Ming Enbo
(1845-1932), whose original name was Smith Arthur Henderson, was a missionary of
America Congregational Church, and later became an expert on China issues.
He was born
in the United States in 1845 and began to study theology after graduation
from university. In 1872 he came to Tianjin to begin his missionary work.
He gradually realized that he should contact people from all walks of life to
increase the influence of Christianity in China.
Besides his
missionary work, he was also engaged in writing. He was once a correspondent of
North China Daily News. He brought forth many suggestions on China's
reform. Since he was familiar with Chinese traditional culture, he wrote a lot
of articles on it.
The major
contributions of Ming Enbo were his many works on China and Sino-US relations.
In his late years, he took up writing in the field of theology in Beijing
suburbs.