HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

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had been so exercised that he felt compelled to give £500, .
which sum he there and then handed to Mr. Taylor.
The same morning Hudson Taylor had received the
offer of the whole of the accommodation of the Lammermuir.
The ship was found suitable, Colonel Puget's
cheque was paid down on account, the simultaneous
offer of this vessel's accommodation and this munificent ,
gift being accepted as God's ratification of this great
venture of faith.
It is interesting to note, at this time, the appearance
of a new watchword. The two mottoes Jehovah-Jireh and
Ebenezer had been adopted long before in China. Now to
these was added a third, Jehovah-Nissi, "The Lord my
Banner". It is first seen on the cover of Occasional
Papers, and well suits the thought of a forward movement,
of an aggressive adventure with the Lord Himself
as Captain of the host. It serves, too, to show how
God was in all his thoughts; it was God who had delivered,
it was God who would provide, and it was God
who must direct every step of the way.
The secret of Hudson Taylor's strength was God. As
the Russians are said to have a standard word for "The
Godseeker", so we seem to need a word to indicate the
God-conscious devotee, the man who is always aware of
God, who lives as seeing Him Who is invisible. This was
Hudson Taylor's attitude. With the Psalmist he could
say:
"I have set the Lord always before me,
Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."
This was the key of his life. Thk was the potent
truth which made him what he ~as. All his guiding
principles he culled from God's Word. He dared to put
Christ's precepts into practice. He dared to "resist not