Background
Pentecost, George Frederick was born on September 23, 1842 in Albion, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugh L. and Emma (Flower) Pentecost.
Pentecost, George Frederick was born on September 23, 1842 in Albion, Illinois, United States. Son of Hugh L. and Emma (Flower) Pentecost.
Student Georgetown University, Kentucky, 1860-1862. Honorary Master of Arts, Hamilton College, 1870. Doctor of Divinity, Lafayette College, 1889.
Doctor of Laws, Central University of Kentucky, 1904.
Chaplain 8th Kentucky Cavalry United States.V., 1862-1864.
They take the slums of New York and Chicago and ask us why we do not cure ourselves. Pentecost spoke against the behavior of westerners in Asian countries. When after his return from a longjourney in Asia, the Review
Doctor George Pentecost was asked— "What are the darkest spots in the missionary outlook?" he replied:— "In lands of spiritual darkness, it is difficult to speak of darkest spots." I should say, however, that if there is a darkness more dark than other darkness, it is that which is cast into heathen darkness by the ungodliness of the American and European communities that have invaded the East for the sake of trade and empire.
The corruption of Western godliness is the worst evil in the East. Of course there are noble exceptions among western commercial men and their families, but as a rule the European and American resident in the East is a constant contradiction to all and everything which the missionary stands foreign"
He died August 7, 1920, in New York while travelling to preach.
Married Ada, daughter