HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

THE AUDACITY OF FAITH 135
stations, in two provinces, all prefectural cities, and the
most remote, twenty-four days apart. And there were,
in all, thirty-four missionaries in the field. The prayer
of J abez had certainly been heard.
But his cry was still "On, on to do my Father's business".
The immeasurable need urged him on.
"My thoughts are busied", he wrote, "now with the untold
need of the unoccupied provinces, now with the neglected
districts of this province (Chekiang), until I am compelled
to roll the burden on the Lord, and cry to Him for
wisdom to dispose aright of those He may send to help me,
and to plead for more Chinese and foreign workers."
But, in his eagerness for advance, he did not forget the
spiritual needs of his own fellow-soldiers. In one of his
letters to his mother he speaks of rising before daylight,
for quiet waiting upon God for every member of the
Mission. This was his constant practice. He once ac- ·
knowledged to a friend that the sun had never risen
upon China without finding him either praying for,
or having prayed for, those labouring with him on
the field. He was a strong believer in "the morning
watch".
On the 30th May, 1867, he wrote to Mr. Berger:
"More than a year has elapsed since we parted on the
deck of the Lammermuir, but both you and I can still sayof
the past, Ebenezer; of the present, jehovah-Nissi; and of
the future, J ehovah-Jireh; thanks be to His grace!
"Burdens such as I never before sustained, responsibilities
such as I had not hitherto incurred, and sorrows compared
with which all my past sorrows were light have been
part of my experience. But I trust I have, in some feeble
measure, learned more of the blessed truth, that
" 'Sufficient is His arm alone,
And our defence is sure.' "