, Li Xinde, informs me that ‘Sing-Su came from Wenzhou dialect Xiansheng Su or Sheng Su (Sing here is the shortened form for Xiansheng/xian sing in Wenzhou dialact), and Sing here means Mr.... or Teacher...., Su refers to Soothill in Chinese.’ - Email from Li Xinde, 17/10/12. 16 MC, pp. 15ff. 17 A Passport to China, Lucy Soothill, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931, p. 23. Referred to below as P. 3 China was at war with France and European missionaries were regarded as ‘barbarians’. A riot started during the church’s usual prayer meeting on Saturday 4 October 1884 and the mission was attacked, set on fire and destroyed.18 With three workers from the China Inland Mission he found refuge at the magistrate’s residence though George Stott’s crutch was needed to keep them from being shut out. Escorted by soldiers the four missionaries were taken to the British Consulate on an island in the river as ‘it was deemed inadvisable for missionaries to dwell in the city’19 and services were held in Wenzhou at a member’s house. Marriage By that time Soothill had obtained permission to marry Lucy Farrar (1857-1931) from Southowram near Halifax.20 News of trouble in Wenzhou reached her before she left but undeterred she set off from England in October 188421 and they were married at Shanghai in December 1884.22 The newlyweds went by ship to Soothill’s station at Wenzhou, arrived on New Year’s Day 188523 and remained at the British Consulate for the next six months24 with daily expeditions to the city where Soothill often encountered hostility from Cantonese troops who were guarding against the supposed French threat.25 Compensation from the Chinese Government and donations from England enabled church building on the old site26 and the construction of a new house which the missionaries occupied in June 1885.27 The Soothills had two children, Dorothea and Victor.28 Church extension Along with language work Soothill was busy in church extension which he compared to the banyan tree which spreads by means of branches that carry aerial roots.29 For example, ‘the branch that struck into the earth at Crystal Lily has added over a score more’.30 This all began around 1886/7 when Soothill started an opium refuge in Wenzhou and some joined the church including four men from Crystal Lily. When they returned to their mountain village thirty or so miles NW of Wenzhou they started a church and met each evening and on Sundays using four 18 MC, p. 107. 19 MC, p. 109. On George Stott, the first missionary to Wenzhou, see http://www.bdcconline.net/en/stories/s/stott-george.php by Rachel Erickson-Rui who is preparing a history of the church in Wenzhou. 20 Her family were quarry owners and lived at various places in the area; 3 Highfield, Southowram (1851 census); Law Lane, Southowram (1861 census); Chancery Buildings, Southowram (1871 census); 6 Law Lane, Southowram (1881 census); Yew Tree House, Southowram (1891 census) - MBCP. 21 P, p. 4. 22 Who’s Who in the Far East (1906-7), p. 295. 23 P, p. 9. 24 P, p. 13. 25 P, p. 18. 26 P, p. 21. 27 P, p. 31. 28 Dorothea (1885-1959) married Sir Alexander Hosie (1853-1925) and was best known as a lecturer and writer on Chinese affairs. Victor (1888-1956) was a doctor and many of his descendants became eminent in medical science.
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