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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208 THE MAN WHO BELIEVED GOD<br />
"We did not think the sum small", wrote Hudson Taylor.<br />
"Multiplied <strong>by</strong> all the love it represented, and <strong>by</strong> all the<br />
prayers that accompanied it, we feel it to be a priceless gift,<br />
and are gladdened and encouraged <strong>by</strong> it."<br />
<strong>The</strong>n came another letter, with a name which could<br />
not fail to touch a tender chord in his heart. It was<br />
written in a large childish hand, and addressed from an<br />
English University town.<br />
"DEAR SIR-I want to help the boys and girls of China<br />
to love Jesus, as it says in <strong>The</strong> Children's Treasury for 1876.<br />
I have just been reading about it.H you have not died since<br />
then, I want you to let me know; and I will send you a little<br />
money I have saved. Your affectionate,<br />
GRACIE --."<br />
Concerning this epistle, signed with the name of his<br />
own beloved first-born child, now dead, he wrote:<br />
"Our reply to this sweet little letter, that cheered and encouraged<br />
our hearts not a little in the toil of His loving service,<br />
was soon followed <strong>by</strong> another, from our dear young<br />
friend."<br />
This was as follows:<br />
"DEAR SIR-My father says I may send all my money if I<br />
like, so I have drawn it out of the Post Office Savings Bank<br />
-four shillings-so I now send it, and hope it will help to<br />
make the little boys and girls in China good and happy."<br />
How we should like to see his acknowledgment of<br />
this dear child's gift! About the same time came another<br />
letter, enclosing twenty shillings from an old <strong>man</strong> in his<br />
90th y.ear. Commenting on both their letters together,<br />
Hudson Taylor wrote:<br />
"Our hearts could not but sing a song of praise as we_saw<br />
Him leading little Gracie, and our valued old friend in his<br />
ripe old age, to sympathize with and aid the same objects<br />
according to their means."
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