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Hunter Corbett : Fifty-Six Years Missionary in China /. 3 . 2. 2. LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON. N. J. Presented by oVms C\u-V-\nor Division...QjL . Section....OLc, . is&l HUNTER CORBETT: FIFTY-SIX YEARS MISSIONARY IN CHINA HUNTER CORBETT HUNTER CORBETT: FIFTY-SIX YEARS MISSIONARY IN CHINA /v ^ „ / " ] BY JAMES R. E. CRAIGHEAD The Revell Press New York Copyright, 1921, by JAMES R. E. CRAIGHEAD Printed in the United States of America New York: 158 Fifth Avenue PREFACE N the following pages endeavor has been I made to describe a virile type of mission- ary. The study has revealed an inter- cessor, a student of the Word, a man sincere in motive, friendly in disposition, tender in affection, mighty in faith and unresting in la- bor. The conditions and convictions conspir- ing to make him what he was, the circum- stances and difficulties which were a part of his development, and the triumphs and defeats he experienced are sketched that we may take measure of the man and learn by what travail of spirit and perseverance of effort souls are won for the Kingdom. This book is, there- fore, submitted to the public with the hope that the record may become a means for stimulat- ing to earnest purpose and zealous action. J. R. E. C. Oswego, Illinois. CONTENTS PAGE I. Ancestral Traditions 9 II. The Leatherwood Home . 18 III. The Molding of the Man 26 , IV. In the Schools of the Prophets 35 V. The Call of the Spirit 44 VI. Grappling with the Dragon 56 VII. The Light on the Hill 69 VIII. Warp and Woof . 79 IX. Ink and Oil .... 88 X. Shendza and Wheelbarrow 96 XI. The Sons of Belial . 107 XII. Chinese Timothies 119 XIII. The Care of the Churches 128 XIV. The Gospel and the Tiger 140 XV. Fruit of Many Labors 151 XVI. Crown Jewels 158 XVII. The Hearth Stone 170 XVIII. The Man and His Message 1 77 XIX. Comrades of the Cross 187 XX. Back to Antioch 197 XXI. Sunset on Temple Hill . 213 I ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS HE settlement of Western Pennsylvania T was a transplanting of Scotland. The process by which it was accomplished was the evolution of the migratory spirit in- fused by Oliver Cromwell in placing Scottish families upon Irish soil in the discordant days of his Protectorate. Those hardy Scotch-Irish settlers, who crossed the Allegheny mountains in the early part of the eighteenth century, found among the broken hills at the head- waters of the Ohio river the counterpart of their native highlands, and were content to brave the dangers threatened by savage foes, and the inconveniences of a lonely life in the wilderness. The lure of the clan was felt in the settlements far to the east and in the dis- tant circles across the Atlantic; and in process of time, these frontier colonists were joined by others coming from our eastern borders and from Scotland and the north of Ireland. Hailing from afar, these sturdy immigrants settled along the water courses and among the hills of Western Pennsylvania and Eastern g 10 HUNTER CORBETT Ohio, and developed a strong and independent type of citizen, which has been one of the mani- fold glories of our nation. They were early called upon to endure fiery trial and bloody baptism through the cruelties of the French and Indian War, as these broke upon their un- protected homes. Out of these sanguinary ex- periences, however, there was evolved a his- tory which the Scotch-Irish families came to regard as a part of their sacred traditions. Along with the observance of family worship, memorizing the Westminster Shorter Cate- chism, and keeping holy the Sabbath, there were the tales of adventure and deliverance told by grandfathers and grandmothers which were an unconscious yet characteristic element in the training of the young in those early days. Into this environment and to such an heri- tage, Hunter Corbett was born more than three-quarters of a century ago..- Forests of pine and hemlock crowned the hills for miles about the family homestead, and during the long winter evenings of his childhood, he lis- tened to the stories of adventure told before a glowing log fire. Intermingled with the ac- counts of log-rollings, flax-scutchings, apple- parings, spelling-bees and quilting parties, there were tales of the hunt of deer and bear and ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS 11 panther, the fox-drive, the wolf-chase, the trapping of the beaver, and the taking of wild turkey in rail pens. But dearer than all these to the boy’s ears were the stories of battles in which his ancestors fought with the French and Indians, and later in the Revolutionary War. The adventures of his progenitors in Amer- ica were of far more interest to him than the fact that the Corbett name was to be found in the Book of English Peers, the Earl of Cor- beau, from whom the family lineage is traced, having come over to England from the main- land with William the Conqueror. One of his great-grandfathers was Robert Orr, who came from Ireland to America under circumstances which marked him as a thor- oughly independent character. His father died, leaving the estate to an elder son when Robert was about eighteen years of age. The young man had one day brought a horse from the stable to the hitching post in front of the home, intending to take a ride, and while he was in the house making final preparations, his elder brother removed the saddle and bridle, and turned the animal into the paddock, re- marking that he was master of the premises. Resenting this action as an unwarrantable as- sumption of authority, the younger brother 12 HUNTER CORBETT declared his intention of emigrating to Amer- ica, and despite the pleadings of the other members of the family, he left the home at Donegal, and came to these western shores, settling in the Kishacoquillas valley in Penn- sylvania, about 1772. He was bold, daring and fun-loving, with a dash of recklessness in his make-up, one time shooting a pipe from the mouth of a fellow traveler, and richly enjoy- ing the consternation created by his act. In the year 1775, he married Fanny Culbert- son, and moved to Hannastown, Westmoreland county. Here he was made captain of the mili- tary company formed to protect the wilderness town against the incursions of the Indians. In an expedition down the Ohio river, he was at- tacked by the savages near where Cincinnati now stands. With his troops he made gallant resistance, but they were finally captured. The wounded were killed and the march through the woods toward the Great Lakes was begun. Captain Orr had himself been wounded with the others, but his injury at first escaped de- tection, and with grim courage he bore the pain of his wound, kept his place in the file of captives, leaped the streams, and held to the long march with the determination of a Spar- tan. A squaw finally discovered the wounded arm, and bandaged it, and the painful journey ANCESTRAL TRADITIONS 13 was then continued. Detained by the Indians for over two years, Captain Orr had no means of learning the fate of his family in the burn- ing of Hannastown, rumors of which reached him in his confinement. At last, on one of the marches of the savages, in which he accom- panied his captors, the party was met by some men who secured his release by offering the Indians two fox skins and a bottle of whiskey. Captain Orr hastened to Hannastown, and there learned that shortly after his departure the town had been attacked and burned by the Indians. In the hasty flight of his wife from their home, the baby had been left in the cradle. Inspired by mother love, she dashed back into the house, and secured the child and, evading the besiegers, brought him to the fort, where she joined in the defense, melting down her pewter plates to make bullets for the defenders. The rescued babe later became the grandfather of Hunter Corbett. Robert Orr afterward commanded a regi- ment of frontiersmen in the expedition of General St. Clair into Ohio, and in the retreat of the army, his regiment was chosen to pro- tect the rear. Before Allegheny county was formed, and while the courts of the original Westmoreland county were held in the town of Pittsburgh, 14 HUNTER CORBETT Captain Orr served as sheriff of this vast frontier country. Later he removed from Hannastown to Sugar Crest, and became the first sheriff of Armstrong county. He died in 1833, leaving an unimpeachable record of pub- lic service, and a line of descendants destined to fill worthy and honorable positions of trust in succeeding years. Another ancestor of Hunter Corbett was John Mitchell, who also came to Pennsylvania from Ireland under the stress of interesting circumstances, in which the tender passion played a constraining part. Mr. Mitchell was poor, but in the opinion of the persons most vitally concerned, this was not a sufficient barrier to his suing for the hand of Jane, the only daughter of Sir John Ross. Her father, however, was of contrary mind, and the young people left their native country by hidden trails, which ended finally in a happy home in the forest land of Pennsylvania. Here, in course of time, the noble ancestor himself came, bringing forgiveness and blessing, and finding the atmosphere of the home congenial, per- manently established himself there. John Mitchell’s son, William, the great- grandfather of Hunter Corbett, served his country faithfully in the War of Independence.
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