HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

THE DESIGN OF GOD
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wealth, or education, or political power, and in proportion
to the self-emptying with which they are carried on, the
issues are encouraging."
The next article, entitled Spiritual Science, is based
on the well-known words: "Ye know the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your
sakes He became poor, that ye, through His poverty,
might become rich." Of all Hudson Taylor's many Bible
expositions we know of none which has so deeply impressed
us. Again we must ruthlessly condense.
"Our God is the God of nature as well as of grace; and as
He always acts in the best way, so, in the same circumstances,
He always acts in the same way. The uniformity of His mode
of action in nature is seen and recognized by many who do
not know the great Actor .... But if we speak of the laws of
nature, let us not misunderstand the expression. It is the law
of a well-regulated household that the door is opened when
the door-bell is rung. It would be an entire mistake, however,
to suppose that this is done by the law: it is done, no matter
whether directly or mediately, by the head of the household.
So a sparrow 'shall not fall on the ground without your
Father'."
He then proceeds to show that it is our unchanging
God who makes water boil, or electricity to act. It is
His uniform action we recognize as the law of gravitation.
He then proceeds to the main point of the article
Spiritual Science.
"No less constant and sovereign is He in the domain of
grace: His sovereignty is never erratic or arbitrary. His
methods of action may be studied and largely discovered in
spiritual things as in natural .... Those ,who are spiritual
have no more difficulty in learning spiritual laws than
natural men have in learning natural l~ws .... Some of the
secrets of nature can only be known by the few; but the
secrets of grace may be known to all the children of God, if