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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A VISION SEEN THROUGH TEARS 107<br />
hour, and sometimes later. Rent and taxes had been due<br />
when funds were insufficient, but only once was payment<br />
deferred, and then for less than forty--eight hours.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se experiences only served to emphasize <strong>God</strong>'s<br />
faithfulness, and the open Bible made him dwell deep<br />
in <strong>God</strong>'s truth. <strong>God</strong> was taking a larger and larger place<br />
in his life and outlook. More and more he was conscious<br />
that he lived, and moved, and had his being in <strong>God</strong>,<br />
that if <strong>God</strong> were with him, and for him, it did not matter<br />
<strong>who</strong>, or what, was against him.<br />
While on the one hand he saw the great and solemn<br />
responsibilities, on the other he saw "the gracious<br />
encouragements that everywhere meet us in <strong>God</strong>'s<br />
Word".<br />
"<strong>The</strong> Word had said: 'Seek first the Kingdom of <strong>God</strong> and<br />
His righteousness, and all these things (food and raiment)<br />
shall be added unto you'. If anyone did not believe that <strong>God</strong><br />
spoke the truth, it would be better for him not to go to<br />
China to propagate the faith. If he did believe it, surely the<br />
promise sufficed. Again, 'No good thing will He withhold<br />
from them that walk uprightly'. If anyone did not mean to<br />
walk uprightly he had better stay at home. If he did mean<br />
to walk uprightly, he had all he needed in the shape of a<br />
guarantee fund. <strong>God</strong> owns all the silver and the gold in the<br />
world, and the cattle on a thousand hills. We need not be<br />
vegetarians!''<br />
He <strong>believed</strong> in <strong>God</strong>, and he implicitly <strong>believed</strong> in<br />
<strong>God</strong>'s Word. He was prepared to step out upon it, to<br />
venture all upon its veracity, to risk life, and all that<br />
life holds dear, in the faith that heaven and earth shall<br />
pass away, but <strong>God</strong>'s Word shall abide, that "the Word<br />
of our <strong>God</strong> shall stand for ever". <strong>God</strong> to him was real,<br />
His Word was real, and the needs ol the world were real.<br />
He was living in the realm of reality. <strong>God</strong> was nigh,
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