William Whiting Borden

William Whiting Borden (November 1, 1887 – April 9,1913) was a Christian missionary to Egypt with Samuel Zwemer and the heir to the Borden, Inc. family fortune.

Life and work

William Whiting Borden was a graduate of Yale University in 1909 and of Princeton Theological Seminary. Borden was converted to Christianity under the ministry of Dwight L. Moody. He later decided to become a missionary to the Muslims of China, but died of spinal meningitis in Egypt during his training there at the age of 25. Samuel Marinus Zwemer conducted his funeral. He is buried in the American Cemetery in Cairo. [http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/foreign/cemeteries/egypt.txt]

The Borden Memorial Hospital in Lanzhou, China was named after him.Protestant missions to the Middle East After his death, Borden's Bible was found and given to his parents. In it they found in one place the words "No Reserve" and a date placing the note shortly after he renounced his fortune in favor of missions. At a later point, he had written "No Retreat", dated shortly after he was diagnosed with meningitis. Shortly before he died, ha added the phrase "No Regrets."

See also

*Christianity in China
*China Inland Mission
*List of China Inland Mission missionaries in China
*Mary Geraldine Guinness

Notes

References

*Campbell, Charles Soutter, "William Whiting Borden: A Short Life Complete In Christ", 1909
*"Borden of Yale '09: "The Life that Counts", Mrs. Howard Taylor; China Inland Mission, 1913
*Erdman, C. R. (Charles Rosenbury), "An ideal missionary volunteer : a sketch of the life and character of William Whiting Borden", London: South Africa General Mission, (c.1913?)
*"Hudson Taylor & China’s Open Century" Volume Seven: "It Is Not Death To Die"; Alfred James Broomhall; Hodder and Stoughton and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, 1989

External links

* [http://home.snu.edu/~HCULBERT/regret.htm No Reserves. No Retreats. No Regrets] — a short biographical article about Borden
* [http://www.omf.org/ Overseas Missionary Fellowship] — the successor to the China Inland Mission
* [http://www.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bulletin/bu0308.htm Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Archive on Borden]