HUDSON TAYLOR The man who believed God by Marshall Broomhall

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UNTO THE LORD
ON June 18, 1900, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Taylor reached
England from America. So critical was Hudson Taylor's
condition that he was taken, without any delay, on to
Switzerland, in order to secure freedom from all responsibility,
and to obtain, if possible, restoration for
further service. But this was not to be. Both he and Mrs.
Taylor were passing into "the corridor of life's eventide".
And that corridor was to be, for such active workers,
somewhat long and trying. Mrs. Taylor was to be spared
for four years, and Hudson Taylor for five years, before
the final call came. But both could say: "Whether we
live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die
unto the Lord". Every possible experience that life
could bring was covered by that attitude to God.
"Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's."
There is something powerfully affecting in the sudden
death of a warrior stricken down in the midst of the
battle. But it is a far more searching test to character
and faith to be laid aside in the midst of the conflict,
and compelled to be a helpless spectator at a moment
of critical importance. And this was to be Hudson
Taylor's supreme trial.
We have mentioned that he reached England on
June 18, 1900. During the twelve remaining days of that
same month, no fewer than twelve missionaries, of his
own beloved Mission, were to be cruelly done to death
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