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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THE MEEK INHERIT 125<br />
hindered the rapid dissemination of the truth among the<br />
Chinese. But why should such a foreign aspect be given to<br />
Christianity? <strong>The</strong> Word of <strong>God</strong> does not require it; nor, I<br />
conceive, could sound reason justify it."<br />
In the light of recent developments in China how<br />
sane all this appears. What troubles might have been<br />
avoided if all had seen and felt like this!<br />
"Let us," he continues, "in everything not sinful, become<br />
Chinese, that <strong>by</strong> all means we may save some. Let us adopt<br />
their costume, acquire their language, study to imitate their<br />
habits, and approximate to their diet as far as health and<br />
constitution will allow. Let us live in their houses, making no<br />
unnecessary alterations in external form, and only as far<br />
modifying their internal arrangements as attention to health<br />
and efficiency for work absolutely require ....<br />
"This cannot, of course, be attained without some<br />
measure of inconvenience. . . . But will anyone reflect on<br />
what He gave up <strong>who</strong> left heaven's throne to be cradled in<br />
a <strong>man</strong>ger ... <strong>who</strong> being the Loved One of the Father, never<br />
unappreciated, never misunderstood, and receiving the<br />
ceaseless adoration of the hierarchies of heaven, became a<br />
despised Nazarene, misunderstood <strong>by</strong> His most faithful followers,<br />
suspected <strong>by</strong> those <strong>who</strong> owed to Him their very<br />
being, and <strong>who</strong>se salvation He had come to seek; and finally,<br />
mocked, and spit upon, crucified and slain, with thieves,<br />
bandits, and outlaws. Will, I ask, any brother or sister reflect<br />
on this, and yet hesitate to make the trifling sacrifice to<br />
which we have alluded? ...<br />
"But, once let the question arise, 'Are we called to give up<br />
this, or that, or the other?' or admit the thought, 'I did not<br />
expect this or that privation or inconvenience,' and your<br />
service will cease to be that free and happy one which is most<br />
conducive to efficiency and success. '<strong>God</strong> ~veth a cheerful<br />
giver.' "<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is much more in the same spirit, but this must<br />
suffice to show how truly he had apprehended the mind
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