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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186 THE MAN WHO BELIEVED GOD<br />
Taylor became an intense student of the Word of <strong>God</strong>,<br />
not only for the nurture of his own spiritual life, but<br />
for practical guidance in his life's work. We shall have<br />
more to say on this subject elsewhere, but speaking of<br />
his work as a leader of men he acted as one <strong>who</strong> literally<br />
<strong>believed</strong> the words of David:<br />
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet,<br />
And light unto my path."<br />
When he wrote that prayer in his Bible at Brighton,<br />
"Prayed for twenty-four willing, skilful labourers at<br />
Brighton, June 25th, 1865'',<br />
he revealed, at the very birth of the Mission, that he had<br />
.. been meditating on <strong>God</strong>'s written Word. "When we<br />
first commenced the Mission", he subsequently wrote,<br />
"we were encouraged <strong>by</strong> the promises given to Solomon<br />
for the building of the Temple in 1 Chronicles xxviii.<br />
20, 2I.<br />
"Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor<br />
be dismayed: for the Lord <strong>God</strong>, even my <strong>God</strong>, will be with<br />
thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast<br />
finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.<br />
"And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites,<br />
even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house<br />
of <strong>God</strong>: and there shall be with thee for all <strong>man</strong>ner of work<strong>man</strong>ship<br />
every willing skilful <strong>man</strong>, for any <strong>man</strong>ner of service:<br />
also the princes and all the people will be <strong>who</strong>lly at thy com<strong>man</strong>dment."<br />
<strong>The</strong> prayer for willing, skilful workers rings as a refrain<br />
right down through Hudson Taylor's life. As he<br />
sometimes said: "the willing are not always skilful; and<br />
the skilful are not always willing." And in choosing and<br />
combining these two words we may be sure that there<br />
was much more of that passage in his mind. And what
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