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In his second session with us Palmer Robertson introduced us to the work of William Hoppe Murray, a 19th century missionary to Malawi (then Nyasaland) born in 1866 in South Africa and the nephew of Andrew Murray. He trained as a doctor in Scotland, was a man of prayer and came to Malawi in 1894. He served there for 43 years. His cousin A C Murray was the first head of the mission but he succeeded him in 1901. Throughout the challenge was to what we might do in the light of this tremendous example. Some ten specific challenges were drawn from the varied work of this man as
1. Pioneer
2. Preacher
3. Educator
4. Administrator
5. Author
6. Farmer
7. Diplomat (knew the art of the possible but did lack theological discernment at times)
8. Doctor
9. Evangelist
10. Translator of the Bible 1903-1919
Finally we were challenged by his character - his perseverance, bravery (including rescuing a girl from salve traders), humour (gently teasing new missionaries), prayer and humility.