Who is John Ross?
John Ross was born on 9th August 1842 as the eldest son of Hugh Ross and Catherine Sutherland. At that time, Ross family lived in Migg town located in Inverness where people used the Gaelic language. So, he learnt English which he learnt when he started school. In the mid 1860s he studied theology in the United Free Church of Scotland in Edinburgh, later working under Rev. George Browns supervision in Inverness as a trainee. Nevertheless, he dreamed of mission work. From the autumn of 1868, he kept in touch with Dr, William McGill, a General Secretary of World Mission. He supported John Ross idea and then asked his opinion on certain matters of mission in Indian or Chinese6. With McGills support, he chose Chinese mission in 1871, and in 1879, he was ordained, marred to Miss Stewart and sent by the World Mission to China. On 23rd August 1872, John Ross and his wife arrived in Sangdong where Alexander Williamson, a representative of the National Bible Society of Scotland led the Chinese
