This Day in Religious History: On October 15, 1906, Samuel Schereschewsky, Bishop of Shanghai, China and translator of scripture, died in Tokyo, Japan. Samuel was born in Lithuania to a Jewish family in 1831, and throughout his early life was very strong in his Jewish faith. In fact, he entered the University of Breslau to study to become a Rabbi. During his studies at the University, Samuel received a New Testament from the London Society for Promoting Christianity among Jews, which he read over vigorously. It was after Samuel finished the New Testament that he decided to convert to Christianity. Schereschewsky began to grow very strong in his faith in Christ, eventually coming to America to study theology and become a minister. In 1859, Samuel was ordained as a minister at St. Georges Church in New York City. Immediately he went to work spreading the gospel, becoming a missionary to China. While in China he did an immense amount of work translating the Bible into Chinese Mandarin and the Gospels into Mongolian. It was during this time that two major occurrences changed Schereschewsky’s life forever: he was made Bishop of Shanghai and he suffered a debilitating case of sunstroke which left him almost completely paralyzed. Although he was confined to a wheel chair for the rest of his life, Schereschewsky did not stop performing his duties as Bishop and continued to spread the word of God to the Chinese people by translating scripture. Using only one finger, which was all he was able to move, Samuel typed over 2,000 pages of scripture.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:20:33 +0000
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