HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

XXIII
THE WORD OF GOD
MORE than once, as already recorded, Hudson Taylor
stated that his life, and his life's work, were founded
upon three facts, namely, that:
"There is a Living God.
"He has spoken in the Bible.
"He means what He says, and will do all He has
promised."
Since the Word of God occupied so fundamental a
place in his life, it is essential that a chapter should be
devoted to this subject. There can be no understanding
of the Illan otherwise. And in this matter as in others,
it is best to let him speak for himself. The opinions of a
man who has staked a long and successful career in dependence
upon any truth necessarily commands attention.
Academic questions concerning the inspiration of
the Bible may be discussed indefinitely, but practical
experience becomes an unanswerable argument. A
former Headmaster of Rugby has well said:
"I feel most strongly that the real way to test the inspiration
of the Bible, or any other book, is not by criticizing
its text, but by watching its influence upon human lives. In
that, after all, we have definite and distinct evidence of its
miraculous and supernatural character."
Toward the end of his full life, after he had seen sail
more than five hundred men and women, who "were
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