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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willing to prove their faith <strong>by</strong> going into inland China<br />
with only the guarantees they carried within the covers<br />
of their pocket Bibles", Hudson Taylor said:<br />
"<strong>The</strong> living <strong>God</strong> still lives, and the living Word is a living<br />
Word, and we may depend upon it; we may hang upon any<br />
word that <strong>God</strong> ever spoke, or ever caused <strong>by</strong> His Holy Spirit<br />
to be written. Forty years ago I <strong>believed</strong> in the verbal inspiration<br />
of the Scriptures. I have proved them for forty<br />
years and my belief is stronger now than it was then. I have<br />
put the promises to the test. I have been compelled to do so,<br />
and I have found them true and trustworthy.<br />
"We want to impress upon you that the Word of <strong>God</strong> is<br />
<strong>God</strong>'s own Word. If I did not believe in the inspiration of a<br />
Bank of England note, if I was not quite sure whether the<br />
note that professed to be for £50 would be cashed for £5 or<br />
£50, it would not be worth very much to me .... What would<br />
you have thought if I had been foolish enough-nay, I might<br />
say dishonest enough-to part with it for less than it represented?<br />
I wish that I could say that I have been as faithful<br />
to the Word of <strong>God</strong>. Oh, how often I have discounted <strong>God</strong>'s<br />
promise and been surprised, almost, at getting a small part<br />
of that promise fulfilled, instead of expecting and claiming all.<br />
"But we can tell you something more than this. We have<br />
found that when our faith has broken down, even in <strong>God</strong>'s<br />
own Word, His faithfulness has not broken down, and that<br />
when we have been poor children, we have had a very kind<br />
Father, that when we have been unworthy servants, we have<br />
had a glorious Master. 'If we believe not, yet He abideth<br />
faithful, He cannot deny Himself.' "<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is much more that could be quoted of a like<br />
and supplementary effect, such as, for instance, the<br />
importance of not only grasping the general purport of<br />
Scripture, but of seeking out the particular meaning of<br />
each important word. Hudson Taylor was both a comprehensive<br />
and an intensive student of the Bible. He<br />
was both thorough and methodical, as will be seen <strong>by</strong> a
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