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Huie Kin

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Huie Kin (Chinese: 許芹; pinyin: Xǔ Qín; August 8, 1854 – January 22, 1934) was a Chinese-American Presbyterian pastor.[1]

He was born in Sunning (now Taishan) in southern Guangdong, China. He sailed to San Francisco in 1868 where he was houseboy; his later employer, Mrs. James Gardiner, later helped him in his education. He attended Geneva College in Geneva, Pennsylvania, and Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati.[1] He became a missionary to the Chinese in New York City,[1] and according to his obituary he founded the First Presbyterian Church for the New York Chinese,[1] though a more recent book describes him instead as the "primary Chinese missionary at the Chinese Sunday School" at the Presbyterian Church on University Place.[2] He published Reminiscences, a memoir, in 1932.[1][2]

He married Louise M. van Arnam; the couple met in 1886 and were married in April 1889.[3]

He returned to China shortly before his death, and died in Beijing. He was survived by his wife and nine of their ten children.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Rev. Huie Kin, 80, Is Dead in Peiping". timesmachine.nytimes.com. January 23, 1934. p. 19. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Lui (2007), p. 233.
  3. ^ Lui (2007), p. 119.

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