A short history of Julia Payne Morgan’s service in Hong Kong and China
After their graduation from Holmes Bible and Missionary Institute in 1920, Pearl Loftin, Mary Andrews and Julia Payne were recruited to Hong Kong by Miss Anna Deane Cole, the co-founder of Hong Kong P.H. Church. They all worked in Hong Kong for four to five years before they left for the mainland China.
The purchase of 8 acres of land by Mr. William Turner in Pakhoi in 1923 marked a milestone for IPHC’s missions in China. The joint effort of mission fields in Hong Kong and Pakhoi made the establishment of a new conference possible, and the China Conference was set up in April 1923. Julia Payne went to Pakhoi in 1924 and worked there till 1929 to help Mr. Turner build the mainland missions.
Laura Mae Hylton, from Roanoke, Virginia, was also called to be a missionary to China. Under the capable leadership of Rev. William H. Turner he took Julia Payne and Laura Mae Hylton to Pakhoi to plant a church there. They both learned the Chinese language to be able to lead in Bible studies, singing, and worship. Laura wrote a very interesting book about her life entitled, An Orphan As A Missionary, published by the Publishing House, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Franklin Springs, GA in 1952. I am grateful to Walter Lee Wood for giving me an extra copy of this book.
Years after these two lady missionaries planted this church in Pakhoi, I got a call one day from Princeton Cates, the supervisor in Hong Kong, telling me that after the Bamboo Curtain came down, Chinese leaders in Hong Kong traveled to Pakhoi, China, to see if the church had survived Communism. To their amazement and delight they discovered that this Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pakhoi had not only survived Communism, it had thrived. They found some 500 Pentecostal Holiness Chinese Christians who were members of this thriving church.
I know that Julia Payne and Laura Mae Hylton would greatly rejoice to hear that good news. It is little wonder that the Apostle Paul declared, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the Gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith" (Rom 1:16-17, NIV).
After their graduation from Holmes Bible and Missionary Institute in 1920, Pearl Loftin, Mary Andrews and Julia Payne were recruited to Hong Kong by Miss Anna Deane Cole, the co-founder of Hong Kong P.H. Church. They all worked in Hong Kong for four to five years before they left for the mainland China.
The purchase of 8 acres of land by Mr. William Turner in Pakhoi in 1923 marked a milestone for IPHC’s missions in China. The joint effort of mission fields in Hong Kong and Pakhoi made the establishment of a new conference possible, and the China Conference was set up in April 1923. Julia Payne went to Pakhoi in 1924 and worked there till 1929 to help Mr. Turner build the mainland missions.
Laura Mae Hylton, from Roanoke, Virginia, was also called to be a missionary to China. Under the capable leadership of Rev. William H. Turner he took Julia Payne and Laura Mae Hylton to Pakhoi to plant a church there. They both learned the Chinese language to be able to lead in Bible studies, singing, and worship. Laura wrote a very interesting book about her life entitled, An Orphan As A Missionary, published by the Publishing House, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Franklin Springs, GA in 1952. I am grateful to Walter Lee Wood for giving me an extra copy of this book.
Years after these two lady missionaries planted this church in Pakhoi, I got a call one day from Princeton Cates, the supervisor in Hong Kong, telling me that after the Bamboo Curtain came down, Chinese leaders in Hong Kong traveled to Pakhoi, China, to see if the church had survived Communism. To their amazement and delight they discovered that this Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pakhoi had not only survived Communism, it had thrived. They found some 500 Pentecostal Holiness Chinese Christians who were members of this thriving church.
I know that Julia Payne and Laura Mae Hylton would greatly rejoice to hear that good news. It is little wonder that the Apostle Paul declared, "I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17 For in the Gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith" (Rom 1:16-17, NIV).