HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

GOD, THE ONE GREAT CIRCUMSTANCE 93
The promise was pleaded in faith, and "a deep, deep,
unspeakable peace and joy" filled his heart. All consciousness
of distance was gone, though every moment
before had seemed an age. It was the peace of God
which passeth all understanding.
Dr. Parker, when consulted, approved the remedy
suggested, but when Hudson Taylor reached- home he
found that the Great Physician Himself had been present
and done His work. The pinched aspect of the
countenance had given place to the calmness of tranquil
slumber, and not one unfavourable symptom remained
to retard full recovery. Such experiences of Divine inter-,
vention make the unseen real. Life can never again be
quite the same. And Hudson Taylor and his wife both
needed the abiding assurance of a God nigh at hand.
Owing to the kidnapping villainies of those engaged
in the coolie traffic, public excitement not long after this
reached a high pitch at Ningpo, and the lives and the
property of the litt1e European community were in
imminent peril. Some of them indeed left the city, but
Hudson Taylor and his wife would not forsake the little
Christian community.
"We are living", wrote Mr. Jones at this time, "from
night to day and day to night. The people are thirsting for
revenge. They mix up together missionaries, traders, and the
government, the war, and the coolie traffic .... They have
placarded the streets calling for our blood .... We are now
in the midst of this, our wives and our little ones in the same
danger. But we are resting on Him who restrains our enemies
with 'Thus far, but no further'."
It was July, and the fierce heat of summer was almost
insufferable, while the heat was aggravated by the
angry crowds which surged without; and, at times,
threatened to break in the doors. And that home on