Elisabeth Seiler

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Elisabeth Seiler (born December 31, 1889 in Stuttgart ; † May 3, 1974 in Bad Liebenzell ) was a German missionary sister , a missionary in China and an author for over 20 years .

Live and act

At the age of nine, Elisabeth Seiler already had a burning desire to go into missionary work. She read enthusiastically the biography of Georg Müller , the "orphan father of Bristol". When she was seventeen she found her faith . Her sister, seven years younger than her, died that year, followed by her mother shortly afterwards. In October 1916 she joined the sisterhood of the Liebenzeller Mission . After graduating from Bible school , from 1919 to 1923 she did a community internship in the Evangelical Chapel Congregation in Heidelberg's old town. In December 1923 she was able to leave for China. Once there, she first learned the Chinese language in Yangshuo . From there she traveled on to Yuanchow, in Hunan Province , where she worked in an orphanage that housed 260 boys and at a girls' school with up to 50 students. In 1931 she was able to spend her vacation in her home country, from which she returned in 1932. In 1941 she was already on her way to her second home stay at the Sino-Russian border when the outbreak of war prevented her from continuing to travel via Russia. However, she was able to work temporarily in Tsingtau and continue her journey in 1946. After her arrival in Germany she started giving lectures about her travel and service experiences, which took her to Austria and Switzerland.

She published her service experiences from 1923 to 1951 in three books under The Experiences of a China Missionary , which Erich Mauerhofer wrote from tape recordings she made.

Elisabeth Seiler last lived in Unteröwisheim before she retired in 1964 in the nursing home of her sisterhood in Bad Liebenzell .

Publications

  • Experiences of a China missionary (travel reports 1923–1951, edited by Erich Mauerhofer), Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission , Bad Liebenzell u. Johannis-Verlag , Lahr (multi-part work):
    • Volume 1. Experiences of a missionary to China. Appointed and led , VLM, 1968; Johannis, 13th edition 2004, ISBN 978-3-501-01502-5 , (PDF) .
    • Volume 2. The experiences of a missionary to China. Show His Miracles , VLM, 1968; Johannis, 12th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-501-01536-0 (PDF) .
      • (Hungarian) Hirdessétek csodálatos dolgait , Evangéliumi Kiadó, Budapest 1969.
    • Volume 3. Experiences of a China Missionary. His ways are wonderful , VLM, 1968; Johannis, 14th edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-501-01537-7 .
  • Thoughts for every day , VLM, Bad Liebenzell 1988, ISBN 978-3-88002-356-7 .
  • Guided on wonderful paths ( Experiences of a China missionary . Abstract, Volume 1–3), Rettungslicht-Verlag, Minden 2018, ISBN 978-3-9819043-1-4 .

literature

  • Elisabeth Seiler . In: Gudrun Wedel: Autobiographies of women: a lexicon , Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20585-0 , (pp. 788–789).
  • Elisabeth Seiler . In: Arno Pagel : His reputation met her - life pictures from the Liebenzeller Mission , Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, Bad Liebenzell, 1989, ISBN 978-3-88002-405-2 , (pp. 100-105).
  • Sister Elisabeth Seiler: Concrete answers to prayer . In: Erika Leimenstoll and Gudrun Neumaier (eds.): 73 good reasons to rely on God , VLM, Bad Liebenzell 2009, ISBN 978-3-921113-57-8 , (PDF) (pp. 44–46).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berufen und Led , VLM, 9th edition 1987.
  2. ↑ Seiler: Kurzvita , scm-shop.de
  3. ^ Arno Pagel: Elisabeth Seiler . In: His reputation has met her , p. 100.
personal data
SURNAME Seiler, Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German missionary sister, China missionary and author
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1974
Place of death Bad Liebenzell