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William Whiting Borden (November 1, 1887 – April 9, 1913) was an American philanthropist and millionaire Christian missionary candidate who died in Egypt before reaching his chosen field, Gansu province in China.
Jul 8, 2018 · When Borden finished his Ivy League education, he boarded a ship for China to serve as a missionary. Due to his passion to reach the Muslim people, he stopped in Egypt to learn the Arabic language. While he was in Egypt, 25-year-old Borden contracted spinal meningitis. Within a month, he was dead.
William Borden, missionary. Borden's missionary call narrowed to the Muslim Kansu people in China. Fixing his eyes on that goal, Borden never wavered. He also challenged his classmates to consider foreign missionary service.
Jan 23, 2024 · William Whiting Borden, a young pastor and missionary whose life was tragically cut short as he prepared to go minister among the Chinese Muslims with China Inland Mission, was that “fully consecrated man” devoted to serving the cause of Christ.
Feb 24, 2017 · Tucked away in the northwest corner of the American cemetery in Cairo lies the neglected grave of William Borden, one of the most celebrated missionaries of the 20th century Student Volunteer...
Mar 19, 2011 · Far away in Kashmir news of Borden’s death reached a young missionary, Sherwood Day—one of his old friends and fellow students at Yale. He entered these words in his journal: “I have absolutely no feeling of a life cut short. A life abandoned to Christ cannot be cut short.
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Apr 13, 2018 · This sermon tells the story of William Borden, a wealthy young man who dedicated his life to missionary work, and the lessons we can learn from his service and ultimate death at the age of 25 from spinal meningitis.
