HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you." This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
This book should be required reading for any and all future missionaries. Broomhall does the Christian world a great service by detailing Hudson Taylor's successes as well as his trials. The most remarkable feature of this book is the faith of Hudson Taylor. In the midst of incredible adversity this man abandoned himself to Jesus and the promises of Scripture. He rested solely on the provision of God, letting no man know his need. Throughout the book, Taylor's adversities and God's deliverances are a source of encouragement and inspiration that will lift the spirits of any true believer to "cast all your cares on Him because He cares for you."
This book is an excellent read about a life well-lived and a spiritual journey of great depth.
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104 THE MAN WHO BELIEVED GOD<br />
Here were eleven provinces, with a total population<br />
of 197½ millions, for <strong>who</strong>se good not a single Protestant<br />
missionary was labouring. Add to these the neglected<br />
185 millions of the other provinces, and you have a total<br />
exceeding 380 millions absolutely without those tidings<br />
which the Saviour long ago com<strong>man</strong>ded to be carried<br />
to every creature. And in addition, there were the outlying<br />
dependencies of Manchuria, Mongolia, Ili, Tsinghai,<br />
and Tibet.<br />
"We fear", wrote Hudson Taylor, "lest our readers should<br />
weary of these details; but though they may seem uninteresting,<br />
they are important and solemn realities. Whether interesting<br />
to us or not, every individual of the millions of<br />
China, every inhabitant of these vast regions, must either<br />
live for ever or die for ever .... Every day 33,000, every<br />
month 1,000,000 subjects of the Chinese Emperor pass into<br />
eternity, without ever having heard the Gospel; and though<br />
we may say, 'Behold, we knew it not,' <strong>God</strong> will not justify<br />
our leaving them to perish on the ground of that excuse."<br />
He then proceeded to show the feasibility of a more<br />
extensive evangelization of China. Treaty provisions<br />
were quoted, and some impressive experiences of <strong>God</strong>'s<br />
providential interpositions on his behalf were related.<br />
It might seem to some a hazardous experiment to send<br />
out workers to China with <strong>God</strong> only to look to, but<br />
to one <strong>who</strong> had proved <strong>God</strong> at home and abroad, <strong>by</strong><br />
land and <strong>by</strong> sea, in sickness and health, in necessity, in<br />
danger, and at the gates of death, such apprehension<br />
seemed inexcusable.<br />
"<strong>The</strong> writer", Hudson Taylor continued, "has seen <strong>God</strong>,<br />
in answer to prayer, quell the raging of the storm, alter the<br />
direction of the wind, and give rain in the midst of a prolonged<br />
drought. He has seen Him, in answer to prayer, stay<br />
the angry passions and murderous intentions of violent men,
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